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What my children taught me about parentingThis week I saw a columnist post an inquiry to readers asking, “What did your kids teach you about parenting?” This interesting question made me wonder how I would answer it. So here’s my take on the question.

If there has ever been a time in my life when I feel like crawling under the bed with a blankie and lying there whimpering – it just might be now. Now, I really don’t see myself as a wimp, like a girl who has never had to face anything more unpleasant than a pimple on her nose on prom night.

An Exaggerated Report I guess everyone has wondered what would happen to his job, his family, his good old buddies if he happened to unexpectedly die. How — one can wonder — would they take it. I had a little taste of that one day.

Kids say the darndest things School is definite ly back in session and it is like no other school year we have ever known, but some things remain the same. Namely, the humorous (often) true things that kids say and they don’t even know they are funny.

I recently read where test scores are down across the state in our public schools. The news made me think of the following item sent to me by one of our readers…. Teaching Math: A Historic Overview Teaching Math in 1950: A logger sells a truckload of lumber for $100.

Going Through Airport Security Seeing what a danger terrorism is to the flying public made me glad to see security was on the lookout for my safter one morning not so long ago. Keeping us safe. Several recent test attempts to smuggle fake bombs, guns aboard passenger planes were successful.

Pigs and wedding bells The Picnic A Jewish Rabbi and a Catholic Priest met at the town’s annual 4th of July picnic. Old friends, they began their usual banter. "This baked ham is really delicious;" the priest teased the rabbi. "You really ought to try it.

I understand that cursive writing has been brought back into our schools. I hope so. I enjoyed the following article… Do We Really Need Cursive Writing? With the rise of electronic communications, even less time is being devoted to teaching handwriting in our schools.

Earlier this year a study on the future of families was reported in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. One of the study’s authors was Dr. Deigo Alburez- Gutierrez, a scholarly gent who researches and writes about family relationships.

“No Matter What” is the title of a popular song released in recent years. The lyrics talk about, “No matter whether we really try to please Him, or if we choose to throw a monstrous bomb into our life and the lives of those around us, He just loves us – no matter what.