Family Concerns

Hate to pay bills? Dread that time of the month when your car insurance is due? Believe me I know there is nothing more frustrating than writing the check for your car insurance knowing that you are going to be eating hot dogs and mac & cheese the next week because it all the extra money is gone and there is nothing left over for anything. Not even a Pizza!

As a father of three teen age drivers, all driving at the same time, I’ve been there. At one point the mortgage payment was lower than the car insurance. When the car insurance got paid we ate a lot of beans and franksthe next couple of weeks.

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The answer involves a new twist on a really fast way to get a cheap car insurance rate. The fastest way is to get an car insurance quote on line. The problem with this is you will never get that cheap auto insurance quote online.

The way to get the cheap auto insurance quote is to start a competition war between the local insurance agent for your business. They are the only ones that can give that cheap auto insurance quote what their doing is cutting their commission. The car insurance companies get there part regardless whether you buy your auto insurance online or from the local insurance agent

That local insurance agent has the authority to cut the car insurance quote down to cost and still come out OK because of the bonus pool at the end of each month.

You and I both know that driving around from starting a game of telephone tag is about the most frustrating thing on earth. The person you need to see is never there, so they will have to get back to you.

Here’s what you do, you simply go to the home of affordable auto insurance. There you fill out one car insurance quote request form, just one, they then send that request to six or seven of the most competitive auto insurance agents in your hometown.

The great thing is that these agents know when they receive your request that the other top agents in the area also got your request. That’s immediate competition. A high rate doesn’t even cross their mind. They understand that to get your business the only thing that will work is a super cheap auto insurance quote.

You can end you frustration anytime but, the best time is now before another high car insurance bill comes due. Just go right now to the home of affordable auto insurance. Fill out that one form and sit back, relax, knowing that you have set in motion an unstoppable system to get you that low auto insurance rate you want.

Are you teaching your kids to be beggars?

Before you blurt out “of course not!” just pause for a moment and ask yourself this question.

“Do my kids have any way to get money apart from asking someone else for it?”

If not, then you are teaching them to beg for money.

I’ll bet they are pretty darn good at it by now. If you have a kid who is 10 or so, and their only income stream comes from begging, they will be four-star beggars already. I guarantee it. They will know every emotional button on every nearby adult who can possibly be induced to part with a few readies.

Most will have learned to be subtle beggars – rather than asking for cash, they will just talk about the things they “wish they had”. They may move up into “fear of loss” tactics, you know, the one where “everyone else has one and people will think I am a loser if I don’t …”

Status. We parents often fall for that one.

If not status, they might be playing the guilt card on you. Or the “fairness” card. Believe you me, by the time they get to double digits they will be playing with a full deck of emotional manipulation cards!

Kids have a massive amount of creative energy, and they will put that energy into whatever avenues they have for getting what they want.

It is up to you, the parent, to make sure being beggars is not their only avenue.

It takes a bit of thought in the beginning to set up earning opportunities for kids too young to have regular jobs, but the time and effort are very well worth it.

The moment kids get a whiff of the notion that they can get money from outside the family through their own efforts, by providing something of value, they will be off and running!

Make begging a losing proposition for your kids, by resolving never again to give in to it. Instead, help your child to develop a plan for earning the money to buy the things they want. You won’t believe the difference this simple shift can make.

If you have any doubts remaining, check out one of the honest, hard-working kids who has entered the Cash-Smart Kids video competition recently.

Not only does this girl earn her own money, she gives to charity and buys her own school uniforms! It just does to show that raising honest, hard-working kids can pay off even earlier than you expect!

Are you looking for a unique mother day gift for that brand new mother in your life? Whether she’s your granddaughter, your son’s wife, your sister, or friend, get her something that stands out from all the other baby gifts she’s gotten. Get something that she’ll use almost every day and be so grateful to you for. Something that is fashionable, yet at the same time way practical. A mother’s day gift that is hand sewn yet costs under $25.

Get a nursing shield!

