I am watching the the Miss America 2010 pageant. It was the usual bather until we got to Miss Louisiana's question... "The United States leads all other counties in sending aid to Haiti, what do you think about this considering we have so many problems at home?" She responded some major dribble, completely missing the point of the question.
Charity Begins at Home! This woman has apparently led such a priviledged life that she has no idea hwo many people right here in America are suffering, homeless, jobless, hungry and without health care!
Did you ever wonder why the instructions on the oxygen masks on airplanes tell you to put your own mask on before helping others with theirs? The reason for this is because if you are not strong, then you cannot be expected to gainfully assist others.
The same goes for sending charity to other countries. America needs to strengthen itself from within first! Our richest citizens are so worried about "appearing" to be caring individuals that they feel they need to make a big spectacular donation to another country. In reality, if they would make smaller donations of time and money to the people right here in America who need it, America as a whole would be stronger!
What's more, is some of the most generous people that I know are not rich at all. The most generous people are poor. They are enlightened to know that they do not NEED all of these material things that so many others waste their money on. Poor people know how to be grateful for what they have, and are willing to give anything they have that goes above and beyond their basic needs to others.
The mentality of America needs to change! Stop wasting your money on coffee at Starbucks, designer clothes, subscriptions to magazines that you only leaf through once and throw away. Instead, invest that wasted money into someone in your own community who needs it!
Don't know anyone? If you look hard enough, you can find someone. Go to your local homeless shelter, and sponsor someone. Take them under your wing, get them a place to live, a couple pairs of new clothes and help them find a job.
Do you know how hard it is to find a job when you don't have a home address, or clothes suitable for interview? Even fast food restaurants won't hire you if you come in for an interview in dirty, torn clothes!
If you help others in your own community, they in turn, will help others, and so on. It's the "Pay it forward concept." You help one person, that person helps another, that person helps another, and it grows and grows!
Take this opportunity to help someone in YOUR community who needs it. If you cannot afford to sponsor someone, then volunteer your time! Your time is very valuable to Food Panties, Animal Shelters, Homeless Shelters, Boys and Girls Clubs, schools and hospitals.
It doesn't take a rich person to make a difference, just a KIND person!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
When Children use Violence against Parents
Over the past few years, we have heard about more and more cases of children acting out violently against their parents. Once of the most famous cases were the Menendez brothers. Erik and Lyle Menendez not only killed their parents, but did so in such a bloody violent way, that it seemed something right out of a horror movie. They are not the only ones. Most recently a 14 year old boy from Colorado - John Caudle killed his mother and step-father because he didn't want to do his household chores. It is reported that the boy had no remorse, and was actually very happy the day that he drove himself to school in his step-father's truck. The night before, when he killed them, he left them where they lay, played video games, and ate snacks.
What on earth could lead to more and more young people acting out so violently against their parents?
I believe it starts with discipline at an early age. A child needs to know their boundaries. The rules need to be set in stone, and the parents need to remain consistant with punishments. The punishment should fit the crime. So many parents are now afraid to spank their children for fear of retaliation from the government.
It is NOT against the law to spank your child! As long as it was done for the right reason, was not out of anger, and was appropriate, it is perfectly acceptable. Not only is it acceptable, it is really necessary on some occasions.
I'm a lover, not a fighter. I was beaten as a child and I know the difference between a beating and a spanking. As a rule, I think that a parent should try other things first before resorting to a spanking except in a few key situations.
If a child does something that is a danger to themselves or others (playing with a gun or a knife, taking drugs, ect.) then a spanking is in order right away. The child should be told why they are getting the spanking, get the spanking, and then have it explained again. This should then be quickly followed up with hugs and kisses to let them know that you gave them this tough form of discipline because you love them.
Every day when I go out in public, I can easily spot several children in the crowd treating their parents with disrespect. I know that when I was a child, if I said some of the things that I hear from these kids I would have gotten a mouth full of soap or worse. Children do not respect their parents these days, and it's the parent's fault!
Any parent who has a child that treats them with disrepect, makes demands, calls them names or cusses them out needs to take a step back and realize that the child only does it because the parent is ALLOWING them to get away with it.
I am making a plea to all of you parents out there. MAKE YOUR CHILDREN RESPECT YOU! If you don't, you might end up like the parents of John Caudle...dead!
What on earth could lead to more and more young people acting out so violently against their parents?
I believe it starts with discipline at an early age. A child needs to know their boundaries. The rules need to be set in stone, and the parents need to remain consistant with punishments. The punishment should fit the crime. So many parents are now afraid to spank their children for fear of retaliation from the government.
It is NOT against the law to spank your child! As long as it was done for the right reason, was not out of anger, and was appropriate, it is perfectly acceptable. Not only is it acceptable, it is really necessary on some occasions.
I'm a lover, not a fighter. I was beaten as a child and I know the difference between a beating and a spanking. As a rule, I think that a parent should try other things first before resorting to a spanking except in a few key situations.
If a child does something that is a danger to themselves or others (playing with a gun or a knife, taking drugs, ect.) then a spanking is in order right away. The child should be told why they are getting the spanking, get the spanking, and then have it explained again. This should then be quickly followed up with hugs and kisses to let them know that you gave them this tough form of discipline because you love them.
Every day when I go out in public, I can easily spot several children in the crowd treating their parents with disrespect. I know that when I was a child, if I said some of the things that I hear from these kids I would have gotten a mouth full of soap or worse. Children do not respect their parents these days, and it's the parent's fault!
Any parent who has a child that treats them with disrepect, makes demands, calls them names or cusses them out needs to take a step back and realize that the child only does it because the parent is ALLOWING them to get away with it.
I am making a plea to all of you parents out there. MAKE YOUR CHILDREN RESPECT YOU! If you don't, you might end up like the parents of John Caudle...dead!
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