MARBLE JAR Have you seen the video? Well known and respected, Dr. Brené Brown talks about the time her daughter was stunned by the betrayal by a “friend.” Dr. Brown developed the “Marble Jar Theory” of trust. She says that trust “builds slowly, ‘a marble at a time.’ Every time a friend keeps a promise, remembers something important, or …
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GUEST POST from Don – Child Bravery +
CHILD BRAVERY + Studies have shown that children as young as age 8 can display bravery. One girl, (not sure what country) protected her younger sister from a knife wielding thug. There were school children who held the door open for other children as a gun toting adult was shooting at others. We know that children can and …
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GUEST POST from Don – What KIDS Should Know
I WISH KIDS KNEW… I’ve been asking around. “What stuff do you wish that children knew?” The variety and the intelligence of the following list lifted me. I’m hoping it lifts you, too. MORE…I’m hoping that if you are a parent you will adopt a few and train your children to know important things other children don’t. (Not an exhaustive …
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Tuesday Truths – October 07, 2025 Edition
STANDARD WARNING: PULL UP YOUR BIG GIRL/BIG BOY KNICKERS BEFORE ENTERING, SO THEY DON’T GET IN A TWIST. IF YOU ARE OPPOSED TO COMMON SENSE AND TRUTH, GO NO FARTHER. LAST WARNING!
Musical March – March 29, 2025
Child prodigies. I tried to include videos that also showed these kids’ personalities and a little about them, not just them playing, when I could. Fascinating!
Musical March – March 20, 2025 Edition
Summer is coming up, and Easter break before that…which means ACTIVITIES! And since these posts are about music, here are a few that may interest the children in your life. DISCLAIMER: These will not produce precise notes or symphonic sound.What they WILL produce is creativity, imaginative play, and fun with sounds!
GUEST POST from Don – Home Alone +
HOME ALONE + A recent news report related how a woman got in trouble because she left her child “alone” at home. But she didn’t. There were family members in an attached MIL apartment. The story continues that an 8 year old walked to town (less than a mile) to get something he wanted. Let it be known …
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Wednesday Wisdom – July 24, 2024 Edition
These were chosen as July, the month of many child and family awareness days, will soon be drawing to a close…