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A nursing shield makes a fantastic mother’s day gift for any new mother who is nursing. Or any veteran mother with a nursing baby, for that matter. Why? Because nursing shields, or cover-ups, as they might be called, are not that common. This makes it a one-of-a-kind gift. Many new mothers (not to mention most people) have never even heard ofthem. So if you are looking to stand out from all the other gift givers this Mother’s Day with a gift that she’ll appreciate for many months to come and be constantly reminded what a clever and thoughtful person you are, then send her a nursing shield.

In case you don’t know what a nursing shield is, it’s a lightweight piece of material just large enough to cover a nursing baby, and has a small, flexible ring attached at the top that holds the top of the shield out just enough so mom can peak down at her nursing infant. It easily hangs from mom’s neck so she can have BOTH hands free for holding the baby and helping the baby get access to mom’s milk. Would that make a awesome Mother’s Day gift or what!

Think about what nursing moms have to do without one. Imagine the nursing mom who goes out to dinner at a sit-down restaurant. Baby’s in his car seat at her feet. Baby starts to get fussy. Mom knows it’s time for a feeding. She either has to exit the restaurant and go sit in the car to nurse; go into the women’s bathroom and sit on the toilet; or try use the baby’s cumbersome blanket and keep it up high enough while simultaneously trying to situate the baby and handle wardrobe issues.

(Having nursed several babies using this ‘blanket’ technique, I know there have been several occasions when I’ve accidentally flashed strangers in public when I didn’t have enough hands to keep the blanket covering me! I wish I had received a nursing shield as a mother’s day gift long ago.)

But with a nursing shield, that mom in the restaurant can easily and discreetly put baby in one arm, grab the nursing shield with her free hand, then hang the shield around her neck. Then using that same hand, which is once again free, she can give the baby access without a worry of being seen, and all the time being able to clearly see the baby.

Plus, since the material is thin and the flexible ring is…well…flexible, the nursing shield can easily be folded up (like those cool sunshades for cars) small enough and thin enough to slip into a diaper bag.

So if you’d like to win some brownie points with a nursing mother this Mother’s Day, then pick a mother’s day gift she’ll not only be delighted with, but will use all the time. And don’t forget, you get the fun of choosing the cute pattern!

Mothers Day Gift Ideas

When you were a kid did you ever get a bunch of friends together and set up a tent in the backyard and pretend you were camping? You and your friends thinking it was hysterical when you told your sister that it was for boys only and she could not play and ran away crying. Or at least it was funny until mom found out. Did you ever go backpacking in the mountains? Or, hiking in a forest? What images does it bring to your mind?

Many kids enjoy going to summer camp so they can hang out with a bunch of other kids and tell ghost stories around the campfire while everyone pretends they are not really scared. You can’t admit you are actually afraid because that’s not cool and they may make fun of you. Yet you are already thinking about the camping equipment you may need for next summer and starting your camping checklist, as well as planning your revenge for the year before.

Maybe your family has been thinking about renting an RV Camper, or something similar, and taking off for a camping vacation. If you are planning something like that, be sure to check ahead for some RV campgrounds or something comparable along your route. You may also want to call to find out if you will need campground reservations before you head out, so that you will know you definitely have a space.

If you are planning to travel to the great outdoors in an RV camper, then plan ahead and find out if any of the locations you plan to camp in have restrictions in place. They may not allow motorized vehicles of any kind, or maybe there is day use only and they have no overnight accommodations available. This type of planning helps to avoid what could be a huge problem for you, not to mention having to deal with “are we there yet?” from the kids. If you have not already decided where you plan to go, then consider a lake campground where there will be swimming, fishing or just relaxing options for everyone. Remember to call and double check on what, if any, restrictions are applicable for the locations you plan on visiting.

If it is getting late and you have not been able to locate a family campground or anything else suitable, then you do have other choices. Since you more than likely have all the equipment that you need in the RV, you can either keep going or stop somewhere for the night and then head out again in the morning. The kids will have a great time even if they complained initially that they didn’t want to go camping. If you look closely, you may even see some smiles on their faces.

