When you embark on raising healthy kids, this can sometimes be confusing to them. You might instill the importance of eating healthy and exercising in a way to battle childhood obesity, but at the same time, make your children feel like their weight is a problem, which can be bad for their body image. Here are some ways to teach them to have a positive body image while being healthy at the same time. Be a Good Example As a parent or guardian, you should always be leading by example. Kids ... VIEW POST

As a parent, you have a lot of different things to focus on, from making sure they eat right, to ensure they brush their teeth, get enough exercise, and have proper morals and values. Among these values include having good manners. Teaching your children good manners start young, so here are some tips to start now. Start Teaching Them at a Young Age Your children are never too young to start learning good manners, but it is also not too late. If your teens rarely say Please or Thank You, ... VIEW POST

Office & Technology Hacks For Everyone Technology is amazing. Today, we can visit all corners of the world through our computers. We can talk face-to-face to people overseas and so much more. But, if you know how to think creatively, you can get even more from the technology you have. * Find a Drawer – If you have a night table with a drawer, put holes in the back so cords don’t show and make a charger station inside the drawer where they’re out of sight and safe and sound. * Get a ... VIEW POST

What do you do with all of those old batteries you have lying around your house? Would it shock you to find out there's acid in those batteries which can seriously damage the environment when they are simply tossed into the garbage and carried off to landfills? It probably shouldn't, especially if you've ever seen a corroded battery before. So picture that the next time you take your used batteries and go to toss them in the garbage can. Here's how to safely dispose of batteries. How to ... VIEW POST

So you have decided it's time to take the plunge and go green. You want to buy eco friendly, but how can you be sure what you're getting is truly eco friendly? It seems like everyone is trying to cash in on everyone's desire to save the planet. So you want to make smart purchases that are really going to be good for the planet. Here's how to shop smart for eco-friendly products. Shop Smart Shop Green 1. Don't get suckered into "biodegradable." Just because it says biodegradable doesn't ... VIEW POST

Once you’ve made the decision to work from home, you may feel that your dream has come true. In many ways, it has. On the other hand, there are different issues you now face that may not have surfaced when you were working in an office. One of these is the problem of various distractions that are now present when you’re trying to get some work done. One of these considerations is your children. While one of the top reasons for starting a work at home career is typically being able to spend more ... VIEW POST

Self Motivation and Success The biggest issue about self-motivation is that it can be overcome by other emotions. If you are not strong enough, you can easily lose your stance and falter. If you are not strong enough, you can lose what you have initially established. What is most important, therefore, is that you are able to keep whatever it is that keeps you going. You need to know how to hold on to that one thing that motivates you, so that no one and nothing can prevent you from moving ... VIEW POST