Category Archives: For the Good of Animals

Be Great Because You Can – Pass It On!

Accept and embrace differences. Reach for the stars because you can.

Just Say No To Adult Bullying!

Today’s post is about a different kind of bullying. It’s about adult bullying. Adults need to understand that what motivates people to act a certain way isn’t always easily identifiable. Just like with kids, adult bullies pick on people they believe to be weak or sensitive or vulnerable in some way. Adult bullying can be…

DolphinTale and The “Tail” of Rugby Jones

Both Dolphin Tale and The “Tail” of Rugby Jones are about mammals without tails. Both are about courage and overcoming the obstacles that life can present. Dolphin Tale is a wonderful movie that is coming out September 23 and the timing couldn’t be better. School will have been in session for a few weeks by…

Heat Warnings Don’t Apply to Race Horses

Bullying takes on a lot of forms and this is one that I haven’t blogged about before. Where we live, which is about an hour from Philadelphia  Pennsylvania, the temperature reading reached a high of 109°F. If the heat index is included, the temperature reads 121°F. All over the news today have been warnings because…

How Strong Is Your Kid?

It seems like the message is getting through to some of the parents of bullies. They are beginning to get the fact that bullying is not good or cool and that bullying hurts everyone involved. Sometimes the bully suffers even more in the end than the kids who are bullied. If you think you might…

Will What You Don’t Know Hurt Your Kids?

So many parents are under the misapprehension that their children are obeying their every word all of the time. Kids are unbelievably resourceful and the sooner parents understand that fact, the better off both the children and the parents will be. These are a few of the comments that parents have made to me recently….

The Mean Old Man and The Dog

They say there is always a mean old person in every neighborhood. In our neighborhood, it was my grandfather. When people came to sing Christmas Carols at our door, he slammed it in their faces and told them to go away. He went to church every Sunday and cursed at the people in the cars…