Many people find it difficult to train their puppies because they cannot comprehend dogs’ behavior. Well, that should not be so difficult if only we’d stop being so busy training and start showing our pets a little respect. Respecting our dogs doesn’t mean allowing them to do whatever they want, but understanding that they are pack animals that need authority in order to feel secure and understanding these creatures as intelligent, individual beings, able of emotional reactions very similar to human reactions.

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The owner first needs to identify the nature of his pet and what kind of rewards does he prefer. They may vary from food, praise, and positive communication to a pat on the back, or midnight strolls. These would act as motivating elements for the dog.Now comes the part which requires loads of patience. You need to determine certain words; commonly refer to as keywords and make your dog understand the actions to be performed vis-à-vis each key word.Certain key words commonly used are:1. Sit 2. Stand 3. Fetch 4. Run 5. Stay Immediately reward the dog when he performs the desired action. This action provokes a reaction in the mind of the dog that this is the correct thing, and he uses it as a reference for future. While training, it is vital to remain consistent with the key words as well as with rewards as to reinforce the feeling of ‘correctness’. However, after a dog has been completely trained the rewards can be substituted for a simple nod signifying ‘yes’ in response to a cue which merits a response.

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Positive dog training works as an adhesive to strengthen the bond between the owner and his dog. It brings forth a feeling of togetherness, mutual respect and the dog looks upon his mentor for showing him the right path.

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Yes, I know it is weird to say that Natural Baby Skin Care can be compared to Fly Fishing In Last Great Wilderness -alaska but stick with me for a while more and you would see the logic of it.

I came from singapore which are very ritualistic, so alot of things are shrouded in mystery and while many things are done, you do not know if that remedy is good or not.

Caring for baby as it is, is not easy. Add in traditions, and now from not knowing, you would fall into the not knowing which is right situation.

So, I used the comparision to Fly Fishing In Last Great Wilderness -alaska , similar to Alaska, it is one of the best thing to have but very difficult to fulfill. Imagine, how does one differentiate what is good for the baby when there are so many “remedies” out there all shouting for your attention?

Since, we touched on alaska fly fishing trip, I would like to highlight how beautiful is that place. Do not get me wrong, I did not did any Fly Fishing In Last Great Wilderness -alaska , but was really just hanging out in anchorage and sipping coffee under the mid-night sun.

Actually, in Anchorage, they do not really have the mid-night sun as the sun sets at about 10pm. But, the point is, it took my family one whole year of planning to get to Alaska.

And although, we did nothing much there, the beauty of the place makes eveything worth the while. On that same note, Natural Baby Skin Care that comes with so many different variation might not be easy to identify but finding it would really be worth the while. If you can even protect your baby that much more, isn’t everything worth the while?

Being pre-dominately a chinese tradition, our natural baby skin care comes with many chinese medicine. In fact, one of the chinese Natural Baby Skin Care is to use pomelo leaves to bath the mother and babies. It is said to ward off evil and is said to be able to give them a smoother skin.

Then, there is the use of shaving off babies hair then rubbing olive oil on it to grow new and beautiful hair. While I do not know about the first remedy, the second one seems to work wonders, as I observed all my cousins growing up with beautiful hair.

For my wife and me, the only thing we remembered about our baby arrival was the busy sending out Love Text Message , the rest of all these rituals and Natural Baby Skin Care was done by out parents. Sure, sending sms messages love might not do much to help the baby, but being first time parent, what we can do is to ogle at our darling and keep reminding ourselves how beautiful she is.

The nitty gritty of how to take care of baby for the time being is left entirely on the hands of our resourceful parents. Just to share some other rituals prior to ending this article, do you know that mothers after giving birth are not supposed to bath for at least a month.

