Long-term care is when an individual requires physical and emotional care for an extended period of time. These types of help are typically the activities that normal and active people take for granted. Some of these are walking, using the bathroom, bathing, pain management, eating, doing errands and help with incontinence. Most people only find [...] Read more »
lacrosse and Russian
I didn’t get that much out of college, other than friends, knowledge, life experiences, and the ability to blow up an opponent in lacrosse. I majored in math, and now I’m a finance and systems consultant. Related, fine. But they are two different disciplines. I studied linguistics, and while I’m able to speak [...] Read more »
Teaching Children About Finances
It seems that most parents are always lecturing their children with the old adage that says “money does not grow on trees” whenever their children seem to be asking for too many things. Money certainly does not grow on trees, but how are children supposed to know that? To all intents and purposes, some children [...] Read more »
9 Effective Tips to Save on Car Insurance for Teenagers
Car insurance for teenagers can cost as much as five times more than the rates for adults. This is because of the greater driving risk involved in teenagers evidenced by greater number of accidents and higher number of serious injuries and fatalities compared to adult drivers. In order to lower actual rates and maximize your [...] Read more »
a money parable that doesn’t make sense
The owner of a successful small business in his hometown had two sons. The younger son asked one day if the father could lend (really give) him a substantial amount of money. The father, being the trusting sort, gave him the money without asking why he needed it. The younger son took off for a [...] Read more »
aluminum boats
Here’s a quick and simple game for kids. Give them some aluminum foil – an equal amount for each kid. Tell them to design a boat, and then take the boats outside and float them in tubs of water. Start adding pennies to each boat, and see which boat can hold the most pennies before [...] Read more »
Mister Rogers and Daniel Tiger
This one might have slipped past the non-parents out there (and even some of the parents) but I happened to stumble across the news that PBS was bringing back Mister Rogers. "Aw, how nice," I thought, remembering fondly all of the silly puppets and grandfatherly Mr. Rogers, who along with Captain Kangaroo (and Bugs Bunny [...] Read more »
what if no one was watching
Although I’ve lived in three different countries and worked for long periods of time in dozens of others, I had never spent a lot of time around young children (other than my own, of course, in the last five years). I certainly never paid much attention to child development or early education. I’ve read here [...] Read more »
parenting moments
I originally wrote this post about 3 years ago when my son, Little Buddy, was starting to talk fairly well. I was cycling through some old posts and thought this one was nice enough to republish. Yesterday Little Buddy woke up and called out for me, as he usually does. I was downstairs and heard [...] Read more »
7 things you don’t want to skimp on
You don’t always want to save as much as you possibly can on everything. I can think of at least a few examples where spending the least amount possible is not always a great idea: Education. I am a huge proponent of public education for two reasons: 1, the involvement with your community, both for [...] Read more »
should you have children?
Sometimes it’s hard to come up with a subject to blog about, so tonight I’ll borrow Syd’s thoughts: If you decide not to have children, you’re also going to have to learn how to fit in to a world that doesn’t understand you. When people find out that you don’t want kids, be prepared for [...] Read more »
consumerism and dancing
One of the lessons I’ve learned from being a father of two is that the relationship between happiness and ‘things’ for children is established early on. You won’t be able to completely sever the mental connection between happiness and the accumulation of stuff, either. As a parent, you’d like to see your children spurn the [...] Read more »