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Driving and Budgeting

Jun 052012

If you are a family man then you already know and understand the importance of managing properly managing your money. If not, hopefully, the point of the post will resonate with you. Long gone are the days of one person being in charge of the family budget. Wait, my wife handles the family finances. I don’t have a say in it. If that’s the case then your man card has been revoked, due to your lack of concern for your family. If you have any care in the world for your family then you need to be invovled the financial [. . .]

Top 10 Reasons to Lie to Your Kids

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Apr 172012

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. There is no good reason to lie to your kids. Your kids are smart enough to see through the lies, or they soon will be. Yes, I know, we want to protect our kids and give them all they need to succeed in life. The problem here is the desire to not see them fall and when they do we catch them with a soft pillow. Sometimes they need to hit the ground. Unfortunately, a few of those may even need to hit hard. Being a parent isn’t easy and [. . .]

Talk About Your Kids Before You Have Your Kids…

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Dec 202011

If you are feeling the urge to go forth and multiply, I sure hope you are also feeling the urge to talk about the results of said multiplication. There is a lot to talk about in this subject and I will attempt to give you a good idea of the details to concern yourself with. All parents want to do a better job for their kids than their parents did for them. Even if you had the perfect parents, you know or will figure out there is something they could have done different. This is a good place to start. [. . .]

Enjoy Your Marriage for a Bit Before Starting a Family

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Dec 132011

Here’s the scenario: You see her and she takes your breath away. Then you make your move and she reciprocates your affection. You think to yourself, “This is the one.” She says yes, and before you know it you hear wedding bells. Now it’s time to start a family. And watch the kids grow up. Don’t blink, ‘cause now they are out of the house, on their own and you are dealing with empty nest syndrome to whatever degree that may be. Why did I marry you? You’re not the person I fell in love with. How do I get [. . .]

Pain or Pleasure – Now and Later

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Nov 282011

Where did I go wrong? What could I have done different? Why does he/she act that way toward me? These are all questions I have heard other parents say while in distress about their child’s behavior. Since my children are still very young, I have not uttered these words myself and hope I never do. If I play my cards right I will do a good job of observing the successes and failures of others and implement them in such a fashion as to eliminate the need to ever utter those words. Hindsight is 20/20 No statement has ever been [. . .]

Talk Now or Argue Later

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Nov 012011

Everyone loves a good argument, especially when it involves how to discipline your child, right? I didn’t think so. Take the time to understand each others stance on how punishments need to be handed out. You don’t need to lay out exact punishments for specific situations, but you should have a general idea what degree of discipline to apply to the crime. Let’s just agree to disagree, not a good idea You can’t just drop a disagreement on how to handle discipline and doling out needed punishments. If you do this chances are that you will be under greater stress [. . .]

Listen to what your child is saying, not what you think they are saying.

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Oct 252011

Listen to what your child is saying, not what you think they are saying.

Yesterday, my daughter told me she got a yellow card at school. I didn’t understand so I asked if she meant she had to put a yellow mark on her calendar. She said no and mentioned the card again. Before I knew it I was in a full blown argument with a 6 year old about something that neither of us could get the other to understand. The Simple Solution Don’t argue. This teaches them to argue. Just tell them that we should wait till later to solve the misunderstanding and immediately move on to a different topic. In my [. . .]

Your Child Will Attack Your Parenting Style

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Oct 032011

As children grow they learn form us and society how to act and behave in any given situation. This is a learned behavior and until then they go mostly on instinct. How do they learn to make the shift from instinctual to what we consider socially acceptable behavior? Simply by observing us and others around them. Mostly us, the parents. If you want to instill any amount of discipline in your child or children then you need to be consistent in your parenting style. Consistency is most important when both parents are involved. Why? Because they most powerful tool in [. . .]

I Love it When My Kids Take Advantage of Me

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Sep 262011

This post will be about how to follow through with your kids when you lay down the law. 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 . . . DOES NOT WORK Talk softer before you get louder and try to not get to the point of yelling. Louder can be OK, but yelling is not (at least it isn’t in my book). Do not announce a punishment if you are not willing to follow through, even if it inconveniences you. As the child gets older take the time to explain to them that they are in trouble because [. . .]

Your Child is NOT SPECIAL!

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Sep 202011

Now that you know it, get over it. Sometime in the 80′s a movement started where the intention was to not have kids feel left out, to increase there self worth. So no matter what they did somehow they always came out a winner. WHAT A BUNCH OF BULL!!! As these kids grow up they think they are perfect or as close to perfect as you can get. They think of all the trophies (they didn’t earn) and all the good times in their young lives because they were always winners. Again, I say. WHAT A BUNCH OF BULL!!! Where’s [. . .]

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