Tag: family
Short Story (By Rachel Tucker)
I sat on the park bench watching my niece as she guarded her 4 year old son who clambered like a monkey over the jungle gym. Happy shouts and laughter filled the air and I found myself transported back to the time when I first met my niece. Despite the fact that this beautiful young woman was a niece by […]
Read moreFriends will come and go but family remains forever
“Friends will come and go but family remains forever.”
Read moreFirstborn Children Tend To Be Smarter Than Younger Siblings
Firstborn kids truly do have a tendency to be more astute than their kin, another study has found. The reason is not biological, as a few specialists have suspected, but instead the way folks treat children, contingent upon conception order. The study compared the IQs of 240,000 Norwegian men and found that the normal IQ of firstborn children was 2 […]
Read moreCartoon – The Last Giving
Can You Catch Obesity?
Can you catch obesity from others was studied by JAMA Pediatrics and came away with more questions. You may find the answers in the story below. The study was conducted on some military families that were assigned to different bases. Some were located in countries where the locals had high rates of obesity. Others were located in countries that had […]
Read moreCartoon – Making Fruitcake Popular Again
J. A. Dever Quote – Quality Is Never A Problem
“In communities where men build ships for their own sons to fish or fight from, quality is never a problem.” – J. A. Dever
Read moreCartoon – Lay-Z Family Recliner
Donald G. Smith Quote – The Two Functions of Family
“The family seems to have two predominant functions: to provide warmth and love in time of need and to drive each other insane.” – Donald G. Smith
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