Parenting Sharp Minors

The Colour of Friendship Day

Once upon a time the colors of the world started to quarrel. All claimed that they were the best. The most important. The most useful. The favourite.
Green said:
“Clearly I am the most important. I am the sign of life and of hope. I was chosen for grass, trees and leaves. Without me, all animals [...]


Smack Me and Spank Me

When does applying pressure to a child mean discipline?  When any pressure is applied to anything it is an event occuring from a cause of action.  Causation.  Lawyers cannot challenge this because this is not a case trial and the only relevance here as Einstein would say is a “relative” within in suplerlative.

I don’t understand [...]


Gemini: The Year of the Rat

My Daughter recently had her birthday and all she wanted was a Rat.   Meet Gemini!  Mini Gem is herself on the right side of this image - below! has been manipulated using “user-friendly” software.
Gemini’s Father breeder works in a Pet Store and raises these cute little rodents at home.  So if you want a Rat [...]


Mind your Body Spirit: Are You With Me?

I went to the Mind Body Spirit Festival and I was in awe of the energy that vibrated throughout the place.My hands, which emit so much heat, were at one time sweating with shiny heat beads.

Along my journey, I met with a small token that beckoned me to pick up. [...]


Cool Choices

When do we teach choices? here is another evolving experience within our Family.

My daughter who is in Grade 2 (7yrs) is participating in Sports Day this week at school. It is on Tuesday for her age group.

Prior to last week, she came home one day complaining that her legs hurt. “Well love that’s [...]


Prepare your Child?

Pardon me. I cannot sit by and do nothing about what I have observed in this book! A method of learning that “provokes” and “promotes” self measurement using the words “beautiful” and “ugly” - with an image to descript!

What is the world teaching it’s young? - we say “No” to discrimination - we [...]


It’s a Pre-gravitational Event Nancy!

A mother in her early 30’s with a child of 3 years rushed into work exclaiming “I’m pregnant”! obviously quite excited by the news of an inner “event” she then quickly went onto saying that she is thinking of where to “send” the baby once it is born.
Isn’t that weird? Or is it the “new” [...]