family
Family unites us; but it's also a challenge. All about fighting to stay together, and loving every moment of it.
Don’t Forget to Tell Your Child to Show Affection and Trust
The power of words: words can reassure, soothe and rejoice or they can hurt: what should you never forget to say to your child, what words does he need to hear from you as a parent? With just a few words you can show your child affection, appreciation, trust - because what his parents say and do is extremely important for the little one.
By Kaila Sellers4 years ago in Humans
The Real Cost of Male Privilege
We all talk about male privilege. While it's true that men tend to earn more, have more education, and dominate trade industries like plumbers, electricians and mechanics, men also face the burden of being the expected bread winner once married. They enjoy benefits as singles but if they want to settle down they may find their wife doesn't make enough to justify daycare over her staying home. Where does that leave men? A lot of fathers work long days to pay for things like dance and karate. When they get home it's a struggle just to engage with their family. They are so busy chasing the next promotion that they miss play time, bed time stories and might not be there in time for dinner.
By Katherine Nesbitt4 years ago in Humans
The Brightest Star
To my dad, who has given me the greatest gift. You chose me. You chose my sister. Most importantly, you CHOSE me. Those dreadful years of foster care, the horrific cycle of house switching, and the many applicants who only wanted my sister...you chose me. You saw me for who I was and welcomed it with open arms. You brought us to your home where we could stay for good. There was no shortage of love or care towards me.
By Cheyenne Lance4 years ago in Humans
Controlling People?
Being a married woman, I have to decipher the difference between being controlled and someone protecting me. When you're a teenager it is all about your parents and friends trying to protect you. As an adult you don't want to take advice from someone else but who is actually controlling you and who is trying to protect you? Here are some clues:
By Linda Stanfill4 years ago in Humans
The Mouse in the Trap who Refused to Die with a Life Lesson for Us
I met my new neighbor last fall, Martha, a middle-aged woman, kindly, soft spoken, always wearing an apron of some kind. She had moved in as a live-in companion for our next door neighbor, a friendly bachelor called Jack who lived down the road.
By Annemarie Berukoff4 years ago in Humans
The Dark
With the click of the light switch it would start, my heart would start to pound, I’d start feeling the walls for the light switch I already knew wasn’t there. I would look all around to no avail while the world felt like it was dropping form under my feet. I always knew what was next like Pavlov’s dog it was a repeated pattern…the shriek coming from deep in my brother’s lungs would pierce the air and assault my ears like some sort of sonic retribution. I grab him and pull him in tight to me and try telling him not to worry, but let’s be honest, the dark is scary and 4-year old’s cannot be reasoned with.
By Jen Carolan4 years ago in Humans
A Mother's Memories
The large picture window is my portal these days. As I look out, I wonder how long before he gets home. It would be soon now. I know because I can hear the barn owl beginning his nightly serenade. Sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard. Not like the lovely call of the Great Horned Owls hooting to each other across the frozen fields I heard when I was young. As I listen to its shrill screams and shrieks I remember little Frank was afraid of the owls. He wouldn’t let us crack his windows open in summer, afraid the owls would come into his room and carry him away.
By K. Preston Migaki4 years ago in Humans
