How to Lose Weight Fast with Martial Arts

To lose weight, you need to consume fewer calories on a daily basis and burn off the extra calories that are currently being stored as fat. A program of mixed martial arts fitness and nutrition can easily get you started burning hundreds of calories and teach you the right way to provide the energy your [...]

How to Punish a Child

Spanking is taboo and time-out doesn’t always work. What’s a parent to do? Here are a few ways to punish bad behavior.
Ignore It
If you see your child breaking a minor rule, you always have the option of ignoring it. If he knows you know, this option isn’t appealing as blatantly ignoring something that is supposedly [...]

How To Keep From Spoiling a Child

Have you ever walked through a super market and come across a kid kicking and screaming in the middle of an isle with the parent unable to control their child? Most of us have seen this in one form or another and it is obvious that the child is completely spoiled and [...]

How To Keep a Spiritual Journal

Keeping a spiritual journal is something that is usually associated with Bible study. An online search of the topic will pull up a plethora of Christian resources. The intent of this article is to offer suggestions which anyone of any faith can use to begin a habit of keeping a spiritual journal. 
The only [...]

How To Keep a Poetry Notebook

In my poetry notebook I have written the following notes:a murder of crows on everyone’s lawn but my own, flashing breasts = 20% off, I met a leprechaun with intense eyes and chiseled face who writes poetry and was named Byron as a child. There are other things to be [...]

How To Begin a Meditation Practice

The benefits of meditation are well documented and a quick search online will pull up a long list of reasons why we should make time to meditate regularly. Making the commitment to do so is another matter. Even with the best of intentions, annual resolutions to make meditation a habit, it [...]

How To Prepare a Kid for Preschool

Kindergarten was once the beginning of the school years. Now, it is generally acknowledged that a child will not be ready for the academics of kindergarten without attending a preschool. Parents must begin working with toddlers to ensure that they are adequately prepared to enter a preschool around age three or four.
Preparation for preschool [...]