Should parents stop sibling from fighting? 4 Tips for parents regarding sibling rivaling. How many times have you found yourself in a situation where you are watching a conflict between the kids? Then you are debating the great question: Should we intervene? Should we stop the fights that happen between siblings? So we look at our children face, and wondering what to do. There are those who intervene immediately, separators, distance, threatening the ones who deserve it. There are others that would not interfere, and let the child learn to manage by himself. I even heard someone claim you should not intervene until you see blood... Well, all these approaches miss the main point: as parents we are always on duty! Therefore, our intervention in children's fights should not be a maximized or minimized. If we seize the opportunity we can properly teach children to get along better, and become better people. 1. 2. 3. 4.
**Do you want to be your kids' friend? Want to be your kids's friend? Think again! Nowadays one of the most destructive mistakes parents are doing is trying to be their kids' friends. This kind of behavior is harmful to the parent. However, it is also 10 times more destructive to the child! By trying to be your kids' friends you forget that your job is not to be liked / loved by your children! When you do that you try to give them what they want! However, your real job is to give them what they need!
As your kids' friend you will find it hard to set rules and limitations to your kids. If you want to fully understand it – try to think about running on the roof of a 20 level building. Kids that grow up without borders keep looking for stable things – even if those things are their parent anger. If your kids tell you that they are not your friends - just tell them it is OK; you are not supposed to be their friend. Always remember: your kids love you, and you love them. Too Much Email? Unsubscribe. Since I struggle daily to get through the flood of mail pouring into my inbox, I finally decided to do something about it. Currently I have over 400 unread messages. I just couldn't keep up with it all. Since many of the emails come from newsletters and businesses that I requested, it is up to me to get them to stop.
In the past I signed up for a giveaway and that gets you on their mailing list. Sometimes I subscribe to a blog via email or to informative newsletters or political news. The government requires these mailings to include an unsubscribe link at the end. I'm starting to use that. Yes, I might miss out on something informative, but I already am missing out since I just don't have time to read them all.
(graphic created by Virginia Allain at GlassGiant) +One-tip-a-day +Email +Overload +Clutter +Inbox. A way to triple your number of views! Lately I have several friends asking me how I get to an average of ~250 views a post. So I decided I am going to tell you my "secret" on how to double your amount of views. In additional, I am going to show you how we can all triple our views – if we will just work together! Double your views! -------------------------- So first thing first – how do I get so many views?
Simply – I go outside of Bubblews! I social share my posts! Just like I explain in past posts (refer to further reading in this posts for links) – it is important to share your work outside of Bubblews as well – both for you and for Bubblews! I understand some of you do not want to expose the stories with their real name so they do not use Facebook or Twitter. Please do not share all your posts in all those places – since you will be mark as a spammer, and no one will look at your posts. How to triple you views -------------------------------- Now I know you want to hear how to triple your number of views (and earning). Leftover Buffet Night Empties the Refrigerator. As the week progresses, leftovers start to clutter up the refrigerator.
Sometimes those can convert to lunches but often they just lurk in the back getting older by the day. I recommend having a leftover day once a week. Pull everything out of the fridge and heat it up. If it's a bit short for a meal, add some garlic bread, a salad or other filler to round out the meal. Set out all the odds and ends on the counter like a buffet. After the meal, it's probably best to just toss the remaining leftovers.
How do you use up your leftovers? (graphic created by Virginia Allain using GlassGiant) +One-tip-a-day +Thrifty +Refrigerator +Leftovers +Saving-on-food +National-clean-your-fridge-day | +Clean-your-fridge-day | +Use-up-leftovers | Getting Free Stamps. My Mom and Dad found a great source for free postage stamps. Usually they mailed their water bill, but one time stopped by to drop it off. It was already in the stamped envelope. The clerk asked if they wanted the envelope back and of course they did. The employee said a lot of people just dropped it through the slot or handed it to the staff without retrieving their stamped envelope. My mom asked what happened to those. "We just throw them out," was the response. Mom asked if they could have them and the friendly clerk started saving them for her.
Back at home, they steamed the unused stamps from the envelopes and used it for their own letters and bills. (graphic created by Virginia Allain using GlassGiant) +One-tip-a-day +Freebies +Stamps +Postage +Free-stamps. Do and Do-not while Promoting a Facebook Page. Facebook pages are usually built in order to promote something. However, there are so many Facebook pages out there (and many are added every day) that if you will not promote your page, or at least build it right – if will get zero views, and will not be worth the effort. Here I will give you some tips about what to do, and not less importantly what not to do in order to get a higher exposure to your page. Do! ------ *Give you page a good and interesting name that is linked to its subject. This way if someone will run into your page by mistake he will still take a look. * Your posts are your "ticket" you must make sure to have at least several interesting post in the page subject each week. * Give value!
