Cell Phones may not just be Impairing your Child’s Education…

Science has discovered that cell phone use in the classroom not only disrupts a child’s attention from the teacher, but may also create attachment issues impeding the cut of the umbilical cord; they never truly have a sense of independence.

Parent-child relationships will suffer

If this is not enough, and you feel hearing me say it is better, chime in on my Swellcast. I’d love to hear from you—in 24 hours—explained.

When do you feel it an appropriate time to withhold a child‘s phone from them?

Do you have any steadfast rules?

SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS

I’ve Been Carrying the Curse for Redistribution

Describe one positive change you have made in your life.

When L❤️Ve is a Debt…

I have always been vocal about my dissatisfaction with the way I was raised. My siblings and I grew up in a household that lacked both financial stability and emotional support. While we did engage in family activities, the underlying emotions were often discordant. The fleeting moments of happiness could not overshadow the prevailing sadness, and even during the joyful times, we felt a sense of indebtedness.

One year, as a 15-year-old, I saved up over $1000 from babysitting all summer with the intention of buying a grandfather clock for my parents. I eagerly awaited the moment to order it from the JCPenney catalog, picturing its chestnut color and the sun and moon rotating with the hands. I was filled with excitement, imagining the recognition I would receive for this significant contribution. However, my parents needed the money to cover a bill and asked to borrow it, promising to repay me.

As Christmas approached, I grew eager to order the clock, only to be given a used 10-speed bike instead. While I was grateful for the gift, my joy faded when my dad revealed it was purchased for $25 at a yard sale, instead of repaying the money I had saved. This revelation made me reflect on my own parenting style, realizing that while I may not have taken money from my children, I may have inadvertently made them feel like they had to earn my love out of guilt.

This realization led me to understand that my children did not choose their circumstances, I chose to bring them into this world on my own, and they should not have to earn my affection. It has taken me this long to recognize that I owe my children a great deal of respect, and that I love them unconditionally. I acknowledge the mistake of perpetuating the cycle of behavior inherited from my parents and have decided to break free from this pattern. I hope I get that chance.

Do you feel loved?

Love is insurmountable, even by time.

People can give you their description of what LOVE is supposed to look like, but LOVE is as individual as the people who feel it. You can love a sibling, parent, a friend, a spouse, a neighbor, a teacher – – The list goes on, depending on what those people bring into your life. Energy.

Love is energy that comes from within your heart, within your being. Love can spread through words, actions, or even facial expressions, and love is everywhere. The most important thing to keep in mind is the beginning where I said, love comes from inside. In order to feel loved, it needs to be around you. For it to be around you, the energy comes from within ourselves.

If you want to feel love, you need to act in a positive energetic way that creates love that surrounds you. Other people pick up on that, and then it will come back to you.

Out with the Old, in with the New—Flu, that is.

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Tired of COVID? A replacement has been found, and we’re now facing the Bird Flu. It’s supposedly going to be 100 x worse. So, considering how horribly COVID was handled, who will you vote for? Your life may depend on it.

Take a 2-minute listen to my podcast for a few more details And do your friends a favor by passing the word around.

www.swellcast.com/t/SU931sCLrhbsGkL

Togetherness Solves a Lot

How would you improve your community?

If everyone had a mind of cooperation, we could solve anything.

Recognizing the truth in the saying ‘it takes a village to raise a child,’ we understand that it goes beyond just providing physical care for growth. It highlights the importance of collective wisdom and shared responsibility in a thriving community. Every neighbor is a valuable asset, offering their own perspectives and experiences to help nurture the future of the society. Picture the powerful effect when everyone works together to share knowledge and support, influencing not just individual lives but also the very essence of what is necessary for survival.

Brewer’s Law is Created

If you could have something named after you, what would it be?

One for all, and all for one.

Yes, my thinking may lack imagination, but it’s still exceptionally worthwhile. Brewer’s Law stipulates that regardless of weight, height, age, race, gender, or level of intelligence, people are paid by community contribution—even if they have a beard. (This includes particularly fuzzy ladies. 🥰)

Thinking Makes Me Laugh

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What makes you laugh?

True happiness begins inside.

Most of the time when I speak, people listen. I’m unsure if they’re impressed with my knowledge or casually curious of what peculiar phrase will tumble from my lips. When I figure I’m being classically funny, they either stare in disbelief or tears well in their eyes, presumably with pity. The only time people laugh at the things I say is when sarcastic words blast out of my mouth in an uncontrollable rage.

For me, I’ve come to rationally accept that when an event that’s hilarious happens, I can laugh—but for God’s sake, don’t make me explain it to others. It won’t be funny. And after I badly fail at describing a hilarious incident that “isn’t funny” to anyone else, it ceases being funny for me.

Love is NOT an IOU

Teaching to give without anticipating returns

It occurred to me today, as I asked my daughter to do something for me, and she replied that she would do it if she got to go on a hike with her friends. There are a couple of things wrong with that exchange of words; we should be willing to help each other, regardless of the “pay,” also, I should be encouraging her to participate in activities outside, getting exercise, not making her earn them.

Go ahead and listen to my short audio attached and see if you agree, disagree, or perhaps have thoughts of your own.

https://www.swellcast.com/t/SU7tNAihWHjmSp9

The True Beauty of Habits

Habits are a reflection of the composites making up your body

Habits can be hard to break, but one of the easiest ways is in considering the opposite—what you don’t want, as well as what you do want, so they can support each other! Go ahead and listen to a two-minute breakfown of how you can get a hanfle on your own well-being right now!

Learn how to be more productive here!

How does one seal Pandora’s Box?

Once you remember, you can’t forget.

At age 23 or 24, you’ve probably heard me speaking about the retrograde and anterograde amnesia I got to experience. The humorous thing is that after watching so many romantic movies about “damsels in distress” discovering their forever man, I wished I had it too. Believe me, those movies were lying! It’s nothing like that!

The way I had it happen was from a prescription that I shouldn’t have been taking, prescribed by a physician I didn’t know. But, hey! She’s a doctor—she certainly knows what she’s doing when she tells me my mind is screwy, because when she asks how I feel, I say, “okay.” Apparently, I should have broken into a song and dance from Mary Poppins!

Reaction: anterograde and retrograde amnesia.

My entire life, it seems I’ve been working at regaining and retaining my memory so I can function, you know? My memory used to be unbelievably great! I had a mental rolodex with phone numbers, movies, books, and practically anything I wanted to recall later. And I decided I wanted it back. What did I do? I worked at it—HARD! And—I finally did it!

If you’d like to hear me explain in a five minute, one-sided conversation, here you go! Just don’t say I didn’t warn you…

https://www.swellcast.com/t/SU7iypDaSwaNmBk