I spent fifteen years working in the quality assurance department of an auto parts factory and have a certificate showing that 30 years ago I was certified as a quality engineer. There are a few simple lessons I learned during that time that I believe apply as much to little people in the home as … Continue reading Quality assurance and child training
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Why a child should not be king of the home
There are widely divergent views on child training in North America – ranging all the way from a laissez faire attitude (let the child alone and she will figure things out on her own), to the harsh disciplinarian (if you want a child to learn how to behave you need to spank him once a … Continue reading Why a child should not be king of the home
Somebody ought to do something
Just about every day the media presents new evidence of bullying, neglected and mistreated children, juvenile prostitution, verbal, physical and sexual abuse, youth gangs and all the other problems that seem to afflict the children and youth of our society. Cries of distress and outrage go up and there is a universal feeling that something … Continue reading Somebody ought to do something
Getting the point across
My wife and I were getting ready to go to Saskatoon, an hour’s drive from our home. I thought we needed to leave by 9:30 to accomplish all we wanted to do. I busied myself getting ready, preparing the things I needed to take to the places I needed to go. My wife was busy … Continue reading Getting the point across
Book review: Hold On to Your Kids
Hold On to Your Kids: Why parents need to matter more than peers, by Gordon Neufeld, © 2004. This book is for parents who feel their children are slipping away from them. Doctor Neufeld is a child psychologist in Vancouver, B.C. who believes that parents need to be the strongest influence in the development of … Continue reading Book review: Hold On to Your Kids
Book review: BRINGING UP BÉBÉ
This is my review of the book, Bringing up bébé, by Pamela Druckerman, an American living in Paris with her English husband, one daughter and twin boys. Ms. Druckerman was shocked to discover that all that she thought she knew about child training, learned in the USA, was considered bizarre and impractical by mothers in … Continue reading Book review: BRINGING UP BÉBÉ
Flatlander Faith 