Drug Issue among Teens

I have a cousin who is a teen ager who felt alone and confused. He is

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a product of a broken family His parents were not around to guide him because both were working abroad. His schooling was greatly affected. He simply felt like everything in his life was going wrong. He thought of taking drugs to ease the pain But he was lucky, his teacher notice his loneliness, talked him out of drugs and offered him time to listen to his deepest fears and to remind him of his strengths and saved my cousin from drug addiction.

Drug problems are resolved far more simply on television than in real life, of course but my cousin’s situation highlights some basic parenting duties that come I handy when dealing with life’s heavy subjects, paying attention, talking and being supportive.

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Certain drugs are considered fashionable among the young and are passed around at parties, bars and even in schools. Despite numerous drugs, many parents actually do not know how to approach the drug issues. And sadly, quiet a number have all sorts of false impressions about drug addiction and its management. Here are some of them:

· It makes you a bad parent

· The child will outgrow his addiction

· The solution is to remove the child from his environment.

Prone to Heart Disease

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Women who regularly get fewer than five hours of sleep per night are significantly more likely to suffer from hypertension or a leading heart disease rick factor. When we are sleep deprived our body

Just a few weeks ago I did visit my family doctor for I felt something is not normal in my heart. My doctor told me for some heat laboratory to test what is really the cause so I had an ECG and the result is normal and I ask my doctor some questions and he told me I have a lack of sleep and then a little bit stress ad I need to concentrate what is in me.

Customize Our Living Room

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It’s about time to make our home look and feel like our own. It’s time to customize while it is easier to personalize the kids’ rooms or the master bedroom. It’s quite a challenge to pull off the same magic in more common places inside the house like the living room. Tough? Maybe impossible? No way? Here’s a guide to help you with the task.

Pick your colors- sunny tropical hues tend a happy atmosphere, dramatic reds cast tinges of romance and basic black and white combos give a serious no nonsense appeal. The colors you choose also reflect on the people who live inside the house. Ask yourself what kind of atmosphere I want to create. What atmosphere best describes my family? Then let the colors follow .Just remember that whatever color you pick it has to blend well with our furniture and other living room fixtures.

Rearrange Furniture According to your liking. Choose a piece of furniture that will stand as the focal point of our house. Is it our deluxe sofa? The grand piano? That way we can set other furniture around it and to avoid cluttered look.

Embellish with Small Furniture- It is just can’t be about the big overwhelming pieces of furniture. To inject the “me factor “in our living room, place low sofa table or beach and tables with our favorite magazines and journals on them. Don’t forget to add other elements like plants, vases, that suit to “live in “the look in the house.

Fallen Out of Love

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One day a couple realized they’ve grown apart and fallen out of love. The fable is that some couples just drift apart and their personalities change and their interests diverge. But some experts say that if we look closely at most happy twosomes, we’ll be amazed at how they actually have in common.

She could spend every spare hour crafting and he might be the world’s ardent sports fan. Yet they discovered ways to be themselves and together at the same time. That means sometimes the knits on the sofa to keep him company while he watches a love story movie on television. Experts say that I shared interests or even similar temperaments are no assurance of marital longevity and this is very important to both couple.

Better Snacks for Kids in School

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During recess, tables at school canteens are littered with
bags of chips artificial drinks, processed meat, salt laden instant noodles and
sodas. It’s no wonder that the National Statistics Office here in the
Philippines estimates there are 2.4 million children between the ages of six
and ten that suffer from mild and moderate malnutrition. Not only does a poor
diet hindered growth and development but also decrease mental performance. A
malnourished child isn’t necessarily skinny one. Junk food that comes out of
kids lunch boxes are full of bad fat and excessive salt and sugars, putting
them all risk of becoming obese.

Although preparing real food for our children to bring to
school is time consuming, they will benefit greatly from it. Here are the
nutrition tips to help every mother putting together healthy snacks.

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Breads, cereals and whole grains are a good
source of carbohydrates, vitamin B and fiber. These will give them energy and
promote growth.

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Tuna and chicken also is a protein and can be a
muscle building.

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Vegetables and fruits, dairy products and nuts
are sources of vitamins and minerals and even anti-oxidant.

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Mayonnaise is a good source of omega 3, an
essential fatty acid.

Parent’s Dream to their Kids

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Just like any other parent, our only dream is for them to finish their studies. I pray that they get the jobs they want, settle down, and raise a family of their own. I want them to be happy, and live a life they deserve. I will not around forever to give them everything they need and want, but at least I know that I felt them with things that money couldn’t buy, pure hearts and intentions.

As long as I see that my kids are happy and are on the right track, I will continue to be strong and be the best mother I can be.

I have here a short poem about “mother says”

When mother says, “Do this,” or “that,”

Don’t say, “What for?” and “Why?”

But let her hear your gentle voice

Say, “Mother dear, I’ll try.”

No parents in this entire world that wants their children to go anywhere but instead they are trying as much as possible to help them or seeing them having a good life and live happily with the career they were chosen. As a parent seeing my kids fulfill with their lives is a great achievement for me. And ready to face whatever trials that God will give me.

