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One School Fits All – NOT!

As you will be well aware, most of the systems in our life are made to suit some standard, albeit nonexistent, person. We all have to follow the same laws, we are measured and compensated in the same ways as our work colleagues and our kids go to schools that treat them the same too. How annoying!

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Published: April 22, 2009 by Gal Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: career, responsibility, academic performance, success, kids / children, emotional intelligence, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, how to, education / learning, choice, practical parenting / parents, happiness, motivation, communication styles, relationships / marriage, communication, lifestyle, school

15 More Life Lessons

Last year, I wrote about my life lessons in a post called “34 Life Lessons I Have Learned”. I think I have learned so many more lessons that I would like to share with you.

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Published: April 21, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting, Relationships / Marriage Tags: family matters, k-12 education, academic performance, communication, kids / children, love, baby / babies, emotional intelligence, education / learning, trust, practical parenting / parents, beliefs, happiness, relationships / marriage, lifestyle

How Life has Changed

When I was growing up, the world was a lot nicer. There, I have said it. There were no computers, no Internet (and I like both), cars were simple, roads were narrow, but life felt free and full of adventures. Now, there are way too many dangers everywhere. Or are there really?

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Published: April 15, 2009 by Gal Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Emotional Intelligence, Parenting Tags: practical parenting / parents, fear, choice, trust, beliefs, violence, change, focus, lifestyle, vision, social, projection, friends / friendship, emotional intelligence

Anti-Social School

In recent years, privacy has become a very hot topic. New updates to privacy notices arrive in our email almost weekly, appearing more and more complicated over time. Whether you run your own business or work in someone else’s company, you are required to keep your clients’ privacy. And, of course, you worry about your own privacy the privacy of your kids when you go online. But sometimes, this can go a bit too far and hurt more than it helps.

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Published: April 8, 2009 by Gal Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: lifestyle, k-12 education, social, kids / children, friends / friendship, practical parenting / parents, communication, school, trust, safety

Stories: Fact or Fiction?

As an author, people ask me about the origin of my stories. Almost every person who has read my stories has asked, “Are they real?” Maybe this is a good opportunity for me to write how I came up with them, because some of the stories are so real it was painful. All my characters are based on real people whose personalities I borrowed without their knowledge, but some parts of the stories are twists I created to convey a message.

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Published: April 3, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Teens / Teenagers, Health / Wellbeing Tags: lifestyle, story, diet, teens / teenagers, body image, health / wellbeing, emotional intelligence, practical parenting / parents, books, food, eating disorders, anorexia, overweight

Confession of an Author

Although my mom could not read properly, my dad read a lot of books. He was a crossword puzzle and word search person and eagerly solved everything in the daily and weekend papers when I was a kid. Most of the books in our home library he won by sending his answers to the newspapers. Inside each one was a sticker saying he had won this book as a first, second or third prize. So you see, for me, books were rewards since before I was able to read.

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Published: March 27, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Education / Learning, Beautiful people Tags: vision, success, choice, books, teen books, lifestyle, reading, story, k-12 education, career, education / learning

Kids Need Friends

Many couples choose for the man to work and “win the bread” and for the woman to stay at home and raise the kids until they are old enough to go to school. Often having 3 kids 1-2 years apart, the woman saves the family child care money for 7 years and then returns to the workforce.

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Published: March 25, 2009 by Gal Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Babies / Maternity, Parenting Tags: social, career, early childhood, kids / children, choice, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, preschool, baby / babies, kindergarten, friends / friendship, child care, education / learning, lifestyle, practical parenting / parents, family matters, k-12 education

Homework Routine

Mother and daughter reading

Last week, I talked about the importance of parents’ involvement in their kids’ homework. Today, let’s discuss the homework day. Should kids get homework at all? Should they have homework every day? Whenever homework is needed? On Mondays? On Fridays? What do you think?

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Published: March 24, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 2, 2022In: Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: school, practical parenting / parents, responsibility, success, choice, lifestyle, poll, k-12 education, time management, academic performance, kids / children, education / learning

Parents, Get Involved in Your Kids’ Homework

Many parents feel unsure about whether their kids are getting too much or not enough homework. Some complain that their kids sit for hours to do their homework, while others say, “I never see them sitting for 5 minutes”. Over the years, with three kids in different schools, I have also said that homework was too much or that I do not see the kids doing homework at all.

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Published: March 17, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: December 24, 2019In: Parenting, Education / Learning Tags: success, choice, travel, lifestyle, k-12 education, academic performance, kids / children, education / learning, practical parenting / parents, school, responsibility

Stress is Like Living in an Ambulance

Living in stress is like living in an ambulance all your life. You are on the road most of the day, you live in a small space, not many people around, everything is difficult, your decisions are all about life and death, mistakes are critical, there is no time to waste, not time for fun, not enough time and space to make your own meals, you see (too) many doctors, you develop a dark view of the world from frequent exposure to accidents, drink driving, violence and self neglect. Through the eyes of the stressed person life sucks!

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Published: March 16, 2009 by Ronit Baras
Last modified: March 18, 2021In: Personal Development, Health / Wellbeing Tags: lifestyle, focus, positive, responsibility, stress / pressure, money, self confidence / self esteem / self worth, emotional intelligence, health / wellbeing, choice, personal development / personal growth / personality development / self improvement, negative, beliefs, change, relationships / marriage

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