Well, I guess if it helps the baby, even mothers have to sacrifice…Alaska does not come easy…

Jonathan Rosenblum writes: I will never forget an address by Rabbi Ephraim Wachsman at an Agudath Israel of America convention on the topic “Living a Life of Ruchnios amidst Gashmius.” There is no ruchnius amidst gashmius. “Pesach in hotels,” turned out to be the winning answer. And my friend’s central criticism was similar to that of Rabbi Wachsman: the Pesach hotel industry takes what should be one of the ultimate spiritual experiences of every Jew’s life and encases it in a thick wrapper of materialism.
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“The chilul Hashem alone,” he said, would be reason enough to close the Pesach extravaganzas.

That boy, my friend lamented, cannot possibly connect to the idea that Pesach cleaning parallels an inner process of removing the se’or she’b'isa ? the physicality and inner materialism that holds us back in our performance of Hashem’s commandments. We may no longer exchange our old dirt floor for a new one every year at Pesach time, as they did in Europe. But if those ancestors could return to observe our preparations for Pesach, they would recognize their descendants and feel comfortable joining us for Seder.
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EVEN MY FRIEND recognizes that there are many perfectly legitimate reasons that families might go to hotels for Pesach. (In Eretz Yisrael , many yeshivos turn their dormitories into Pesach hostels.)
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The issue of deluxe Pesach extravaganzas is, in truth, just one more aspect of an ongoing tension in modern Orthodox life. Rabbi Yehoshua Geldzhaler once described to me the pre-war Antwerp Jewry of his youth.

Chavi: Only 6,000 Jews in Nebraska, 60 at my college, and I knew about 10 others my own age who were Jewish
YourMoralLeader: I’m embedding subliminal messages in these rock songs I play on here to prey on Emma.
Chavi: Lol
Emma: lol
Chavi: Emma, we’re awesome, come on YourMoralLeader: working so far
Emma: Yep
YourMoralLeader: chavi, what were the toughest parts about becoming jewish? for me it was losing my foreskin.
YourMoralLeader: It’s a sore issue for me.
Chavi: Ha! You actually did the circumcision!? Mazel tov on that. So I’m assuming you converted Orthodox?
YourMoralLeader: yeah, just kidding about the foreskin, i was circumsized at birth and I did it myself! I also cut my own hair
Chavi: For me it was dealing with everyone thinking it was a big joke … and then the whole Christian friends more or less disowning me
Chavi: Phew, lol …
Emma: I can imagine it would be Luke
Chavi: I was worried for a second
Emma: You did it yourself?
Chavi: Even the ritual circumcision hurts my brain
YourMoralLeader: yes
Emma: Liar
YourMoralLeader: i was precocious kid, just 8 days old
Chavi: good thing i have my own office at work
Chavi: else the laughter would garner funny looks
Emma: lol
Chavi: I’m following you via Twitter now, FYI
YourMoralLeader: chavi, have you lost friends, lost touch with friend due to your conversion?
YourMoralLeader: cool!
Chavi: A lot of my high school friends looked down their noses at me. I ejected myself from a forum with newspaper friends from the college paper becuase they were constantly making Holocaust and Jewish jokes and poking at me and my decision
Chavi: But for the most part — the true friends have stuck around
Emma: Thats good
Chavi: Football?
Chavi: Throwin’ around the old PIG SKIN?
YourMoralLeader: is that wrong?
YourMoralLeader: everything I do, it’s a sin
Chavi: With Pesach around the corner, even!
Chavi: For shame …
Chavi: So do you freelance now? Or …?
YourMoralLeader: i blog
YourMoralLeader: and sin

A few years ago, you and your spouse took the time to find all the right necessities for your newborn, but now that it’s time to toilet train your child, have you considered what type of Baby potties are available? Having the right potty can make a huge difference when it comes down to potty training your toddler. A potty your child enjoys using will make training less stressful on the both of you.

Baby potties make excellent baby Christmas gifts. Many experts agree that one can never have too many baby potties, as one goal of training baby to use the toilet is to give the baby success experiences. In the early days of training, a potty will need to be available as soon as the child expresses the need to go, so having more baby potties will increase the chances of making it to the potty. Therefore, if you are searching for baby Christmas gifts, baby potties are always an appropriate choice. If you do not wish to buy a baby potty, potty training accessories such as books or dolls are also great baby Christmas gifts.

