This is so good that instead of giving you the link I will paste it, and provide the link!
http://orthonomics.blogspot.com/search/label/Entitlement
Bill of Rights for ChildrenHat Tip: A commentor on Rabbi Horowitz's site posted something called the John Rosemond's Bill of Rights for children. It rings true to me and really hits home, especially in light of my last batch of posts. Read on and leave your own comments. I love this. Perhaps I will post it up on our refrigerator!
Because it is the most character-building, two-letter word in the English language, children have the right to hear their parents say "NO" at least three times a day. Children have the right to find out early in their lives that their parents don't exist to make them happy, but to offer them the opportunity to learn the skills they - children - will need to eventually make themselves happy. Children have a right to scream all they want over the decisions their parents make, albeit their parents have the right to confine said screaming to certain areas of their homes. Children have the right to find out early that their parents care deeply for them, but don't give a hoot what their children think about them at any given moment in time. Because it is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, children have the right to hear their parents say "Because I said so" on a regular and frequent basis. Because it is the most character-building activity a child can engage in, children have the right to share significantly in the doing of household chores. Every child has the right to discover early in life that he isn't the center of the universe (or his family or his parents' lives), that he isn't a big fish in a small pond, that he isn't the Second Coming, and that he's not ever - in the total scheme of things - very important at all, no one is, so as to prevent him from becoming an insufferable brat. Children have the right to learn to be grateful for what they receive; therefore, they have the right to receive all of what they truly need and very little of what they simply want. Children have the right to learn early in their lives that obedience to legitimate authority is not optional, that there are consequences for disobedience, and that said consequences are memorable and, therefore, persuasive. Every child has the right to parents who love him/her enough to make sure he/she enjoys all of the above rights.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Personal
Side note:
As part of my initiative to change our lives for the better, during lunch I walked to the forest preserve and back. I believe I’ll be doing that more often, possibly with music so its not as bad of a walk. I guess being healthy starts one day at a time J
Count:
8 weeks = 15 pounds lost.
As part of my initiative to change our lives for the better, during lunch I walked to the forest preserve and back. I believe I’ll be doing that more often, possibly with music so its not as bad of a walk. I guess being healthy starts one day at a time J
Count:
8 weeks = 15 pounds lost.
Gasoline
Industry insider.
You do not need to be an industry insider to realize that gas prices are increasing and will not let up. The price of regular unleaded gasoline will get to $7, that is a fact, no use denying it. Americans in General (not the one person that you know that lives in a hut in Arkansas and eats only from their garden) in general, Americans live large, big cars, big houses, big meal portions. Everyone knows that the way the economy is going it is a great time to work hard, save, and downsize. Yet, what if the first two components are realistic but the third is not. There seems to be a trend going around of people with great intentions giving the worst possible advice! If you drive a van and you have three children, two in car seats, if someone recommends you get a Toyota prius that is a hybrid tell them where to go and explain to them in detail on how to get there. YES, America has to start downsizing. Yes, America has to start making changes; NO America does not have to get stupid! Obviously we live in a country where people are used to working and living in two separate areas. I would recommend for someone to find a job closer to home, commute by train, bus, bike. That would be a good recommendation, again if at all feasible. I would tell people to stop buying out the junk food isle at the grocery store and concentrate on making themselves and their families healthier by eating fruits and vegetables and not sweets, and greasy food. Again, it does not cost cheaper to eat healthier, but it will save you money in the long run, via staying healthier longer, and not spending extra money on extras like Oreo’s. I would say if there is any other mode of transportation to and from errands, work or fun that could be used, explore those methods. CARPOOL. Be neighborly if you are going to the grocery store and you live close to people, go together. These are just some Ideas of how not to rack up $70 gas bills.
As for people and their terrific advice of sell your van, buy a little car. To them I say “mind your business, and downsize your expenses the way you see fit, because I’ll downsize mine the way I see fit”.
THE PRICE OF GASOLINE WILL NOT DECREASE. The price of gasoline will only increase. The price of everything else will be directly affected and all goods and services will increase in price. There is no use in crying about it, or kvetching about it. Suck it up and start changing your life. Every other nation in the world has been paying high gas prices for years. America too will make it when prices will equal of those in Europe.
