Beginning a new stage “Grandma, Grandma, I have started a new stage in my life!” In this very uneasy manner my 6 year old granddaughter approached me when we met in the morning. Of course, with such an alarming expression I asked her what was wrong. She replied, "Grandma, my first tooth is loose! There is always a first time for every stage of life. Regardless of the age difference between me and my granddaughter, here I am, also starting a new experience as a writer. Being…
Healthy Limits In today's Venezuela there are many limitations in terms of basic services. One of these limitations or shortages is the domestic gas service. This has caused us to resort to the practice of cooking with firewood, which is only useful and healthy when living in the countryside, or when sharing a family barbecue in open spaces, but it is not advisable to do it every day, since what we for breathing at home is wood smoke. The use of firewood to prepare food has…
Can I be a chameleon? *Can you Parents change your familiar environment in a transition of divorce? It's up to you! change!* The chameleon is a reptile with internal cells called chromatophores that allow it to make chromatic (color) changes in its skin and thus adapt to external variations in the environment. This metaphor introduces us to today's topic about the changes in parents’ lives, after a marital breakup. These are personal decisions, and it's all up to you. *From…
The Messenger Child *Before saying goodbye, she comments to her son; "Remember when your father comes for you, (if he comes, because he surely has something more important to do)... to tell him that your shoes are already worn out and don't fit you, or is it that he forgets that you are growing up? is he forgetting you? " This is just a classic example of a wounded woman's errand to a man guilty of leaving home. With this toxic language, the son becomes the messenger between…
Colors Speak Volumes *Parents, did you know that when your children make a free drawing, you can gain insight into their inner world? The interpretation of the drawing is never conclusive, it is not totally reliable but it can be a very useful tool to know the child's moods. If they use a certain color very often, this is when color speaks.* When children draw, they live it as a game, in the drawing kids capture many of their experiences or delicate moments that they may be…
Oh My God, I don't understand anything... Let's do the following exercise, just imagine, my reader friend, that you participate for the first time in an online cooking course. After reading the first recommendations of the course, you are invited to take notes of the activities to complete, and you are given the following on the screen: But when you look at the screen you can only say: my God, I don't understand anything!... since many children who are currently being taught…
Tips For Studying In Confinement *In these times of sanitary confinement, parents now also have to do homework with their children. They are going crazy!* *They don't know what to do at homework time. It's stressful because they don't manage to have that time in peace and harmony, on the contrary, it has become a battlefield!* Each child is unique and must be raised individually. Learning is also at its own unique pace. It is neither advisable nor healthy to make comparisons…
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