Teach your child to call 911 when police, fire and/or medical personnel are needed quickly because of an emergency.
life lessons
Teens Filing Taxes: Teaching Moment or Waste of Time?
Since each of my teens started working, I have told them not to file taxes. Have I/they been doing the right thing?
Remember Pet for Joy It Brought, Not Its Death
A father struggles to help his son remember a pet brought much happiness to a family before the sorrow of its passing.
Explaining Tragedy to Children: What’s the Best Approach?
Parents must take many variables into account when explaining a local or world tragedy to children so they don’t frighten young ones.
Distant Father Not Product of Times, But of Lies, Deception
He would leave the house for work before I woke. He often worked weekends. But work was not why he was a distant father.
Wisdom: Find It Where You Can, Parents
We spend our lives looking, chasing, and seeking. For what? For understanding, for knowledge, for joy, for wisdom. Sometimes, it’s right in front of us.