Monthly Archives: September 2011

News and Info for 21st Century Parents

Here’s why our kids need to be very good with money: U.S. household income decreased last year, and it now takes 1.75 workers to pay for one person’s Social Security check (compared to 42 workers in 1945). So if these trends continue, our kids will make less money but pay more in FICA deductions every week. 

This thought-provoking article explains why parental expertise is under attack and why you must maintain your parental rights. Unfortunately, in some countries, you can lose your parental rights and your child. That’s why it’s so important to fight for your rights now.

The push for college for every student has resulted in dumbed-down college classes, as Walter E. Williams explains in “Too Much Higher Education.”

One of the seven strengths our children need to thrive in the 21st century is good communication skills, as I explain in a recent podcast with JoJo Tabares.

What Homeschooled Kids are Missing Out On

Was it a coincidence that this young man committed suicide a day after being hypnotized by his school principal? Why is the principal hypnotizing his students anyways?

Parents Who Didn’t Get the Memo

I’m not sure which is worse: parents who dress their 4-year-olds in sleazy clothes stuffed with fake breasts and tushes and parade them around, or the television shows (and audiences) that egg them on.

You Can Say That Again!

Constructive, skill-building, entrepreneurial work builds children’s self-confidence, creativity and self-control, and does it more quickly. It is the most dramatic and consistent cure for behavior and personality problems. (Dr. Raymond and Dorothy Moore in The Successful Homeschool Family Handbook)

So, how are you preparing your children to thrive in the 21^st century? Check out the links to the left for articles and information that will help you.

See you next Wednesday,

Barbara Frank

www.thrivinginthe21stcentury.com