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Challenges of High School Seniors
Posted Monday, August 10, at 1:45 PM Across the nation there are thousands of young people getting ready to enter their senior year of high school. There are those who are scared about what the future holds. Others are perhaps overly confident and can't wait to get away from home and out from under the rules of home and constant watch and care of parents. ...
Helping Children Learn to Plan It has been said that there are three kinds of people. There are those who make things happen, those who let things happen, and those who wonder what happened! If we want our children to grow up and stay out of the last two categories, we need to help them learn how to plan. Getting ready for school to start is a great time to work with children to help them learn to plan for their needs for the coming school year...
How to Talk so Kids Can Learn No one likes to be yelled at! Children are people, too. Children do not like to be yelled at! The way we talk to children greatly affects their learning. Our tone and volume of voice is so very important as we relate to the little ones. We need to take the time, whenever possible, to explain and reason with children...
Push, Pull, or Work as a Team? Why is it that people will take training at their place of work and learn that it is best not to push people but rather get people to work as a team, and then go home and try to push their children? Children are people, too. They need to be treated with respect and learn to work on the family team. ...
Are We There Yet? At least one time during the summer many families take a longer than usual trip. How many times do we get asked on a trip by children, "Are we there yet?" A long trip is confining and can be very boring as well as very trying to the parents. There are ways to make a trip seem shorter for both parents and children. ...
Children and Computers Computers are such a wonderful invention! However, just like other inventions, they can be harmful or they can be helpful. Children need to be taught to use them correctly and to integrate their use in such a way as to not neglect other important areas of their lives...
Instilling Patriotism in Children There may be no better time than Independence Day for parents to instill in children the attitude and feeling of patriotism. As children experience the beautiful fireworks displays and understand that the same thing is happening throughout our nation, they can't help but think about what it means to be living in America. ...
Utilizing Teachable Moments We've all heard the expression, "It's too late to close the gate after the horse is gone". Well, it is much better to teach children right from wrong early in life than to wait until they have "escaped the corral" and gone in the wrong direction. Unfortunately, it seems that many parents do not think of teaching until something happens to demand their attention. They tend to react to bad situations rather than act ahead of time to prevent those situations in the first place...
What Can A Dad DO? Dad is so very important! He sets the tone of the family and should be the head of the house. He is the leader. It is his responsibility to see that the family is cared for physically, mentally, socially and spiritually. It is a daunting task. It is understandable that many times a husband and father may feel overwhelmed and confused by the expectations placed upon him...
Stand Back or Step Up? When raising children, there are times to stand back and let the children experience consequences of behavior, and then there are times when a parent or guardian must step up and take control of the child or situation. Some parents tend to always stand back and pretty much let their children raise themselves. ...
The Value of Looking Back There is much learning value in taking the time to look back and remember on Memorial Day (or days, since the government has changed the time of observance). It is hard to talk about the value for children alone as there is great benefit for adults as well. ...
Make Plans Now for Summer In a few more days, school will be out and the kids will be at home for the summer. Unless plans are made, the time will soon pass and opportunities will have been missed for instilling important ideas and knowledge that will be helpful to the children in the future. ...
Teens, Proms and Graduation How exciting it is for upper high school students at this time of year! So much is happening! Memories are being made that will last for life. Emotions are running rampant. During this time of excitement, students are in the spotlight and can feel really special. ...
Remembering Mama Whether it is mom, mama, mommy, ma, or mother, we all have our memories of that special person. In my case, sometimes it was mom, and sometimes it was mama. Each summer when I listen to the weather report, I hear that record heat temperatures in the Ozarks were set in the summer of 1936. ...
Time to Step up to the Plate, Dad! Mother's Day is almost here! Now it wouldn't be proper for Mom to remind the kids to give her a present. Moms have to depend on Dad to do this. It's Dad's place to work with the children and not only remind them that they need to do something to show appreciation for Mom, but help them to truly appreciate her...
Should We Bribe Children to Behave? There are times when parents become so desperate to get children to behave that they are tempted to try almost anything...even a bribe! On the way to shopping, a parent may say, "If you behave, I will buy you some candy." Another time a parent may say, "Sit still and be quiet, and I will let you stay up late tonight." We could go on and on with examples of bribes that parents may use...
Ways to Help Children Memorize There are many things that a child needs to memorize in order to be prepared mentally, physically, socially, and spiritually to deal with life. Some things are simply basic needs. For instance, every child needs to learn the multiplication tables, rules for English mechanics, Preamble to the Constitution, spelling, and several other things to be prepared mentally. ...
A Real Necessity There is one thing that is so very important for the success of a child in school and life. Without this, a child will be stuck on approximately the third grade level in math and not continue to progress. That child will be unable to manage money when he/she becomes an adult in spite of the fact that the desire may be there to do so...
A Checklist for Love Most of us really believe that we love others as we should. However, when we take a close look at the true definition of love, we may find ourselves falling short of where we should be in loving our children and our fellow man. Based on the 13th chapter of I Corinthians in the Bible, we can ask ourselves the following questions to see where we really stand when it comes to loving as we should...
What Does Your Heart Desire? Have you ever watched a group of children when one of them happened to take a tumble? Did you notice how the other children reacted? I have been in such a situation many times and wondered why other children would laugh when someone fell down. Sometimes there would be a caring person in the group, usually an adult, who would go to the child to see if he/she were hurt. ...
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"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6
Pat will have comments and suggestions about raising children based on her training and many years of teaching. Pat first began teaching Sunday School while in 7th grade at Verona, Missouri, where she was born and raised. After high school graduation there, she attended Missouri University and graduated with honors with a degree in Vocational Home Economics. She later completed training and received certification for elementary teaching in New Mexico. She has taught Home Economics (including child care), kindergarten, second grade, and substitute taught at several schools at all grade levels. She was awarded the Missouri Distinguished Adult Basic Education Service Award for distinguished leadership and dedication in all aspects of Adult Basic Education in the community, region, and state. This award was given to one GED teacher in the state. She was also invited to be included in "Who's Who of American Educators" in 2007. She was listed in Who's Who of American Women and Who's Who Among American Business Women.
Pat has recently written a book titled, "Let the Children Come" which will be released in the spring.
In addition to classroom teaching, Pat has taught in churches and Sunday Schools through the years. She served as Acting Children's Director at First Baptist Church in Albuquerque, NM. She also directed an Office of Navajo Economic Opportunity preschool on the Navajo reservation. She currently teaches GED at Gibson Vocational Technical School in Reeds Spring and taught GED classes for 15 years at Blue Eye and Shell Knob.
Pat and her husband, Keith, who presently serves on the Reeds Spring School Board, have four grown children and three grandchildren. They are approaching their 50th wedding anniversary. "Our children and grandchildren have taught us a great deal and are still teaching us," Pat says.
"I look forward to sharing some of this information with readers. I don't claim to have all the answers, but perhaps my comments can be of some help. It is not easy to raise children in today's world where they are constantly being bombarded with temptations and varying ideas of what is right and wrong."
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