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Stage Three

The first stage of marriage is a hard act to follow. It sets up such a perfect world for couples that they do not know how to handle the second stage that they will enter. It can lead couples to great disappointment in their marriage. If stuck there too long, the second stage can often head couples in the direction of divorce. Thankfully, there is a third stage. The third stage is the process of realizing that your relationship or marriage needs work. It is the realization that you are not headed in the direction that you both desire. It … Continue reading →

Teaching Your Own Child in Your Classroom

A few articles ago, I mentioned the hardships that can come from teaching the children of friends or family members. Equally, it can be as difficult to teach your own children in your classroom. Having your own child in your classroom may not be a great idea. Parents tend to be harder on their children than others. While many outsiders will feel that you are giving your child favors and special attention, you will be trying so hard not to that you actually treat your child worse than the other students. In addition, children need space. They need to have … Continue reading →

When the Wife Earns More Money

It has always been the assumption that men are the breadwinners of the family. At one point in time, they were. Men made the money and the women took care of the children and the house. However, times have changed. The cost of living has forced women to work and women have worked their way right up the career ladder. Women are now doctors, lawyers, and business associates. More than thirty percent of wives earn more than their husbands earn. Of course some of these women are married to jobless men or stay at home dads. Although the wives are … Continue reading →

When Children Feel Like They Are the Only One

There is something about the developmental stages of childhood and adolescence that seem completely universal—kids just seem to grow up, age, go through similar stages and such—regardless of when or where they live. But kids don’t know that. A child seems to feel like whatever it is he or she is feeling—he or she is the only one EVER who thought or felt that way… I think one of the tasks of maturing and growing up is to realize how universal and connected we are with other humans—how we feel the same emotions, share similar dreams, and have a shared … Continue reading →

What is Safe and How Do Parents Know When A Child is Unsafe?

Children can do the strangest things sometimes, and parents don’t always know what motivates some children to do the things they do. I don’t think there are many parents who can say their child has always been perfectly well behaved, followed all the rules or doesn’t have some kind of “streak” in them. Most parents of the average 2-year-old have experienced the “biting” stage or issue at least once. Either someone else’s child bits our child or our child has bitten another child. Either way it is pretty common for 2-year olds to bite or be bitten by someone. When … Continue reading →