* Find your followers best interactive time and post then. . * Be consistence. . * Ask for interactions. . * Show presence in the page. . * Attract new followers by showing presence in related pages. . * Follow Facebook ToS ! Do-not do! *Do not steal others' materials. . * Same goes with smartarses. How to control anger with kids. Every parent knows this situation – you are extremely stressed and you ask your kids for help. Only it seems like they are doing everything the other way around. It seems like they are only making things harder on you, and it seems like they are doing it on purpose! Another possibility is that they humiliate you in public, or doing thing extremely slow when you are in a hurry. It does not really matter what your kids did. The important thing is that you perceive it as an act against you. The reality is that once you get angry it turns into a fight – and now no one will really win. Therefore, it is important to realize one thing – your kids do not try to make you angry!
Thus, it is important not to get angry - keep memorize it is not against you, it is for their own best interest. In addition, it is important to realize that rebelling against the parent is a natural process that will come in certain ages. Remember – our acts and responds determine what route our children will choose. A way to triple your number of views! Are you worried about your smartphone virus's protection? Nowadays, people are aware of the need to protect their computers from viruses and malicious programs. However, most people do not understand that their smartphone is as vulnerable as their computer.
Actually, it is even more vulnerable as you do not protect it. Therefore, you must maintain you smartphone security by protecting it with a good anti-virus program! However, just like in computers, the best and most important way to avoid getting a virus and getting hacked – is to act smartly! If you will not download nasty programs to your smartphone – they will not be able to hurt it! So just like you think twice before opening an email from an unknown sender on your computer – you should think twice before downloading and app from an unknown or untrusted source. Lately there are reports of people that got their smartphone hacked by downloading an app through a link they got on their email. Old Tennis Balls. +One-tip-a-day-challenge Here are some tips to recycle tennis balls that have lost their bounce.
In the pool : tennis balls floating on the water surface absorb sun creams and oils which are left floating on the surface. If you use the pool frequently replace the tennis balls every 15 days. Bag tidy : make a 2 inch/5 cm slit in the ball with a sharp craft cutter. When you are on the beach, at a picnic or a concert, on a hike etcetera, you may be using a larger than normal bag for your personal effects. You can slip small objects such as keys and lose change into the tennis ball. The ball is much easier to find among the many things you may have in your bag. On the car : make a slit in a tennis ball just large enough so your can slip it over the tow hitch of your car. In the clothes dryer : add some tennis balls when drying towels, blankets, pillows, etcetera. Do you have any other used for old tennis balls? Copyright © 2013 julieanne and not to be used without permission. How to Calm Hiccups. +One-tip-a-day-challenge There are multitude of ways that people use to calm hiccups.
Here are just a few : * Hold your breath for as long as possible. * Change your breathing so that you control it - breathe very slowly. * Slowly drink a full glass of water without breathing. * Lie on your back and pull your knees towards your chest as far as possible. * Exert gentle, controlled pressure on your eyes with your thumbs. * Eat a piece of dry bread. * Put lemon or vinegar on a sugar cube or a teaspoon of sugar and swallow. * Eat some fresh lemon slices. * Focus - think about something important. * Pinch your nose closed and then hold your breath for as long as possible. * Drink some water whilst blocking your ears (may need an assistant!). There are several kinds of hiccups : The longest recorded hiccup attack is 68 years during which Charles Osborne of Iowa, United States, hiccuped over 433 million times. How do you cure hiccups? Old Tennis Balls : bit.ly/H2P53y Not yet a member of Bubblews? 5 Tips for Clean Teeth. One Tip a Day Challenge. Lately as I went over my notifications I noticed that some of my favorite and highly productive writers in Bubblews just disappeared.
I thought I probably missed the notifications about their posts (after all I get thousands of notifications a day), still they usually write so much – I always see some notifications about their posts. Therefore, I decided to just visit their profiles and check. To my surprise I noticed that they barely wrote lately. Some published a post stating they do not know what to write about.
I was a bit surprise to hear that such talented people that know so much do not know what to write about, and that made me think about what I would like them to write to me (as a reader). My conclusion is that I always like to learn new things in almost any field. So this is my challenge to you – talented and experience writers looking for something to write about.
Thank you.