Like Marmee in Little Women, we wish we could offer our children a fairer world: Given our limited power, we nonetheless hope that we will raise them to make the world a better place. To do so, we have to raise children who are caring, socially responsible, fair-minded, and respectful of others. In this final [...]

The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority, they show disrespect to their elders. They no longer rise when elders enter the room. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, cross their legs, and are tyrants over their teachers.”
Does any of that sound familiar? It [...]

Children need to be held responsible for their actions. If this sense of responsibility is instilled to them while they are growing up, this will be good for their future. Do not make the mistake of assuming that the child is too young to understand responsibility. Maybe it is something as trivial as picking up [...]

When all the children have left home parents find themselves in one of two situations. Either they become depressed because the house seems so quiet and empty or they are ecstatic that they finally, after so many years, have their home to themselves again.
Empty Nest Syndrome is very common, especially among mothers, since they tend [...]