Our kids are at school for more of the waking hours than they are at home. Because of that, we as parents should ensure that they eat a healthy lunch and get the nutrition and fuel they need to be able to focus, learn and be active to meet the needs of the school day. The trouble is, how do you know what…
When you think of drugs and family, your thoughts probably instantly go to teenagers with shady friends and rebellious behaviors. The last thing that comes to mind is a mom with a drug problem. If an expectant mother has a drug problem, it's usually discovered by her doctor quickly during prenatal visits. Hopefully, she'll get help dealing with her addiction for the safety…
Kids lately never spend time in nature. We all know what the tech evolution has done to our children in terms of physical activity. Long gone are the days when children took their play out of the house, given that these days it is common to find many watching TV and playing video games in laptops, gaming machines among others. Now, while tech advancements are…
While marriage and relationship happiness may not be the first priority for everyone, for many people, that is the ideal outcome. These things are part of the major steps in life. Your first major steps came when you took your first steps. Then you graduated high school, maybe even graduated college, and hopefully followed that with your dream career. These life steps don't always happen…
Children view life and the world as utopian perfection, were all problems can and should be easily solved. This concept of perfection is gradually degraded as we age and for good reason – life isn’t perfect. But this aim of perfection holds not only beauty in its innocence but a positive outlook and a sense of wonder that is not restricted by dogma…
Statistics show that when people get to the end of their lives they regret what they didn’t do more than what they did do in their lives. What would your future self-say to you right now? What is it that you haven’t done or made that you will regret when you are old? Is there a book that you want to write, an…
Two of my daughters arrived home from primary school last week with public health packages in their bags. It's that time of year again, when nurses are out in force like army recruitment officers, waging a war on deadly germs and rounding up volunteers for vaccines. This year in the United Kingdom the intranasal flu vaccine is being rolled out. It's already been…
Imagine if you had to walk two miles to get drinking water for your family every day. That’s what many of these children in Zambia have to do three times a day. They have dreams of going to school. Watch what happens when their village gets clean water for the first time. To learn more about how you can help the people of…