Posted on July 27, 2012
This weekend I spent a lot of time sulking over damage done by a recent renter on a rental property. I told the agent (also my neighbor and friend) that it was hard to imagine how someone would not take care of others’ things as they would their own. In fact, I would take more care of others’ things than I would of my own! I woke up this morning with a queasy stomach and burning eyes despite eight restful…
Posted on July 25, 2012
Take 2 for the most important job you’ll ever do…PARENTING! Today’s feature: Food for Thought on ‘Gossip’ Enjoy and let us know what you think! Be sure to check out the TOG Blog on Friday for more expert perspective from our parentologists!
Posted on July 20, 2012
In the cultural urgency of keeping our kids busy and thereby enrolling them in every ‘in’ activity and sport, how many of us parents actually stop to observe what our kids are really good at? Believe it or not, the three questions I asked myself when choosing activities for my kids were: 1. What’s healthy for them? 2. What will be the most fun? 3. How much will it cost? All three are great questions…and important ones too. But imagine…
Posted on July 18, 2012
TAKE 2: Tapping into Your Children’s Passions! Check back on the TOG Blog this Friday for MORE!!
Posted on July 4, 2012
Independence Day, the Fourth of July, is the day we declared independence from Great Britain. The day we, The United States, officially declared our freedom to make our own decisions, guided by our own political policies and political leaders like George Washington, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Thomas Jefferson and others. It was the birth of a new era, “in which free peoples would henceforth govern themselves.” As individual citizens, our ancestors were overjoyed by the freedom that they now had……