THE CHILD AS MANIPULATOR When my daughter, Shannon, was five years old, she came into the kitchen just a few minutes before supper asking, “May I have a ‘Twinkie” please?” […]
Children | Desire | Discipline | Disobedience | Humor | Mother | Motivation | Peace Read More »
A CHILD’S P.R. PROBLEM A little girl came home from school and said to her mother, “I wish you would let me take my bath in the morning before I
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COLLECT CALLS From an anonymous clipping in my resource file which I hope to use next Mother or Father’s Day. “The Illinois Bell Telephone Co. reports that the volume of
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EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY As the mother said goodbye to her son who was returning to school after spring vacation, she reminded him to write often. Another woman standing nearby heard
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TURNABOUT A cold wind was howling and a chilling rain was beating down when the telephone rang in the home of a doctor. The caller said that his wife needed
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CATS teach us that not everything in nature has a function.
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SUDDEN SKILLS Nothing improves a person’s driving skills like the sudden discovery that his license has expired.
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COMMUNICATION After telling the story of Jonah and the whale to her Sunday School class, the teacher decided to quiz them. She asked, “Timmy, what is the moral of the
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SET UP FOR LIFE I had a note from my bro-in- law, Mike, the other day. He’s the one in the catering business. He says business is terrific. In fact,
LIMITS A man had just had his annual physical exam and was waiting for the doctor’s initial report. After a few minutes the doctor came in with his charts in
ESOTERIC CHEATING In Woody Allen’s movie Annie Hall, Woody has his protagonist say: “I was thrown out of New York University for cheating on a Metaphysics test. The professor caught
SHARING OUR DEEPEST EXPERIENCES A mother was writing an excuse for her first-grader, who had been home with a stomach-ache. As the child observed her writing he observed, “Okay, but
A CURE FOR HATRED A woman testified to the transformation in her life that had resulted through her experience in conversion. She declared, “I’m so glad I got religion. I
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BEYOND THIS VALE OF TEARS A little girl’s cat had died. Her mother attempted to console her by saying, “Tabby is in heaven now.” The little girl looked up and
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THE GUILTY PARTY EXPOSED The father was brushing his teeth when his seven-year-old daughter barged toothpaste!” The Rotarian, Oct, 1985.
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EXPLAINING THANKSGIVING In a Dennis the Menace cartoon, Dennis is talking to one of his little friends, as they peer into a department store window that is decorated for Christmas:
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THE UNGRATEFUL CHILD A fourth grade Sunday School boy was experiencing his first summer at a church camp. Soon he sent his mother a brief but pointed letter: “Dear Mom,
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ALMOST EXPRESSED THANKS In Vermont a farmer was sitting on the porch with his wife. He was beginning to realize how much she meant to him. It was about time
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THANKS FOR LITTLE THINGS It was Thanksgiving season in the nursing home. The small resident population were gathered about their humble Thanksgiving table and the Director asked each in turn
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A GOOD DAY “I know it’s going to be a good day when all the wheels on my shopping cart turn the same way.” Patrick White, Mayflower Congregational Church, Godfrey,
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