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Are You Listening?

In our modern life, one of the things we have the least of is time. A common expression I hear from people every day is “I’m very busy” and even “No time. Too busy”. We go to work, we work under pressure all day, we come back, we hurry our meals, we resent having to drive our kids to their various activities, we sleep less than we should, we have less quality time than we want to have and we finish every week completely exhausted from trying to do more than we can, only to start another week that feels exactly the same, if not worse.

But maybe that is only what we think. Maybe it is this tendency to rush into and out of things as quickly as we can that makes us waste more time than we would by relaxing and “taking our time”.

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August 12, 2009 by Gal Baras In: Parenting, Relationships / Marriage Tags: choice, beliefs, relationships / marriage, relaxation, social, kids / children, stress / pressure, communication, acceptance / judgment / tolerance, focus, behavior / discipline, emotional intelligence, friends / friendship, how to, practical parenting / parents

Happy Birthday! I Did it Again!

Yesterday, when I picked my daughter up from school, she told me what kids said about her late birthday party and I said to myself “Yes, yes, yes! I did it again!” I was so happy and proud I decided I would share this with you as soon as I could.

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August 11, 2009 by Ronit Baras In: Parenting Tags: kids / children, teens / teenagers, friends / friendship, practical parenting / parents, money, emotional intelligence, choice, beliefs, lifestyle, fun, social

Confident Kids

Most kids develop some kind of a hobby as they grow up – dancing, basketball, music, art and so on. Nowadays, this usually means their parents have to shuttle them to and from practice, games, concerts and other events. Whenever the parents see their kids perform or display their results, they are pleased, but treat the whole affair as something the kids will eventually grow out of.

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August 5, 2009 by Gal Baras In: Parenting, Beautiful people Tags: self confidence / self esteem / self worth, friends / friendship, practical parenting / parents, focus, success, emotional intelligence, motivation, relationships / marriage, social, kids / children, behavior / discipline

TV Diet (5): Parent-Child Relationships

Last week, I wrote about the influence of TV on kids’ outlook on life. We risk them being emotionally numb or developing fears that will translate to a life of anxiety and distrust. Today, I will touch on the effects of TV on the relationships between parents and kids.

When I was a kid, there was only one TV channel, which went on strike for over 3 months. The radio and papers were full of jokes about how that was affecting relationships.

The most common joke described people coming home and discovering their family – “I didn’t know my wife had a new hair style” or “The kids have grown so much”. While this was a funny way of expressing the effects of watching TV, I believe things got even worse since.

This post is part 5 of 18 in the series TV Diet

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August 3, 2009 by Ronit Baras In: Parenting, Relationships / Marriage Tags: practical parenting / parents, social skills, lifestyle, television, tv, family matters, kids / children, communication, teens / teenagers, choice, trust, behavior / discipline, beliefs, friends / friendship, relationships / marriage

Make a list: Birthday Presents to Ask for

Birthday present

Birthdays should be wonderful events in everyone’s life. For some reason, however, grownups do not think of birthdays the same as kids. While kids see it as a happy moment with lots of gifts, grownups think of the birthday party as a checkpoint for their life and expenses, expenses, expenses.

Obviously, when you are happily wealthy, this is not a problem at all. I remember the stage in our life when we could spend money on everything we wanted and the dilemma was whether to travel to China for my daughter’s birthday for 3 or 4 weeks.

This may be fun, but most people do not have this luxury.

This post is part 9 of 48 in the series Make a List

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July 10, 2009 by Ronit Baras In: Personal Development Tags: family matters, communication, friends / friendship, focus, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, projection, money, emotional intelligence, how to, happiness, relationships / marriage, lifestyle

Motivating Kids (18)

In the process of motivating your kids, you will find that your kids are also influenced by others. If that influence is positive – great! But sometimes, others’ behavior and words might be de-motivating for your kids.

This post is part 18 of 19 in the series Motivating Kids

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July 2, 2009 by Ronit Baras In: Personal Development, Parenting, Kids / Children Tags: practical parenting / parents, beliefs, change, motivation, relationships / marriage, communication, family matters, inspiration, social, success, kids / children, emotional intelligence, friends / friendship, how to, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, choice

100 Ways to Say “I Love You!”

Giving flowers is a great way to say "I love you"

There are many ways to say “I love you” to someone – partner, children, family members and friends. But as you may know, not all of them are as effective. That’s simply because people are different. So here’s how to come up with 100 ways to say “I love you” and choose the best one for each person.

As you probably know, love is one of the most wonderful feelings. Some people claim there are only two feelings: love and fear. Every good thing in life is a form of love and all the bad things are forms of fear. A stronger version of this only recognizes one feeling: love. All the rest (fear, anger, sadness, etc) is lack of love.

Voltaire said, “Love is a canvas pattern furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination”. Whether you define love as the ultimate feeling or just an important one, there is no doubt that being loved and loving can make us the happiest ever.

This post is part 7 of 48 in the series Make a List

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June 26, 2009 by Ronit Baras In: Personal Development, Parenting, Relationships / Marriage Tags: beliefs, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, change, love languages, happiness, relationships / marriage, romance, perception, communication, affirmations, touch, kids / children, love, emotional intelligence, behavior / discipline, how to, friends / friendship

Telling Parents the Truth (3)

When Amanda had her second child, she invited us to stay over for the weekend. Her older son, who was at the same age as Eden, was the most wonderful kid and we got to their place to see Eleanor, who was a 3-month-old baby. Eleanor was gorgeous and while Eden and Amanda’s son went to play, we spent a wonderful weekend talking to Amanda and her husband Peter. All day long, Eleanor was either in their arms or crying. I had heard many crying babies, but I had never heard any baby cry that much. Amanda said she had been like that since she was born.

This post is part 3 of 4 in the series Telling Parents the Truth

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June 23, 2009 by Ronit Baras In: Parenting, Babies / Maternity Tags: friends / friendship, communication, practical parenting / parents, responsibility, choice, truth, trust, beliefs, relationships / marriage, baby / babies

Make a list: Friends and Friendships

Our definition of friendship evolves over the years. At first, our friends are the kids we play with, even when we envy them or hate them. As we grow up, our definition becomes deeper and more meaningful, but also more selective.

This post is part 3 of 48 in the series Make a List

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May 29, 2009 by Ronit Baras In: Relationships / Marriage, Personal Development Tags: emotional intelligence, how to, choice, identity, relationships / marriage, social, needs, friends / friendship, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement

Kids Making a Difference

When I was 16, I joined the school council and fought for kids’ rights and freedom of speech. People said it was because I was a Libra, but the teacher who coordinated my school’s leadership programs (school council, school newspaper and class representatives) told us we were the future and what we were doing was very important. We wrote protest poems, listened to Joan Baez, negotiated with school authorities to make sure our education went beyond learning math and literature and made a big difference in the life of our fellow students.

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May 5, 2009 by Ronit Baras In: Parenting, Spirituality Tags: relationships / marriage, lifestyle, environment, focus, spiritual, vision, social, emotional intelligence, leadership, choice, kids / children, friends / friendship, purpose, practical parenting / parents, change, motivation

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