Baby potties haven’t always been the user friendly models we see today. In earlier times, a potty chair may have been made from wood with leather padding and a ceramic or plastic bowl inserted under the center of the seat. Modern methods of construction include molded plastic shaped to fit the curves of your child’s body or soft, cushioned rings.

A specific product might be helpful when training baby boys to use the toilet. There will be times when your boy will see his father or brothers standing at the toilet instead of sitting down. He might question this and want to do “what the big boys do”. Types of baby potties, like the mini-urinal, clip onto the front of your toilet and hangs at just the right height for a young boy to use without difficulty. You might have to give your house guests a warning about the strange attachment on your toilet, but the device shouldn’t pose too much of a problem.

Another design idea that is quite popular in Baby potties is the trainer seat. This seat snaps onto a traditional toilet, over the regular seat. The trainer seat is small and comfortable for a child. Better models include handles and even leg/foot rests. Most trainer seats snap into the toilet lid to get them out of the way for adult toilet use.

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The name you give your baby is possibly the most important gift you will give him or her, so make sure your child will not be embarrassed by it later in life.

The fashion these days is to give your baby a name that is somehow unique, either by being spelt in a different way to the norm, or even making up a unique name (which is the route taken by many celebrities). Sociologists all agree that your child’s name will impact on his personality and affect the way he interacts with his peers, so ensure that the name you give your cute baby will also sound good when he has grown into a strapping six footer.

A traditional name but with different spelling will only ensure that sooner or later someone will spell the name wrongly. As for a made-up name, no child likes to be teased and a boy or girl with a weird name is a prime target.

Your child is already unique; he or she doesn’t need a unique name to be different.

As winter turns to spring and the weather gets warmer, Pug owners everywhere should be ready to protect their dogs from ticks to ensure optimal Pug health.

Known scientifically as “Rhipicephalus Sanquineus”, these blood-sucking bugs can carry disease. Ticks can infect humans with Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, cause paralysis, and can even kill our precious Pugs. Here’s how to keep ticks off Pugs.

Quite simply, ticks are parasites that live on the blood of their victims. Ticks have been blamed for causing the spread of disease among both people and dogs. In fact, they were shown to be behind the famous mass deaths of military dogs during the Vietnam War.

There are several different species of ticks, from wood tick to brown Pug tick and many more. Unfortunately, ticks in general are pretty resistant to chemical insecticides, so they are really challenging to control in the wild.

The female tick will lay up to five thousands eggs in the crevices of a kennel, baseboard, or under the carpeting in the home. Eggs are never deposited upon the host animal. After twenty to thirty days have elapsed, the eggs hatch and become larvae. The larvae then seek out a host Pug, gorge themselves on his blood, then drop off again to hide.

A few weeks later, the tick larvae transform themselves into nymphs, which are sort of like teenagers. These nymphs looks for another host to grab some more blood, then fall off to rest again. Then, after another few weeks, the nymph transforms into an adult tick. Of course, now the adult tick is ready to seek out another host like a Pug, where it will fill up on blood and mate.

From the time the eggs hatch - and before the tick becomes an adult - it returns to the host Pug more than once to feed on the canine’s blood. Once hatched however, a tick can live in a house for up to two years without needing a host Pug to feed on.

Once the tick finds its way outside, it will climb up into a bush, tall grass or a tree to lay in wait for a new host. A perfect opportunity for a tick is when a Pug dog walks under a branch or goes potty in tall grass. A tick can jump pretty far as well.

If a tick somehow made its way or was born in your home, it will peek out from beneath carpers or rugs to wait for a victim to pass within range. It’s a bit disturbing but ticks can wait for as long as 4 months for a victim.

And when a Pug or person comes close, it only takes a tick an instant to jump on as the victim passes close by. Keep that it mind when considering how to keep ticks off Pugs.