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Healthy Eating by Shock Treatment

Unless there is something wrong with them, all parents want their kids to be healthy and eat well. With so many supermarkets and so many items on the shelves that are mostly processed, full of food colors, additives and lots of sugar, keeping your kids healthy is not easy. Not easy, but more important than ever!

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Published: January 12, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting, Health / Wellbeing Tags: overweight, lifestyle, kids / children, diet, health / wellbeing, body image, practical parenting / parents, communication, how to, fear, choice, fat

How do You Wash the Dishes?

Only when you see someone else washing the dishes in a strange way do you notice that there is more than one way of doing things. When my mom came over to our place and watched a friend of mine washing the dishes, she almost fainted.

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Published: December 18, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Personal Development, Education / Learning Tags: practical parenting / parents, focus, choice, beliefs, change, lifestyle, positive attitude tips, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, education / learning

Happiness is in Your Hands

From the first year of my Special Education studies, I had this debate with Gal. Gal, who has a degree in Biology and Computer Science, thought that people’s behavior was all genetic and I, as an educator, believed it was all taught and could be changed. For years, we had those discussions. Over time, I learned there are many things that are mostly hereditary and Gal learned that even they can be changed with education.

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Published: December 16, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Personal Development, Parenting Tags: emotional intelligence, choice, beliefs, change, happiness, motivation, lifestyle, positive attitude tips, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, practical parenting / parents, focus, goals / goal setting

The "Other" Parent

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In many marriages, one partner is the main “bread winner”, spending his time (or her time, but mostly his) outside the home, being busy with work-related stuff some of the time at home and needing support from the “other” partner (typically the woman). This creates an imbalance in the family.

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Published: December 3, 2008 by Gal Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Relationships / Marriage, Success / Wealth Tags: family matters, career, needs, focus, positive attitude tips, money, stress / pressure, emotional intelligence, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, choice, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, change, relationships / marriage, lifestyle

Buying Happiness by Giving

Money, whether you like it or not, can buy happiness. Is it better being poor and healthy or rich and sick? I believe the healthy and rich is the better option and I bet you do too.

A recent research has looked for the link between money and happiness and has found out that we can indeed buy happiness, but we get the happiness when we spend our money on someone else.

This post is part 5 of 10 in the series Happily Wealthy Family

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Published: December 2, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 9, 2024In: Spirituality, Parenting, Success / Wealth Tags: emotional intelligence, practical parenting / parents, how to, kindness, choice, focus, happiness, school, wealth, men, spiritual, art, positive attitude tips, music, kids / children, money

Pushing Your Teens to Find a Job

Only 3% of teens going into higher education straight after high school actually finish their choice of study and work in that profession for about 5 years after finishing studying.

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Published: November 27, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting, Education / Learning, Teens / Teenagers Tags: choice, education / learning, beliefs, practical parenting / parents, motivation, goals / goal setting, relationships / marriage, dreams, k-12 education, career, communication, academic performance, focus, positive attitude tips, projection, teens / teenagers, success, stress / pressure

The Journey of Life

At a junction of life, in a world full of possibilities, Adam stood in the middle, struggling with making choices. He looked North and asked himself, “If I go this way, will I get what I want or not?”

For a while, he kept asking this question, but did nothing. The unknown was scary and he chose not to choose. Instead, he followed the herd, allowing the river of life carry him into the same stream in which everyone drifts and he lost his sense of identity.

One morning, Adam got up and found he had built his house in the middle of a junction. He was locked inside his own house and it did not feel right. His choice muscle was weak and, as the days went by, it was harder for him to move. He looked out the window, saw others going into their paths of life and felt stuck.

At that scary moment, Understanding he was a prisoner in his own house, Adam knew he had to regain control, focus and inspire himself to start a journey. He knew he had to change his point of view on life – it was a live show and not a dress rehearsal. He needed courage to play, to leave the junction and to take his first steps on the journey of life.

With his heart beating fast, Adam opened the door of his house. He felt the strong light stopping him at the entrance, yet he picked up his bag and bravely stepped out of his house, closing the door behind him.

He looked in his bag, wondering if the contents of this bag would last the journey. “Will the content of my bag help me find the way? Will it help me fight dangers? Will it help me scare the darkness away? Will I find companions to walk with me?”

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Published: November 17, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Personal Development Tags: determination, positive attitude tips, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, goals / goal setting, focus, success, emotional intelligence, choice, change, happiness, motivation

Irrational Rules of Living – Dependency

Children are born into this world needy and helpless. They are born without the ability to speak, without the ability to express their feelings clearly, without the ability to satisfy their own essential needs or change anything in their world. They are equipped with one skill to rule their world – crying.

This post is part 9 of 12 in the series Irrational Rules of Living

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Published: November 11, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 11, 2023In: Personal Development, Parenting Tags: self confidence / self esteem / self worth, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, focus, emotional intelligence, choice, beliefs, identity, positive attitude tips

Do As I Do

Man holding his mobile phone

In one of the newsletters I get regularly, I received a link to the article titled “Social media…dirty word or essential skill?” I am sure most parents with Internet access and a teen or two would vote for “dirty word”, considering their kids’ obsessive texting, chatting and emailing.

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Published: October 29, 2008 by Gal Baras
Last modified: March 19, 2021In: Kids / Children, Personal Development, Parenting, Teens / Teenagers Tags: values, education / learning, practical parenting / parents, role model, choice, beliefs, lifestyle, k-12 education, positive attitude tips, kids / children, communication, teens / teenagers, focus, behavior / discipline

Who Says Fast Food is Bad for Kids?

Woman eating McDonald's french fries

I think many children hear negative expressions about fast food, when in fact, not all fast food is bad. There are many kinds of fast food that are very healthy and can be made in a short time at home or at a commercial outlet. Sometimes, the faster it is to make the food, the fresher and healthier it is.

It is true there are many places where you can get fast junk food containing mostly fillers, sugar and fat, but why not change the whole concept of fast food and teach our kids that what is important is the quality of the food, not the speed of making it.

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Published: October 28, 2008 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: June 2, 2020In: Parenting, Health / Wellbeing Tags: lifestyle, time management, stress / pressure, health / wellbeing, practical parenting / parents, diet, choice, beliefs, travel, food

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