How You Can Connect The Dots And Make A Difference

Dinnertime is good for your child’s learning abilities and social development. If you are concerned about your child’s performance in school, declining grades or worrisome social skills, there IS something you can do to help. Can you answer the following questions concerning your child? What is your child’s favorite topic? What embarrasses your child? Who are your child’s three closest friends? What would your child say if someone asked him to describe you, his parent? What makes your child frightened? What constitutes a ‘good day’ for your child? Twenty years from now, will you be happy or sad about the quality of relationship with your child based on what you have right now? You have the power and the influence you need to build a happier and more productive relationship with your child. A regular family dinnertime can help you do just that. What were the highlights and the lowlights? Who are his favorite teachers? Who bothered him today? Who does he enjoy spending time with and why?

What is she learning about this week in science (math, English, art, etc.)? It may be an act of kindness he relates to you. Finishing his homework on time (persistence). Saying thank you when his mom passes the potatoes to him. The way he stands up for his friends. Find something positive and point it out to him in front of the whole family at dinnertime. Studies are proving that we are not as connected as we once were and the consequences of that truth. In fact, the data is so overwhelming that some communities are being proactive in supporting the role of the family. The State of Wisconsin, for example, held a “Wisconsin Family Day – A Day to Eat Dinner with Your Children” program. But honestly, you don’t need a study to tell you if you are out of relationship with your child. Your heart as a parent is telling you that. As you look for ways to improve your relationship, you may wonder how, in detail, a regular dinnertime can be good for your child’s learning and social development. Your child will be more comfortable talking with you (and listening to you) when she spends time everyday with you. Building a relationship through a consistent, positive dinnertime means your child is drawn to you and your desire to know him better. Can you see how this can help with homework and school grades? Whether these are academic or social, they are important in your child’s life and you need to be involved. She desperately needs to hear that from you, her parent. In summary, dinnertime is about much more than just the food on the table. Dinnertime is VERY good for your child’s learning potential, social skills development and is a terrific warm fuzzy for the whole family. Truthfully, you don’t know what you’re missing until you try it. Schedule a dinnertime in your home tonight.

Neither of us could believe the incredible worldwide explosion when it happened, and when she broke that record of seven consecutive number ones, we just felt utter disbelief. She never took anything for granted. She was never arrogant. She was always grateful and appreciative. I loved her very much. Whitney was purely and simply one of a kind. Yes, she admitted to crises in her life. Yes, she confessed to Oprah about her searing battles. There are two constants that I know about Whitney Houston, and one is that there was a grace that carried, a grace that carried her from heaven down to Houston, a grace that brought her up through singing. The same grace led her all the way to the top of the charts, sold all of these albums, and just done some amazing things and won some awards. She’s sang for presidents. There was a grace that kept on carrying her. So what I know about her is that she loved the Lord, and if there was a grace that carried her all the way through, it was the same grace that carried her home.

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