There are many kids who are not interested in social sciences. This is because they are more into math, sciences and if not they are preoccupied with computer games and smartphone apps. Parents must make sure that they are not left behind in their social science studies. Here are some steps to make them interested…
It seems so hard these days to find time to get together with friends. You try to make plans and something comes up or you pick at day and one of the kids gets sick – yadda, yadda, yadda… So, how can you make your friendships work with all these forces working against you? Master…
Michelle Obama may have great arms and expensive fashions but it isn’t a given she’ll still be our first lady come January of 2013. As the Iowa caucuses heat up tomorrow, we will see who’s really in the running. So who are the people who could be our next first lady (or husband)? Calista Gingrich…
You woke up this morning and thought about your New Year’s resolution. Did you do anything about it or did you roll over and sleep a little longer? The vast majority of people who make resolutions don’t keep them – why? Probably because they are too daunting, too much of a change and there’s no…
Some says it’s not what you say but how you say it. This comes through in an intriguing way in a study Dr. Carol Kinsey Goman, Ph.D. has written about. At Stanford University in 2002, a study was conducted where a professor made recordings of doctors and their patients. Half of the doctors had been…
Like a good sales person, kids understand very quickly that “no” is an open door for almost everyone. The selling starts then. As parents, we can incorporate the techniques of top-level negotiators by starting with no. According to coach and trainer Jim Camp, this technique can help get your kids to do their chores, go…
A trip to the library or listening to what our Secretary of Education wants our kids to learn can be very discouraging if you are a parent who leans to the right on the political scale. Certain political agendas and socialist/communist ideas just don’t fly with many American families. These families disparage revisionist history and desire…
What parent doesn’t daydream about their child winning a full ride scholarship for a sport they started at age 4? Most people think that possibility is only for the “gifted” athletes- those kids who are naturally strong, nimble, coordinated, whatever it takes to succeed in their chosen sport. This notion of giftedness is both a…
Ok, here we go – a new year is fast approaching. The fun and excitement of the holidays is almost over and the doldrums of the cold winter weather may soon be approaching (or already here if you’ve been pounded by the snow recently). Many people experience a let-down after the holidays as New Year’s…
“Look into my eyes…” What do you think of when you hear that? A gypsy fortune teller? The traveling apothecary salesman from “The Wizard of Oz”? Patrick Jane, the main character of the hit show “The Mentalist”? Richard Barker is a professional stage and clinical hypnotist. He performs on stage across the country, amazing audiences…