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Parenting Tips to Get Homework Done Quicker

Parenting Tips to Get Homework Done Quicker

Parenting Tips to Get Homework Done QuickerSchool isn’t always fun, especially for the child who has a ton of homework and takes a long time to get it done. There are many parenting outlines that you can use to help your child, but this guide is what I personally use and what many of my friends and family use to get their child on the right track to getting their homework done faster.

The Ledger-Enquirer once wrote an article in March of 2009 about the importance of family and how each family played a role in the way each other developed. The article went on to talk about how the family attended an after school program that helped them succeed as a family and eventually helped them to get their children to do what they needed to do in school and at home. The article was useful since it showed that a child who is having trouble getting their homework done, might be doing so because of something going on inside the household.

Why families are important when dealing with homework

There are many things that a family can do to help a child to do their homework quicker. As a mother of six, I know how much children can argue and how sometimes the household can get louder than what you would like. A distraction like noise could be hindering your child’s ability to study or focus on an assignment. There are a lot of things that you can do to help your child to eliminate distractions and focus more, I will be going over these as well as giving you tips on how to bring their grades up.

Distractions from homework

A child can become easily distracted away from their homework if there is too much activity going on in the household. Try removing all distractions or locating your child’s work space in an area that is away from everything that is going on. As a parent who wants to help their child to get their homework done quicker you should also place pens, papers, and other helpful materials in reach of your child and near their homework area.

Is your child struggling?

If a child is struggling then they might not be getting it. If you are not sure if your child is struggling then you should start paying attention to their graded work to see how they are doing in school. If …

Food Drive Ideas to Feed the Hungry

Food Drive Ideas to Feed the Hungry

Food Drive Ideas to Feed the Hungry

Conducting a food drive is a great way to help your community. Foods collected can be given to your local food bank, soup kitchens, or church. However, people get confused about how to coordinator a fun and productive food drive. Look below for food drive ideas to feed the hungry.

Dance Party

Have a dance at your local hall or community center. This idea works best in small towns because the food drive dance isn’t competing with big city events, like fairs, concerts, and movie premiers. Admission fees can range from 1 can of food, 2 cans of food, or a couple of dollars and 1 can of food.

A friend of mine had a dance to raise food for the local food bank. She charged $2 and 1 can of food for admission. The D.J. donated his services, the owner of the building gave her a discount, and a couple of volunteers brought appetizers. It was a huge success. She had money left over from the drive, so she donated it to the local pre-school.

Competition

People get caught up in competition. It drives us to do our best no matter what it cost. This idea works best on your job. Each department can donate however many cans of food to you for your food drive. The department that donates the most can goods gets a prize.

Get your local businesses involved in donating services or items for your grand prize or second place prize. For instance, a local restaurant can hold a free lunch or dinner for the winning department. Convince the owner to see it as an opportunity to draw paying customers in the future if the food and service is excellent. Co-workers will tell their friends about the experience and dine there with their families.

Raffle

Get some friends together to sell raffle tickets to their friends, co-workers, and family members for 1 can of food per ticket. Get local businesses involved by asking them to donate prizes, like gift cards, electronics, women’s accessories, kitchen appliances, and tool kits.

If you can’t get local businesses to cooperate, talk to friends who make crafts. Blankets, jewelry, homemade rugs, and baskets are just a few craft items that women go crazy for. Look at the craft shows people swamp every year. People love crafts.

Online Donation

Set up an online food drive by going through yougivegoods.com. Donors …

I Hate the Gym

I Hate the Gym

I Hate the GymI hate the gym. It’s just a necessary evil I cannot stand but go because I know it helps me. I also have the luxury of not having to ‘work’ in the real sense of the word. I set my own hours and can hit the best home gyms between 10am and 2pm. Any visits outside this time-frame and I regret it every time. It just gets too crowded and you have to wait for machines etc. Groan.

My gym is big, and from what I can tell, the clientele is mostly male. I picked this gym because it’s five mins from my home, clean, has a great variety of machines, but mostly? Because my physical therapist recommended it. I’m usually one of the fattest women there but don’t let that bother me. I also don’t dress the part, so it bodes well together. I’m usually in some ratty t-shirt and a pair of yoga pants that are typically covered in some sort of animal hair–dog/cat/rabbit/goat–pick one. and I typically shower after the gym, so usually I’m in some sort of ball cap. Yes, i am quite the dish. Have I got your attention yet?

Anywho, the point I’m trying to make here is that I don’t consider the gym to be anything more than what it is; a large air conditioned torture chamber that I pay to use. Not a social club, not a place to meet and greet. And certainly, not a place where any mirrors are necessary.

So today, I’m on my favorite torture device, the dreaded eliptical machine. There was nothing on television and I find it difficult to read on those things, so I just kind of zone out and watch other people without letting them know i’m watching. (a talent by the way, that I have mastered to an almost science)

I watched this guy walk the length of the room. Much to my chagrin, most of the walls in this place are covered in mirrors. Fifteen feet of mirrored wall, and a doorway to the mens room. Fifteen more feet of mirrored wall and the ladies room. Fifteen more feet of mirrored wall and the sauna or water fountain, whatever. You get the drift here. So I watch this guy walk and he is totally checking himself out in each and every single mirror. Talk about narcissistic! And it’s not like he …

3 Seafood Sauces That Are Easy and Economical to Make

3 Seafood Sauces That Are Easy and Economical to Make

3 Seafood Sauces That Are Easy and Economical to Make

I traveled across Asia for two years exploring Asian culinary techniques, and I learned a lot about sauces. I also learned a lot about making them and have been doing so ever since. In the U.S. three sauces are very popular with seafood and are easy to make with ingredients you often have on hand. You can adjust the flavors as well to suit your tastes.

  1.  Seafood Cocktail sauce.
  • 1 cup ketchup
  • 1 tsp. horseradish
  • 1 tsp. lemon juice

Blend together in a bowl with a fork. Taste and add more horseradish or lemon juice if you like. Great with all fried fish, shrimp, crab, oysters, and clams.

  1.  Tartar sauce
  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tsp. lemon juice
  • 1 tsp. chopped parsley
  • 1 tbsp. chopped sweet pickle or pickle relish

Blend together in a bowl and once again adjust to your taste. Great with fried fish, on fish sandwiches, as a sauce for tuna salad and salmon salad, fried shrimp, or as a glazing sauce for broiled or baked fish.

  1.  Dijonnaise
  • 3/4 cup mayonnaise
  • 1/4 cup of Dijon mustard

Blend in a bowl and serve. Great with more robust fish like salmon, mackerel and other oily fish. Also great as a baste or glaze for baked and broiled fish . Good with all shellfish.

I’ll often make two or three of these sauces whenever we have fish. It gives everyone a chance to explore; find their favorite and have all they want. You can experiment with ingredient variations from hot sauce to spices like paprika and develop a family favorite.…