You do not need to be an industry insider to realize that gas prices are increasing and will not let up. The price of regular unleaded gasoline will get to $7, that is a fact, no use denying it. Americans in General (not the one person that you know that lives in a hut in Arkansas and eats only from their garden) in general, Americans live large, big cars, big houses, big meal portions. Everyone knows that the way the economy is going it is a great time to work hard, save, and downsize. Yet, what if the first two components are realistic but the third is not. There seems to be a trend going around of people with great intentions giving the worst possible advice! If you drive a van and you have three children, two in car seats, if someone recommends you get a Toyota prius that is a hybrid tell them where to go and explain to them in detail on how to get there. YES, America has to start downsizing. Yes, America has to start making changes; NO America does not have to get stupid! Obviously we live in a country where people are used to working and living in two separate areas. I would recommend for someone to find a job closer to home, commute by train, bus, bike. That would be a good recommendation, again if at all feasible. I would tell people to stop buying out the junk food isle at the grocery store and concentrate on making themselves and their families healthier by eating fruits and vegetables and not sweets, and greasy food. Again, it does not cost cheaper to eat healthier, but it will save you money in the long run, via staying healthier longer, and not spending extra money on extras like Oreo’s. I would say if there is any other mode of transportation to and from errands, work or fun that could be used, explore those methods. CARPOOL. Be neighborly if you are going to the grocery store and you live close to people, go together. These are just some Ideas of how not to rack up $70 gas bills.
As for people and their terrific advice of sell your van, buy a little car. To them I say “mind your business, and downsize your expenses the way you see fit, because I’ll downsize mine the way I see fit”.
THE PRICE OF GASOLINE WILL NOT DECREASE. The price of gasoline will only increase. The price of everything else will be directly affected and all goods and services will increase in price. There is no use in crying about it, or kvetching about it. Suck it up and start changing your life. Every other nation in the world has been paying high gas prices for years. America too will make it when prices will equal of those in Europe.
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
Moms Eat Junk Food, Kids Get Fat!
Moms Eat Junk Food, Kids Get Fat
Study Shows Rats Fed Junk Food During Pregnancy Have Obesity-Prone Offspring
Finally there is evidence, what you do before a child is born is just as important as what you do after they are born.
Here is a pleasant read that will put everyone on a nice slimming diet of no junk food…at least while pregnant.
Enjoy the read!
Study Shows Rats Fed Junk Food During Pregnancy Have Obesity-Prone Offspring
Finally there is evidence, what you do before a child is born is just as important as what you do after they are born.
Here is a pleasant read that will put everyone on a nice slimming diet of no junk food…at least while pregnant.
Enjoy the read!
Monday, June 30, 2008
Dating!
Shidduchim
One must as themselves the following questions before going on a date: “am I ready to get married?” Although a lot of people answer yes to this question, their actions speak to the contrary. If you answer yes to this question then you answer yes to be committed to the person that you are marrying, you are saying that this person is now my family and their needs and wants come first. You are saying that your family is still incredibly important to you but it is now not your immediate family but your spouse is. A lot of single people that are currently nodding their heads in commitment to this stigma of “yes” I am ready to commit are picturing their lives exactly as they are now but with one extra addition. If you are lucky that is true. If you are lucky, you meet someone from the same city that you are from and you don’t have to move, you just have to make room. What if though, you are searching in your city and you get bupkas? What if there is nobody left to date? What if you have to travel to date? WHAT IF YOU HAVE TO MOVE? It is this last problem that I would like to address. It seems that a large number of singles feel that they should not have to move. They feel like, if the other party is serious as well then they would move and not them. Some singles even believe that the city that they are from is far more superior to the city that the other person is from and therefore they should not be expected to give it up. Well here is the shock for everyone that has ever tried to set up two people. At first glance these people you are trying to set up seem perfect for each other, until one of them whips out those incredible words which indicate “ah ah partner, I’m not moving anywhere”.
After one such comment to me I felt as though I wanted to reach through the phone and ring this person’s neck. If felt as though I have been betrayed by my single friend. My single friend had been saying that they don’t mind moving for years and now that there is this awesome boy they bring this piece of goodliness out! WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!
I feel like after soul searching I have figured out some of the problems. Though speaking to other singles and at one point in time being single my self I have heard tons of explanations on such behaviors. Some of those explanations included, ‘the older you get, the more set you are in your ways the less you are likely wanting to change’. Others ‘the more comfortable you get in your life style, the least likely you will want to change it’. Others still, ‘the people are just very attached to their families and are unable to invasion life without them’.
To all these I have a response. The first is of course the most ridiculous. The more set in your ways you are??? So then do the world a favor don’t get married at all because inevitably it will end in divorce because you are unwilling to compromise. The second, how comfortable are you when you are living with your parents and not having a moment of peace. How comfortable are you living with roommates and not having your own little corner to call home? How comfortable are you when you are going out alone and seeing everyone else in what seem like happy romances? The third is by far the best in my opinion. I love my family very much and feel that I too cannot be too far away from them. I feel like I need to be close enough in order to be able to jump in a car and be there in a few hours. Yet, there are families that are so smothering that a child physically doesn’t see how they will be with out their family at all. A couple blocks down the street is as far as they will go. Those are the ones to watch out for. Those are the ones that will have their families in your business all the time. Those are the ones that have no limits, no boundaries. Those are the ones that could potentially cause a divorce because their family will always come before their spouse and as we all know that is a recipe for a disaster.
