Archive for February, 2008
Cutting your own hair
For some people, going to the salon or barber shop is an enjoyable experience. For others, it is something that they would rather not do. Whether it is because of the cost or other factors, if you decide to cut your own hair, you should keep a few things in mind.
Wet hair is much easier […]
Cleaning dirty walls
This is the one thing where you do the opposite of what you normally would like to do when cleaning. Normally you clean from the top down when cleaning most things. Like dusting before vacuuming, or cleaning the lights and mirrors before cleaning the washroom counter.
When cleaning walls clean from the bottom to the top […]
Talking about smoking
Starting a conversation about not smoking really isn’t as hard as you may think. Your teen is expecting for you to say something – he/she knows that most parents do. That can take the edge off. Here is how to make these conversations as effective as possible, so your teen doesn’t ever start smoking.
Don’t think […]
Talking about sex topic to preteens
It is never too early to start talking to your child about their body and their sexuality. However, these talks need to change as your child gets older and moves towards adolescents. Here are five tips on talking about sex to preteens:
Make sure your teen knows the basics.
If you haven’t already explained to your preteen […]
Teen and dating
Teens need to learn many things while traveling through the life stage of adolescence. Help your teen learn about dating by knowing these five truths:
It is normal for a teen to be interested in dating.
While some teens tend to be interested in dating earlier than others, it is a normal adolescent life stage experience for […]
Dating
In many cultural traditions, dates are arranged by a third party, who may be a family member, an acquaintance, or a dedicated matchmaker. Recently matchmaking services have become popular. Although dating rules in Western popular culture have become more relaxed during the 20th century, there is considerable variation between individuals’ values. For example, when the […]
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Blind date
A blind date is a date where the people involved have not met each other previously. The match could have been arranged by mutual friends or by a dating system.
Blind dates are becoming more commonplace following the rise of the Internet, when people who have met in chatrooms, Instant Messaging or forums finally agree to […]
Forum Netiquette
Forum netiquette can vary on different forums. On default, individuals must agree to a Registry Agreement that defines a forum’s rules before joining that particular forum, but whether those rules are actively enforced varies from forum to forum. For example, a family friendly forum would prohibit sexually explicit content, but a sex-oriented forum would encourage […]
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Let’s Motivate Ourselves!
Think through a set of goals that sound as though they are what you want, and try to be specific. The key to most motivation remains setting goals, but you can’t just pick any goals. Make it general. Let’s say you want a Corvette specifically, are you really saying you want a new car, or […]
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To be brave
“Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts”. Let’s put it this way:… being brave is all about moving out of your comfort zone and challenging yourself and doing things or saying things that you are just […]
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