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Your child’s genius…

The educational system may not only miss your child’s genius… it may crush it.

The ups and downs of giftedness

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Teach your children how to think

Parents
It is your duty to teach your children how to think, not what to think.

The creative adult is the child who survived

All of it has always been big stuff

Listen earnestly to anything your children want to tell you, no matter what.
If you don’t listen eagerly to the little stuff when they are little,
they won’t tell you the big stuff when they are big,
because to them all of it has always been big stuff.
- Catherine M Wallace

Be a princess and Darth Vader

Every girl should be able to be a princess and Darth Vader at the same time.

25 manners kids should know

1. When asking for something, say ”Please”.
2. When receiving something, say “Thank you”.
3. Do not interrupt grown-ups who are speaking to each other unless there is an emergency.
4. If you need to get somebody’s attention right away, the phrase “excuse me” is the most polite way to enter the conversation.
5. When you have any doubt about something, ask for permission first.
6. The world is not interested in what you dislike.
7. Do not comment on other people’s physical characteristics unless, of course, it’s to compliment them.
8. When people ask how you are, tell them and ask how they are.
9. When you have spent time at your friend’s house, remember to thank his or hers parents for having you over and for the good time you had.
10. Knock on closed doors – and wait to see if there’s a response – before entering.
11. When you make a phone call, introduce yourself first.
12. Say “thank you” and handwrite a thank you note after receiving a gift.
13. Never use foul language.
14. Don’t call people mean names.
15. Do not make fun of anyone for any reason.
16. Even if a play or assembly is boring, sit through it quietly and pretend you are interested. The performers or presenters are doing their best.
17. If you bump into someone, immediately say “excuse me”
18. Cover your mouth when you cough or sneeze and don’t pick your nose in public.
19. As you walk through a door, look and see if you can hold it open for someone else.
20. Always offer help.
21. When an adult asks you for a favor, do it without grumbling and with a smile.
22. When someone helps you, say “thank you”.
23. Use eating utensils properly.
24. Keep a napkin on your lap; use t to wipe your mouth if necessary.
25. Do not reach at the table.

Raise positive kids.

When you put faith, hope and love together
you can raise positive kids in a negative world.

A better planet to our kids...

We talk so much about leaving a better planet to our kids, that we forget about leaving better kids to this planet. Educate your children! Say NO to them every once in a while.

It’s not what you do for your children...

It’s not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings
- Anne Landers