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Humanity and the Butterfly: Time to Spread Your Wings!
Were living in times of unprecedented transformation, challenge, and opportunity. Despite our modern progress and technological advances in the last few decades, global upset, environmental crisis, economic strife, poverty, and war have taken their toll. Our old approaches, based on separation, ignorance, greed, and materialism, have reached a dangerous peak.
The Best Love Match for Sagittarius
Sagittarians run through life with unbridled enthusiasm, generally bumping into things and knocking them over. Anyone who has shared a close relationship with a Sagittarius can tell you tales of bruised feelings and trampled toes. Sometimes it seems that the natural place for the Sagittarian’s foot is in his mouth, but you’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone who holds it against him for long. Naturally buoyant, exuberant and good-hearted, Sagittarians attract admirers everywhere they go–and while they flirt outrageously with everyone, they trust their hearts to very few.
Dr. Mom to the Rescue!
When it comes to my kids health, I find the revolutionary pearl stated by Dr. Benjamin Spock to moms of you know more than you think you do reassuring, if not pressure-inducing. Your childs health is your responsibility. In this regard, moms need to morph into hawks. Its an unwritten rule that when you give birth, you take a short form of the Hippocratic Oath to care for your children.
Ways for Kids to Go Green at Home
Instilling green habits in kids is a challenge. Getting kids to slow down, unplug and embrace responsibility for the environment, however, has many rewards. Not only will it create sustainable habits that will come in handy when kids reach adulthood, a kid going green also saves you money. Use creativity to make it easier for children to adjust to green lifestyle changes.
Helping Kids Understand the Dangers of Smoking
Every day, 3,600 kids between the ages of 12 and 17 start smoking, according to estimates by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). A fact sheet on youth and tobacco use states that 20 percent of high school students in the United States were current smokers in 2007. Ninety percent of adults who smoke are likely to have started smoking as kids, according to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP). These numbers are startling and continue to be a cause for concern. The fact is, kids continue to start smoking despite the fact that there is so much information and statistical data available that ought to deter them. It is the responsibility of parents, caregivers, teachers and mentors to help kids understand the dangers of smoking. This article offers tips and step-by-step instructions to help you in the process.