So with all of that said. Are you ready to get married? If you are then I’ll be serious and try really hard on your behalf.
If you aren’t….stop yanking me around as if I were a yo-yo!
One must as themselves the following questions before going on a date: “am I ready to get married?” Although a lot of people answer yes to this question, their actions speak to the contrary. If you answer yes to this question then you answer yes to be committed to the person that you are marrying, you are saying that this person is now my family and their needs and wants come first. You are saying that your family is still incredibly important to you but it is now not your immediate family but your spouse is. A lot of single people that are currently nodding their heads in commitment to this stigma of “yes” I am ready to commit are picturing their lives exactly as they are now but with one extra addition. If you are lucky that is true. If you are lucky, you meet someone from the same city that you are from and you don’t have to move, you just have to make room. What if though, you are searching in your city and you get bupkas? What if there is nobody left to date? What if you have to travel to date? WHAT IF YOU HAVE TO MOVE? It is this last problem that I would like to address. It seems that a large number of singles feel that they should not have to move. They feel like, if the other party is serious as well then they would move and not them. Some singles even believe that the city that they are from is far more superior to the city that the other person is from and therefore they should not be expected to give it up. Well here is the shock for everyone that has ever tried to set up two people. At first glance these people you are trying to set up seem perfect for each other, until one of them whips out those incredible words which indicate “ah ah partner, I’m not moving anywhere”.
After one such comment to me I felt as though I wanted to reach through the phone and ring this person’s neck. If felt as though I have been betrayed by my single friend. My single friend had been saying that they don’t mind moving for years and now that there is this awesome boy they bring this piece of goodliness out! WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!
I feel like after soul searching I have figured out some of the problems. Though speaking to other singles and at one point in time being single my self I have heard tons of explanations on such behaviors. Some of those explanations included, ‘the older you get, the more set you are in your ways the less you are likely wanting to change’. Others ‘the more comfortable you get in your life style, the least likely you will want to change it’. Others still, ‘the people are just very attached to their families and are unable to invasion life without them’.
To all these I have a response. The first is of course the most ridiculous. The more set in your ways you are??? So then do the world a favor don’t get married at all because inevitably it will end in divorce because you are unwilling to compromise. The second, how comfortable are you when you are living with your parents and not having a moment of peace. How comfortable are you living with roommates and not having your own little corner to call home? How comfortable are you when you are going out alone and seeing everyone else in what seem like happy romances? The third is by far the best in my opinion. I love my family very much and feel that I too cannot be too far away from them. I feel like I need to be close enough in order to be able to jump in a car and be there in a few hours. Yet, there are families that are so smothering that a child physically doesn’t see how they will be with out their family at all. A couple blocks down the street is as far as they will go. Those are the ones to watch out for. Those are the ones that will have their families in your business all the time. Those are the ones that have no limits, no boundaries. Those are the ones that could potentially cause a divorce because their family will always come before their spouse and as we all know that is a recipe for a disaster.
So with all of that said. Are you ready to get married? If you are then I’ll be serious and try really hard on your behalf.
If you aren’t….stop yanking me around as if I were a yo-yo!
Thursday, June 26, 2008
MY LIST!
Inspired by other lists I’ve decided to post my list of things I would like to Achieve.
In no particular order:
Go back to school for a masters or gain a certification in something that interests me.
Start doing work I enjoy
Travel Canada Namely: PEI, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Labrador
Travel America Namely: Alaska, Colorado, Texas, Minnesota, Las Vegas
Travel the world: Greenland, Italy, Paris, England (London), Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Ireland, Norway, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland.
Achieve physical fitness, and LIKE IT!
Learn Hebrew and be fluent in it
Be honest with myself
Be honest with everyone else.
Learn to prioritize
Ski in Aspen
Watch an Olympic swimming event LIVE!!!
Ski in Banff, Lake Louis
Do a marathon and not finish last.
Hike the Grand Canyon and camp at the bottom!
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Politics and corruption
Reading the paper I found this following article.
The one thing I keep wondering, ‘how important is FRANCE?’
From the article: “Speaking to a packed session of the legislature, Sarkozy also called on Israel to stop building settlements in the West Bank. But he tempered his address by assuring Israel that it could count on France's support in halting Iran's nuclear program.”
Really, it’s not like they do anything useful at all. Any war that they have fought in, they have surrendered. So, how important is the opinion of an anti-Semitic country where there are more arabs than Frenchmen?
Again, just a thought
The one thing I keep wondering, ‘how important is FRANCE?’
From the article: “Speaking to a packed session of the legislature, Sarkozy also called on Israel to stop building settlements in the West Bank. But he tempered his address by assuring Israel that it could count on France's support in halting Iran's nuclear program.”
Really, it’s not like they do anything useful at all. Any war that they have fought in, they have surrendered. So, how important is the opinion of an anti-Semitic country where there are more arabs than Frenchmen?
Again, just a thought
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