Family Pointers
Decide to Be Better
Each of us should form a resolution right now.
Husbands, promise yourself that your wife is going to have a more caring husband till death separates you.
Wives, promise yourself that your husband...
101,388 Hours
From the time children are born until they reach age 18, they are awake 118,260 hours (allowing eight hours for sleep a night).
Consider the Children
Children are precious. They were brought into this world through no desire of their own. Many are abused, used as pawns, neglected, denied, and betrayed. Such is not fair.
Dr. R. F. Hertz, a British...
Tips for the Home
Nine out of Ten
Understandably, many families must utilize the services of a day care center, but some Americans use such centers merely to increase their buying power by putting both parents in the workforce....
Building a House is not the same as Building a Home
On July 21, 1983, 288 construction workers were waiting for the sound of the gun that would mark the beginning of construction on a house in Palmer, Alaska.
They were going to be timed to...
Focusing on the Homefront
Against Violence
When I applied for Conscientious Objector draft status, a friend suggested that I ask a variety of individuals to write and explain their personal knowledge of my sincerity as a non-violent person. After...
Parenting Tips
Ten Things for Which a Parent Will Never Be Sorry
For doing your level best even when discouraged.
For hearing before judging in family quarrels.
For thinking before speaking when emotionally upset.
For not...
Thoughts from the Home
500 Family Counselors Say . . .
According to a study of more than 500 family counselors, the following are the top traits of successful families:
Communicating and listening
Affirming and supporting family members
Respecting...
Do Try This at Home
A national survey of strong families conducted by the Human Development and Family Department at the University of Nebraska—Lincoln provided the following profile of a strong family:
Appreciation. “Family members gave one another compliments and...