Simple Chores Help Teach Kids Lessons
For Life, Experts Say
Dec 13, 1999
Washing dishes can teach children an important life lesson. So can scrubbing the toilet bowl, raking the lawn, folding the laundry or setting the table.
Doing chores teaches children responsibility, gives them skills they will use as adults, and teaches them a valuable lesson [...]
Archive for August, 2008
Raising Responsible Children
Posted in Parenting, Single Mothers, tagged single moms raising responsible children, teaching children about work on August 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Quote of the Week
Posted in Parenting, Single Mothers, tagged making the most of what you have, single moms doing their best on August 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” -Theodore Roosevelt
Invisible Fathers at the Olympic Games
Posted in Bonding with Children, Parenting, tagged olympians and single moms, single mothers raise great kids on August 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This article is reprinted here with permission.
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach –
Monday, 18 August, 2008
From JPost.com
The most memorable scenes of the Beijing Olympics are not what Michael Phelps accomplished in the pool but what he did right after emerging with yet another Olympic gold medal after every swim. Here, a twenty-three-year-old athletic superstar took his flowers [...]
Is Your Train Derailed? How to Get Back on Track.
Posted in Parenting, Single Mothers on August 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Is your train derailed? When this happens you can’t go forward or backward. You’re stuck.
Under the ties, the rails, the track itself must be the foundation.
If you are trying to travel on a track built on sand, your track will shift and break down.
If you are trying to travel on a track built over uneven [...]
Quote of the Week
Posted in Single Mothers on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg.We must be hatched or go bad. -C.S. Lewis
Job Jump Starts reTREAT
Posted in Job Jump Starts, Single Mothers, tagged job jump starts for single moms, retreat ministry for single moms, single mothers and the job market on August 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(All photos taken by Bonnie Burke. Thank you , Bonnie!)
Last Saturday we held our Job Jump Starts reTREAT for six wonderful women. The day was filled with treats for the mom guests. Here are are special single mom guests.
In addition to board members, Donna Erickson, Betsy Hart, Helen Overall, Vicki Price, and Carol Wommack (go [...]
Quote of the Week
Posted in Single Mothers, tagged gratitude, prayer on August 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Don’t pray when it rains if you don’t pray when the sun shines. – Leroy “Satchel” Paige
One Woman’s Story of Leadership in the Workforce
Posted in Job Jump Starts, Single Mothers, tagged college for women, the value of college for women, women in business, women in leadership on August 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
by Carolyn Pineda
Thirty years ago, most women were not going to college. And if they did, no one would have been shocked if they said they were going to college to become a teacher or nurse. That was the expected and appropriate answer for a young woman to give during that time in society. It [...]
Build Boundaries Not Walls for Your Children
Posted in Parenting, Setting Boundaries, tagged build boundaries for you children, children need boundaries. single parents, great wall on August 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This morning I was watching the news anticipating the Olympic games in China and they were featuring the Great Wall of China. Many commented on how “beautiful” it is. Though the views and mountains are truly gorgeous, I failed to see the beauty in the wall itself. While its construction is certainly one of the greatest [...]
Embracing Loneliness
Posted in Single Mothers, tagged being alone, loneliness, solitude, spiritual growth for hurting women, spiritual growth for single mothers on August 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
How do you handle being alone? Do you embrace solitude?
The difference between solitude and loneliness is deep and wide. A day alone need not cause loneliness.
I’ve spent many days in solitude. Some by choice-others not. Either way I learned more, stretched more, grew more during those times.
There is power in acceptance. Embrace the solitude. Search [...]
