Hey everybody. It's about time for us  to take a look at tomorrow. We will need some leaders for tomorrow. Somebody will have to be the teachers, policemen, pastors, scientists, politicians, etc... We hold within our hands the futures of our children. We have to shape their futures and inspire them to set goals and reach them.

It's not enough for us to think that someone else will do this for us. No one will do it. It's our job and our responsibility to discuss their future with them. Beyond the talking we have to be active in encouraging them towards their future goals. It can be costly to do this. I have seen many children and teens that could have excelled in any thing, but no efforts were put towards developing their talents.

This is the good part of parenting.

Here are a few ideas that may be helpful, as usual if you have ideas please feel free to add your commments.

1. Buy books that address the interests of your child. These books should be age appropriate, and even easy. It doesn't do any good to make the reading so hard and tedious that children won't want to participate.

2. Enroll them in classes in their areas of interest. Again these classes should be age appropriate and fun. Check out your local community college, and see what they may have.

3. If there are camps, clubs, or organizations that address their interests enroll them.. Be careful here. You have to check organizations out carefully. Be active and keep a very close eye out on younger children.

4. Encourage them to have fun in these activities. Everything should not be academic. At home little activities could help keep their interest high.

5. Enjoy yourself.  This is your life too. Avoid putting yourself under stress and over scheduling yourself with these activities. You want to encourage not overwhelm yourself and your child.

These are just a few things that can be done. Are you doing something different?

Hey everybody. Oops!!! I almost overlooked this glorious holiday. You know I love holidays, mainly because I don't have to work, and I can eat foods that I wouldn't normally eat.

Easter is not a major holiday, but it is a holiday, and with that in mind it gives us an opportunity to spend special time with our families. We can make this time special with a special meal, getting together with extended family members, and we can just relax.

Holidays are much more enjoyable when we don't add too much to the day. You know that we can turn a holiday into a workday. We can make the meal too elaborate. We can have too great expectations for the holiday, and worst of all spend too much money. The buzz word for enjoying this day is... relax.

For Easter, intentionally slow down and relax. Please don't make this another workday.

Oh, yeah please accept my apology for this late entry, but I had to touch on this wonderful holiday.

Enjoy your holiday. Write back and let us know how you celebrated this Easter.

Hey everybody,... I was just wondering, are you having fun yet? I have always believed that parenting should be fun, no matter what the child's age.