All posts for the day December 20th, 2011

Tips for Keeping Your Child Unplugged

Unplugging your child requires your intervention and the child’s cooperation. Here are some tips for both parents and children to stay “unplugged” in the high-tech age: Fewer Temptations Remove the temptation entirely. I am not advocating tossing out the television, but children should not be plugged into the iPod, Blackberry, television, game console or PC […]

Strength & Weakness: Nurture

Yesterday, we established self-sacrifice as a strength, but identified the same characteristic as a weakness. Natural self-sacrifice is truly a strength which furthers humanity. Self-sacrifice as a weakness is not an instinct, but instead, is learned behavior. Out of the Bubble Outside the vacuum we are exposed to societal expectations and contemporary norms. Over time both change, […]

Hodge Podge

So, after the weekend+ of strength and weakness, fun and frivolity and outright absurdity, we have some things which are still hanging about like the sleeve out of the suitcase… Stand up and be counted. I wrapped up the savings poll. Some interesting numbers there: 4% of you are borrowing from savings, banks, retirement or […]