Young Mom on the Go

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Being a Young mom I was also scared raising my children. I always prayed that I would be a good mother to them. I wanted nothing more than to pass on the values that were instilled in me. Growing up with my children was a learning process since I had to deal with two different characters everyday. We got into occasion fights here and there, but we always patch things after.

One of the sweetest and best things being a mother would be seeing my 2 kids up to the descent individuals. When ever people would say, “they are good and respectful kids”, it never fails to bring a smile in my face. It is then I am assured that I have raised my kids well inside and out. It makes me proud knowing that my kids are loved and will be loved wherever they go.

My eldest son is now eight years old and now in grade three. I can see myself in him when I’m still young, and he is also more into mathematics as what I love most during my school days. Sometimes he is a little bit in a moody side, if he don’t like to study his lessons I can’t force him but then the results of his studies is quite good.

My younger son is now in pre-school and supper like his father, as what people say he is a carbon copy with his father with a handsome face as what people say when in fact he was chosen as one of the star kids in tier school and awarded as the Mr. photogenic in their pageant, and you can scan my previous post about my kids participation in the said contest.

Being a mom I am proud to say that my kids have developed discipline among themselves and that is also because I am the one who hands-on when it comes to raising them. My husband is more on disciplinarian but I am not a spoiler.

As much as I want to give them what they ask for, I still see to it that they know the value of what they want. I want my two kids to grow up with the wisdom to make the right decision in life.

Joy and Pains in Giving Birth

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When I found out I am pregnant again 5 years ago, I took extra care of myself. I started eating healthier foods and fixing myself up more. I develop urinary track infection (UTI) but I refused to take some medications because I was more concerned about the baby. I felt that I had to be extra cautious because I was given chance to have my second baby.

Suddenly everything seemed beautiful to me. I appreciate flowers so much and brought different kinds to decorate to our living room. I found myself dressing up in trendier and more fashionable ensembles. Those were nine beautiful and blissful months for me.

Giving birth was something I always look forward to, because I know that all the pain I’d be felling would all be worth it as soon as I laid eyes on my child. Conceiving and giving birth have always been a life struggling position for me because during my first pregnancy, I experience difficulties with my pelvic. And my ob gene told me that I have a small pelvic and the baby can’t go out and need a caesarian operation in order to save our life both me and my baby.

That is why during my second pregnancy I prefer to scheduled my operation before my due date for I don’t like to happen what did I experienced during my first pregnancy.

My unforgettable experience in my pregnancy is during my second delivery for I experienced the high fever and after the fever I also chill which is not normal to me. And my doctor told me that it was due to my UTI infection.

Through it all, giving birth did not frighten me. A mother never gives up, no matter how painful it becomes. I endure and continue to be strong.

Seaman’s Wife, Secret Way to Success

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A wife of a seaman is not an easy task. For me having a husband who is always far away from home is quite a lonely time always. That is why when my husband is on board I make my self busy, I did not hire for a school bus to pick up my kids in the house going back and forth in school, I prefer that I am the one to hands on driving every morning and afternoon fetching them in school. And then when I am alone in the house for the kids are in school, I make some extra business like re-packing salted peanuts, toys wit candies, fish crackers and many more then I deliver to different stores nearby our place just to make my self busy and at the same having extra income just to feed our daily needs with out waiting for the monthly allotment from my husband.

It helps a lot when I do some extra generating income, because I have two sons that every now and then they are asking something to buy and I can give them anytime with my own expense with out getting any amount from the bank. It is a big help, I don’t really rely on my husbands salary I worked for my own because since then when I was still single I am used to work and I really want that I have my own income and not to depend to anyone.

That’s why I know my husband is very proud of me and I am also thanking him for all the good things that he did for our family even though he is far from his family still his mind is always with us for we have a communication almost everyday and talk to the kids on the net.

So, the secret of success depends on us as a wife for we are the one who knows how to budget our needs and our husband only give and give. And the most important is we must have the love and understanding with each other because without this everything goes to nothing.

Peace of Mind Always

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Our mind plays an important role in achieving every kind of success and goal, minor, goals or major goals.

In minor goals we know what we want to do or get in every day life, but when it comes to major goals, most people don’t know what they really desire. Most people desire to do something big, but they don’t know what to do. Some thinks an idea which is hard to reach, but their mind power cannot. To use our mind power, we have to know exactly what we want to do. In order to focus of mind power we need to have a clear and well defined goal. But how can we do that to reach our goal.

First we need to think or meditate even for a short period of time just to relax our minds; to find out what is it that we want to accomplish. By making these simple steps we can focus and derive a clear thinking.

After discovering what we really want to accomplish, we need to come up with a plan for action. We need to know what we have to do first and how to proceed.

After deciding on a goal and coming up with a plan, we need to hold in our mind a clear mental image of our goal.

At this point we have to display patience, self-discipline to our minds and we can derive a peace of mind always in everything we do in our daily lives without any hesitations and go on for whatever we want to do for our goal as long as we can.

Avoid stress and need to clear our minds of negative thoughts and doubts in order to reach a peace of mind always.