Tag Archive "children"

Our children are our ultimate legacy

H. Jackson Brown Jr. once said that we parents should live in a way that when our kids think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of us. There are many lasting bequests we can pass on to our kids. All we can do is try, and hope that we give them the qualities, characteristics and moral fibre to be decent, contributing members of society.

Struggling with career advice for my kids

Young people are the future. That has always been the case. What has changed are the spectrum of careers and ways post-secondary institutions prepare our young to tackle the great unknown.

We must be our children’s role models

There’s no easy fix to humankind’s current predicament. But we have the resources to make things right and chart a course for a bright future.

A word to our youth – you don’t know everything!

Mark Pavilons “I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent on the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all ...

Why dogs are better than our biggest ‘money pits’

Children, like dogs, seem to like me. Call it animal magnetism. Children aren’t like cars, motorcycles, airplanes, your favourite CD or even a really good pair of jeans.

Parenting just gets more complicated

Children. Seemed like such a good idea we had three of them. What were we thinking?