Thursday, September 17, 2009

What a great dad!

Did you see the video of a recent Philly's baseball game? A foul ball was knocked into the stands. A man caught it then gave it to his very young daughter who promptly threw it towards the baseball game.

Some dads would have been angry and shouted at the child. This dad laughed and hugged his daughter. That was the best response.

Congratulations, Dad, for following Number 2 on Single Parent Wisdom scale of advice: Be Patient and Loving. Way to go. I'm proud of you and your daughter is fortunate to have a loving dad like you.

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Parents Mad at President Obama

Obama raised fear in the hearts of parents across the United States by announcing a talk to students. After a campaign, not so long ago, that had the major television networks praising every step he took, I can understand their fear. What is his agenda? Is he going to turn our children into Democrats? Liberals? No, school teachers are more likely to do that. College professors will definitely try.

So, today is the big day of the talk. I just read the speech at http://news-public.com/. I did not see any propaganda that I don't already promote in my book, 25 Ways to Encourage Good Behavior from the Single Parent Wisdom series. Obama simply encourages children to take responsibility for their actions and realize they control their fate, no matter the situation. Now we need their parents to do the same.

Not a very Democratic speech. Most of the time, this President tells us to rely on the government to fix all our problems. Personally, I prefer to rely on myself and hope for less government interference. Perhaps after he says the speech out loud to the students and cameras, he will realize he could promote less government, not more. We can only hope.

Wednesday, September 2, 2009

For my book series, Single Parent Wisdom, I asked over 50 single parents with children now grown to reflect on what worked and what didn't while raising their children. Compiling their answers and adding mine, I found 7 areas of advice recurring from their answers:
  1. Be Consistent.
  2. Be Patient & Loving.
  3. Time is Short.
  4. Be Age-Appropriate.
  5. Reduce the Chaos.
  6. Be a Role Model.
  7. Live in the Present.
I list these at the beginning of each of the 16 books, starting with "25 Ways to Encourage Good Behavior."