The Problem Child

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We don’t like to admit there are children in our classroom that we actually could label as a problem. These children are detected within minutes of entering a classroom. Whether they are three years old or older, a teacher recognizes a challenge almost immediately.
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The Independent Child

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The desire for most parents is that as a child grows he/she will outgrow total dependency upon them and will begin to do things on his/her own. A parent certainly doesn’t want to continue for years doing simple chores that their child could do.

From the time a child is born, life changes. After the baby showers, looking at adorable outfits and all the gifts that were given and the excitement of decorating the baby’s room, comes the reality of raising a baby that is dependent on a mother and father for everything! It’s a brand new experience for almost all new parents.
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The Ignored Child

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School can be a very cruel place for a young child. It doesn’t take long before a child knows whether he/she is accepted by his peers. Usually the pretty and handsome children stand out amongst all the students and a child learns quickly that the ‘popular ones’ are favored and chosen first for most activities.

If you are a teacher you know exactly what I am talking about. As teachers we may have a tendency to pay more attention to some children even though we try not to. We tend to be drawn to the ‘well-rounded’ child who has developed a cute personality.
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The Letter

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My brother Jim, joined the Air Force in 1955 with two of his high school friends. Jim was called upon to study and complete a course in Serbo-Croatian language at the University of Indiana in Bloomington, Indiana. As he could not explain what his mission was to be, we had no idea what he was doing or the danger that it curtailed.
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Discipline Techniques for Your Own Children

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This post is designed to give you some practical, real-life examples of how to implement some basic training techniques that use positive discipline. Everyone has different views on discipline, but I have found these to work well for teaching children not just to simply do what you say, but to learn how to be observant and caring to those around them.
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What is Discipline?

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The definition of discipline in the Webster’s dictionary is “instruction." It is training which corrects, molds, strengthens, or perfects.

There are many books and thoughts on the best way to handle children, but in reality it comes down to you and your spouse as to how you are going to train children in your home.

It would be nice to have a ‘perfect’ child. In reality, and you wouldn’t want it any other way, your child is different from any other person on the face of this earth. He/she thinks, feels and reacts in his/her own unique way.
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The Pageant

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Montague, the town I grew up in, was very much like Andy Griffith’s Mayberry.  We lived simple and quite uneventful lives.

One day a woman came to live in our little sleepy town. She was very involved in the Miss America pageants. She asked the town councilman if she could have permission to begin a Miss White Lake Pageant. It was agreed that this would be a good cultural activity that the girls in our community would enjoy.  However, girls were needed to participate.
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Chicken Feed Dresses

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I had an interesting conversation the other day with a woman who knew all about 'chicken feed dresses.' You can see one pictured on the left (taken from the National Museum of American History). I was amazed that I found someone who had similar experiences with chicken feed bags as myself.
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