4 A Betta Life

A good friend of mine, James Comfort, has just published a parenting book, based on his own experience as a Kindle book on Amazon.com. He calls it How To Be Good Parents And Raise Great Kids. It is a great read and offers many insights into how he and his wife raised their 3 daughters, with [...]

I’ve just launched and published my first ebook on Amazon. It is available as a Kindle reader book here. WooHoo!! – I am at last a published author. The first of many, I hope. I am still developing a eye- catching cover and that will be added soon. But if you have young kids and want [...]

As you know, I have a keen interest in helping parents become even better parents and help their children develop into well-balanced and constructive teenagers and young adults. My upcoming book “The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective Parents” will share some of my experiences. I am a regular reader of Megan Wong’s ideas on parenting [...]

As some of my readers will know, I am writing a book ” The 7 Habits of Highly Successful Parents”. This book is almost finished and will be published as a Kindle book and also be available on my new website. In this book I mention one of the habits as being developing and instilling a [...]

I receive regular emails from Megan Wong and love to share her ideas with you here. As a parent myself, I support much of what she shares with her readers. Children can sometimes suffer stress and be fearful in situations that parents or carers may not be aware of. Never discount a child’s fear because [...]

Reading programmes can boost kids’ brains. We all want our children to have the best start in life, and a smart mind is one of the best ‘gifts’ you can give your children. Children who undergo intensive remedial reading programmes not only become better readers but can also end up with rewired brains that are [...]

When someone says “fathead” these days, they’re probably talking about a life-size replica of an athlete on a wall. But when I was a kid, calling someone a “fathead” was an insult. But nothing could be farther from the truth. Because being a fathead is a GOOD thing. Here’s why: 50-60% of your brain’s solid matter [...]

Long, long ago, in a small, tropical village in a country far, far away, a little boy lived with his parents in a two room house. He could not have been more than four or five years old and his entire experience of life was limited to the fishing and farming village, his neighbors and [...]

Are you allowing your child to develop a range of mental and physical skills to set him or her up for life? Or do you let TV and computer games do that education for you for you? Some statistics to digest. 1. In Australia, the government recommended children under two should be banned from watching [...]

When last did a great opportunity come your way, to save money, to take a well-deserved vacation, to eat out at a fine dining restaurant….and do all this for far less money than you would imagine? Times are tough economically right now. The world is under pressure with unstable money and economy issues in the [...]

  In an earlier post I wrote about how to cut your food costs in half. I talked in that article about how much, in the Western World certainly, of a normal weekly food basket was made up of expensive processed foods, such as sodas, crisps, sweet biscuits, breads, pastas and the like. Foods processed and packaged, [...]

According to the National Mental Health Association, nearly 4.5 million kids in the US have ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). And that figure is double for adults–nearly 9 million are affected! So globally this is a major issue that is begging for a better answer. Do you, or your child, suffer with ADHD? Up until [...]

I recently wrote about how important it is to hug your kids….. hug them every day and hug them often. If you missed it before, read my earlier post here. It will tug at your heartstrings… Well, today I came across this book which is available now from Amazon.com. What a great present for new parents, [...]

Do you enjoy hugs and cuddles? I know I do. I think it is a human trait to enjoy the touch of another human. Actually it is most probably a trait of all animals. We love the feeling of being loved. We cherish the closeness of another person’s warmth as they hug us. So please [...]

Christmas is coming and the geese are getting fat. Have you heard the Christmas music in the department stores yet? If not, it can’t be far away… Believe it or not, Christmas is just around the corner and for those of us with young children, grandchildren or nephews or nieces, it is a very exciting [...]

 “Where does the time go?” We are all finding our time more and more in demand from an increasing number of things we need to do each day. But we also do need to keep learning… and reading is one way to learn, to gain new knowledge and wisdom. Of course, our first goal is [...]

Why is it that children today struggle with math, or mathematics …. doing sums….. calculating interest….adding and subtracting, algebra and geometry? And what about calculus? I loved maths at school and university and always thrived on solving complex maths and numbers problems…. but it is not like that for many. Everyone should have a good grounding [...]

The Six Tiny Keys To Knowledge Your future success and your children’s future success or failure is  going to depend largely upon the ability to absorb facts, skills procedures and put them to use. Our Brain likes to store the information it receives into an organised fashion. This make it easier for our mind to comprehend [...]

We all WANT to be healthier, don’t we. But often our busy lifestyles and bad habits (fast foods, smoking, over drinking, lack of exercise…. I could go on ) prevent us from being as healthy as we would like. Well, what better way to get healthy than to start eating foods that studies have shown [...]

Yeah yeah, you’ve most probably heard enough about positive thinking, The Secret and all that mumbo jumbo…… Well……..If your glass is always half empty you may benefit from a dose of positivity…   We all know people who see only the obstacles in life. And we also know others who face every challenge with an expectation [...]

If you want to feel important right now. If you want to feel special right now. If you want to feel loved right now. If you want to understand how unique and important you are in the universe right now. Then think about this…….there is only one YOU… Think about this right now: 1. There [...]

Do you always do what you say you will do, especially where others are concerned? I am finding that my coach and mentor is pushing me to do things that I have, well, sort of taken for granted and not always been conscious of. And boy, is he making me think about how I live [...]

I wrote about this saying, Everybody Dies, but not Everybody Lives, in an earlier post and it continues to receive many hits.  And so here you will find some further insights into the concept of living one’s life to the fullest. Diagnosed with cancer, Bruce Feiler worried first about his young family. So — as he shares in this funny, [...]

True love is something that we all seek in our lives. To be part of a happy, trusting, balanced and loving partnership is something most, if not all, people search for. We relish the security a family unit brings, we thrive in the love of our parents and siblings, and in the acceptance of our extended family. [...]

Every now and then, something comes along that makes you smile, that makes you nod your head and think ” I agree with all of this” and that gives you  a great lift for the day. Well this short video landed in my facebook intray this morning and made me smile, and all the rest. [...]

Make it a habit to ask yourself this question every morning when you wake up. “What is the most important thing I can do today that will benefit me, my family, my life, my fellow man, my planet?” Why should you ask yourself this question? Because it matters. Because we live in trying times and [...]

When I posted the story about the email I got from my daughter a few days ago, How your kids can bring you pleasure, I didn’t expect the response I would get. It seems that many of my readers feel that they would value, or they know someone who would value, more information on parenting [...]

I received a wonderful email from my daughter, Debbie, this morning. And it has had me smiling all day. It was short. It was simple. It was heart-warming. And it was for me. It read simply: I liked this one. Thank-you for having passed on (and continuing to do so) your enthusiasm and appreciation of [...]

I visited the dentist today, as I had been experiencing a sore tooth and bleeding gums. The dentist was very thorough and explained what she found clearly and in detail – then went about fixing the problem…. One of the causes seemed to be that I had not been cleaning and flossing my teeth properly – [...]

Had lunch today at a local cafe in Potts Point and across the lane from where I was sitting, was a HUGE guy, eating a huge plate of toasted sandwiches. When he left, he looked sheepish as he waddled away. I wanted to go over and point him towards my blog, to read these posts. But [...]