Owning a pet is a big responsibility. Teaching your children how to take care of and look after a pet can be a good way for them to be involved in their care. However, it requires effort on the part of the parents to teach children how to be kind to animals and give them the care and love they need.
Teaching Children How to Love and Care for Pets
Here are some tips to help you teach your kids …
Social Responsibility: How to Find Service Opportunitiesmaking a difference! • bettering communities
One of my favorite things about being a mom is how parenting has forced me to pull back and look at the world in the long view. Parenting has forced me to think of the world at large… and not just my little corner of it, and as a result,
Summer Learning: Math and Reading Sidewalk Chalk ActivitiesVery soon, the kids will be out of school for summer…. While that means lots of fun activities, we don’t want them to experience too much of the “summer slide,” where they lose some of what they learned during the school year. To avoid this, it’s a good idea
Gardening: How to Teach Kids About Seeds and GardeningGardening with your family is a great way to involve children. What kid doesn’t like to play in the dirt? There is something carefree and fun about getting dirty, especially when it’s okay with mom and dad. Gardening… together can teach family values like working together, following directions and patience.
Moms: How to Build Strong Relationships with Your KidsBeing a mom has been one of the most enjoyable times of my adult life. It has also presented me with a few big challenges …along the way. Sometimes I have wondered why kids don’t come with a manual like everything else. I suppose it’s because every child born, is
Travel: How to Make Family Travel FunSome of my fondest memories are of traveling with my family when I was a child, especially family road trips…. In retrospect, I have to wonder if it was fun for my parents! After all, they had to cope with traveling with my brother and me without all the
Parties: How to Plan a Party When You’re Pressed for Timefamily fun • activities-parties
I have always loved parties and entertaining. Now that I’m a mom and I’m running my own company, I no longer have time to entertain as much as I would like—the big exception being birthday parties…. With four boys under the age of eight, I find the time
Influential People: How to Be an Example of Positive InfluenceI read that Time just released its 100 Most Influential People in the World list. I read through the list and realized that the world’s view of influential is somewhat different than my own expectations of someone I would consider influential in my life. Now don’t get me wrong, I…
School: How to Find the Right School for Your KidsWe all do the best we can to make informed decisions about choosing our children’s school, and the first step is educating ourselves… about the choices available. This was a huge learning curve for me as I grew up in England and had to learn a lot about American
Passover: What Makes Passover Different from Other Jewish Holidays?family fun • family fun-traditions
Ever few years Passover, Good Friday and Easter fall on the same weekend. This year, as she watched her two-year-old look for Easter eggs in the front yard, my neighbor gently asked me, “So, what’s with Passover? What EXACTLY do you do? Is it anything …like Easter?” I started
Ride a bike or walk to a close destination to which you would normally drive.
Date: Wed., May 30
Time: 2-3 p.m. ET
Book: Dad Rules by Treion Miller
