Friday I will remember to bring over the Sony & film this adventure.

You’ve lost the child forever that you seek to control or own.

When a child abuses their freedom they are given a restriction to go off and learn about what is needed to be learned and once learned the freedom is back.

Permit a child to sit on your lab. He’ll sit there. Force him or squeeze him too tight and he will be trying to leave. Instantly he’ll squirm to get away from you. He’ll get angry, cry, protest. Recall now, he was happy before you started to hold him.

Your efforts to mold, train, control a child in general react on him exactly like trying to hold him. If he’s had the above trained, controlled, ordered about, denied his own possessions you can change your tactics. You can give him back his freedom. Of course he’s suspicious of you at first or anxiety ridden like the way I was raised by parents seeking to interrupt making the mistaken idea that a child is an idiot who won’t learn unless “controlled”. Flunk on that part… but it is better to have learned this not to repeat history.  You can continue the above good stuff and earn back his love to where he knows you are reliable for food, clothing, shelter and love and he will bring that self determinism to the world.

Avoid “training” him into a social animal. Children begin by being more social, more dignified than adults are. In a relatively short time the treatment he gets so checks him that he revolts. Freedom and love are the key.

 
  

1. Name  the five wealthiest people in the  world.
2. Name  the last five Heisman trophy winners.
3. Name  the last five winners of the Miss America pageant.
4  Name  ten people who have won the Nobel or Pulitzer Prize.
5. Name  the last half dozen Academy Award winners for best actor and actress.
6. Name  the last decade’s worth of World Series winners.

 
How did you do? 
  
The point is, none of us remember the headliners of yesterday.
These are no second-rate achievers.
They are the best in their fields.
But the applause dies..
Awards tarnish.
Achievements are forgotten.
Accolades and certificates are buried with their owners.

Here’s another quiz. See how you do on this one: 

1.. List a few teachers who aided your journey through school.
2. Name three friends who have helped you through a difficult time.
3.. Name five people who have taught you something worthwhile.
4. Think of a few people who have made you feel appreciated and special!!
5. Think of five people you enjoy spending time with.

Easier? 

The lesson:
The people who make a difference in your life  are not the ones with the most credentials..the most money..or the most awards. 
 
The  differences are simply made by the ones who care the most and are there for you.

   
Pass this on to those people who have either made a difference in your life, or whom you keep close in your heart, like I did. 

  
”Be Yourself…Everyone Else Is Taken! 

I have a lot of new books & Kathy reads bits and pieces from all of them and acts out the characters making me laugh. I am now into running and climbing and see that reading, running, playing and being observant and active is a very good survival thing to do each day.

Hi – today, we went for a cruise in the 3-wheeler & I was drinking from my sippy cup and it dripped over most of my shirt. It was hot and sunny so this helped cool me off.

For dinner, we had bits of cheese, veggie/chicken popsicle, avocado with squeezed lemon, a teaspoon of yogurt mixed with peach & half of an ice cream sandwich.

We played in the back yard with the rolling tiger back & forth from the side door to the table way in the back 40. I ran and ran and ran back & forth and Kathy kept me on the rails. We jumped up and down in the kiddie pool and splashed a bit of water. We swept the sidewalk; then swung and sang nursery songs. There was a medley of itsy bitsy spider, ABC, Twinkle & There’s a Little Bird. Then we joked around and messed around with funny noises laughing at the goofyst ones.

I went to bed at 9… decked out in shorts & shirt with baby fake shark fish on them after a nice warm bath with enough room for me among the toys.

For learning drill #1: Pick a line that is in quotes… and take the line and read it out loud. then … ask – what does this mean to me.

Or, give an example in different words of what you just read from your material. If one cannot give an example, it means there may be a word in the sentence not fully or correctly understood.

So, we look up which word, and the rest is pure magic. You can give examples. (Here’s an example–
1. read the sentence: “When people mess up their own possessions and area, it can slop over into your own.”

2. give me an example of that: hmmmmmm (these are made up) (thinking)… If my kids throw books & coats just anywhere when they get home from school and leave a mess in the kitchen and bathroom, it causes confusion to what I was in the middle of doing.

And on and on…I hope this makes sense.Let’s say we were having a child read that sentence and they didn’t understand the word “slop”. See if the person you are helping to learn can make a rough sketch with stick people of this example. With practice, this becomes second nature. Just keep at it. You will brighten up and that’s it! On with more reading. Soon, you will be able to apply and do what you have just learned.

So we look it up: http://www.onelook.com/ and find the definition that best fits: (I feel #1 in the Encarta fits the sentences best:

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/DictionaryResults.aspx?refid=1861701887

So I look up the word… Say what it means to me… Go back to the sentence and it would make sense. I just gave a simple example. I thoroughly enjoyed meeting and I can go over any of these exercises at the next meeting.
I really had fun today.
Thanks so much,
Kathy Smith

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