children
Children: Our most valuable natural resource.
Bedtime Improv Stories
One of my favorite memories as a child was when my mother would tell me stories she made up. She would always include us children in the stories, but instead of using our real names, she would use our names backward. So the story included me (Nivek), my two siblings (Sirk and Mik), and our dog (EiloJ). These stories were usually set in the woods and would take us on an adventure. My mother loved stories, she has written poetry and recently wrote her first children's book. Stories were part of our lives.
By Kevin Slimmer5 years ago in Families
“Children Are Our Future, So What Are We Doing About It?”
The world is big. There are challenges and heartaches. There is grief and fear and pain. As adults, we are already programmed, for lack of a better word, with beliefs and labels. We have lived through so much already. Some challenges brought joy, and some brought sorrow, but they have one thing in common, growth. We have evolved. We are expansive. What a concept. This life we are living is essentially one big school, so how exactly are we helping our future children?
By Roberta DeAndrade5 years ago in Families
Cinderella Fairytale
ONCE UPON A TIME a girl named Cinderella lived with her stepmother and two stepsisters. Poor Cinderella had to work hard all day long so the others could rest. It was she who had to wake up each morning when it was still dark and cold to start the fire. It was she who cooked the meals. It was she who kept the fire going. The poor girl could not stay clean, from all the ashes and cinders by the fire. “What a mess!” her two stepsisters laughed. And that is why they called her “Cinderella.”
By Jaramie Kinsey5 years ago in Families
People Like Us
Echoes are the essence of power. Aside from the physics, dynamics, and acoustics of the space required to create an echo, echoes are powerful all on their own. As large as the entire world is, and as minute as we are, our voices can somehow find a space to grow to be much larger than ourselves. It takes a unique space to create an echo, but more importantly, it requires a voice that finds the perfect space.
By Steven Alan Macardican5 years ago in Families
El Mirage Youth
I think our ultimate goal, as parents, is to raise our children so they don’t have to recover from their childhoods. My childhood was so great that sometimes I miss it. As a child, though, I didn’t know that not every child is blessed with two loving, attentive parents in a clean home on 15 acres of land in the country on which to run around, explore, go fishing, play, and of course, learn a thing or two…like how to check the oil in a car, when to plant a garden, and how to filet a fish. Some kids aren’t even blessed with one loving parent, or any person, in their life, and this breaks my heart.
By Sarah Hayes5 years ago in Families
Be Extraordinary
When I was 5 I rode a train up an impossible mountain and delivered toys and animals to families awaiting them. When I was 8 I let the sun and scent of roses wash love and courage over me. At 11 I championed a determined young kid, and cried when he lost the greatest thing in his life. When I was 14 I mourned the life and courageous death of a girl not much older than me, and at 17 I learned that people are not always what they seem. I’ve traveled the world and lived and loved and laughed. I did all this through the pages of a book.
By Adriana Suyama5 years ago in Families
