"If you are going to write, write from the heart." MwsR
"Life has not been the easiest, but it could have been worse!" MwsR
Life is about doing all you can to help others.
Don't go chasing rainbows, make your own pot of gold.
Love, Hope, Faith, the greatest of these is Love!
Somewhere between wants and wishes, between good and bad…It appears something was lost.
Missing the opportunity or that hidden meaning it would seem.
Sometimes thinking “If a chance was to come to start over”, but then it would mean losing all that is held dear. All the things that was learnt or found out or felt would be lost if someone’s life started over.
Try not to get caught up in “what might have been” or the blame game or better yet the “if only”. You’ll spend much-needed energy on it. Afterwards, you will realize sometimes things can’t be changed back to before.
This week I am sending out the award I made, the RAKA award, the random act of kindness award.
I came up with this award because so many of us are touched by random acts of kindness, and they are worth mentioning.
All through life we encounter people who for no aparent reason help us, or extend a hand when needed. Some do it directly and some do it indirectly.
Rules are posted on original award post, but here is a recap.
1- copy or paste image for reward on your post.
2- Write a paragraph on a random act of kindness, either you saw, was given to you, or you have done. It is okay to spread the love people. You don’t have to name specific names or what evers but tell us about it.
3- Share this award and link to original post or tag the person who nominated you.
4- If you should want to do this then you can leave an open ended invitation, or personally tag others.
5- Pictures are a good share to, if you have pictures to share a random act of kindness, that is great!
How in the world can we give our kids what they need in life if our government sticks it’s nose in our home and personal affairs?
I am not one of those people who want to over throw our government, but let me tell you… after looking at this mornings headlines and like many other mornings. Most certainly, like many other days of headline news, the government is invading our personal “bubbles”.
I just think that it is our own personal right to discipline, guide, nurture, and love our own kids the best way we see fit. Too often you hear about the government charging parents with something that their children have done, yet the government tells us that we are not right when we try to punish them and in the way we see fit. The kid, in my opinion, would not had been in trouble so much, enough to warrant the parent’s arrest, if they had of had some form of discipline or consequence, for their actions. Yet, our government steps into our homes and calls it child abuse. Um…ok…not.
I am not a gun-ho disciplinarian, but I did punish my kids when need be, and they did get consequences for deliberate disobedience. I would have probably been locked up myself, considering that our government thinks physical punishment, is bad. I also did a lot of re-directing, my kids when they were young. It worked most of the time, but there was occasions it didn’t. I had time-outs, and taking away privileges and “what not”but I disagree with the government telling me how to do things when it comes to my own family or my own free will.
I am not trying to start a “over ride” of policies or start a “hate” campaign. I just wish that the government would mind their own business. I do not walk into their offices and tell them how to do things, especially when I don’t know what it is about. Follow me here? Even if you agree or disagree, we should come to a joint agreement that we all are entitled to certain inalienable rights. Right?
One of the most important things we have are our kids. Our children are the best gift we have been giving. If we have our hands, “tied”, how are we to help them to be the best and happiest , that they can be.
Locking the parents up who spanked their child…
Or walking into a person’s home and removing their kids, without just cause or on a “here say”…
I have a hard time with this.
There are real cases of abuse and deliberate harm to a kid that happens. There are mean parents that intentionally hurt their kids. They should be the ones to get put into jail. When there are people though that want what’s best for their kids, they should be commended.
Not apprehended!
Thanks for reading!
Have a good day, share away!
Michelle, MwsR ❤
More Information for you!!!
Parental Rights, Parental Responsibilities
The U.S. Supreme Court has held that parents have a fundamental right to rear their children without undue interference by the government. (Pierce v. Society of Sisters, 268 U.S. 510 (1925.) But, in the same decision, the Court upheld the power of states to force parents to ensure that their children attend school. So, parenting is by no means an unfettered right and, as with many rights, it carries significant legal responsibilities
Some parental responsibility laws hold parents legally accountable for allowing their children to engage in conduct that would not be illegal if done by an adult, such as skipping school (truancy) or breaking curfew laws. Truancy and curfew violations are considered “status crimes,” because they penalize conduct that is only illegal based on the status (in this case, age) of the person engaged in the conduct. As mentioned above, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the power of states to compel school attendance. And parental responsibility to make sure children attend school is an “affirmative duty,” meaning that a parent has to actively ensure their attendance. (An exception to truancy laws has been made for home schooling that meets state standards.)
Courts have also upheld parental responsibility under curfew laws applyed to minors, based on the vulnerability of children and the public interest in protecting their welfare.
Contributing crimes
Any adult, not merely a parent or guardian, may be prosecuted for contributing to the delinquency of a minor if the adult encourages or induces the minor to engage in criminal activity. For example, an adult (whether a parent of a child or not) who furnishes a minor with alcohol will be prosecuted under state law penalizing contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Unlike parental responsibility for status crimes (which is generally based on negligent parenting), parental liability under contributing crimes is based on the parent (or other adult) having actually enabled or induced the minor’s illegal conduct.
Parents in the domestic trenches are probably not all that interested in what the research shows anyway. Despite a battery of disciplinary techniques, including the infamous “time out,” redirection and the increasing emphasis on positive discipline (try substituting “hold the cup carefully” for “don’t spill your juice”), spanking and slapping are still pretty popular.
Moms and dads who spank do so because they believe it’s effective, and research actually shows that it is — in the short-term. A child reaching for a tempting object will stop if he gets swatted. “It does work in the immediate moment, but beyond that, in most cases, it’s very ineffective,” says Holden. “The most common long-term consequence is that children learn to use aggression.”
Dr. Diana Baumrind of the University of California, Berkeley and her teams of professional researchers over a decade conducted what is considered the most extensive and methodologically thorough child development study yet done. They examined 164 families, tracking their children from age four to 14. Baumrind found that spanking can be helpful in certain contexts and discovered “no evidence for unique detrimental effects of normative physical punishment.”
She also found that children who were never spanked tended to have behavioral problems, and were not more competent than their peers.
As in climate change, politicians all over the world seem out of touch with the most rigorous science regarding parental discipline. The newest research could constitute powerful ammunition to parents rights activists seeking to reverse the global trend of intrusive governments muscling themselves between the rod and the child.
[Verse 1]
Every day here you come walking
I hold my tongue, I don’t do much talking
You say you’re happy and doing fine well go ahead, baby, i got plenty of time
[Chorus]
Because sad eyes never lie
Because sad eyes never lie
[Verse 2]
Well for a while I’ve been watching you steady
Ain’t gonna move ’til you’re good and ready
You show up and then you shy away
But I know pretty soon you’ll be walkin’ this way
[Chorus]
Because sad eyes never lie
Sad eyes never lie
[Bridge]
Baby don’t you know I don’t care
Don’t you know that I’ve been there
Well if something in the air feels a little unkind
Don’t worry darling, it’ll slip your mind
[Verse 3]
I know you think you’d never be mine
Well that’s okay, baby, I don’t mind
That shy smile’s sweet, that’s a fact
Go ahead, I don’t mind the act
Here come all dressed up for a date
Well one more step and it’ll be too late
Blue blue ribbon in your hair
Like you’re so sure I’ll be standing here
[Chorus]
I guess sad eyes never lie
I guess sad eyes never lie
I guess sad eyes never lie
Sad eyes never lie
This is the first time I have heard this song. I like it, Not much of a fan of Bruce Springsteen though. You take a listen, see what you think.
Mws R Writings 