kids Archives - Small Things Count https://smthingscount.com/tag/kids/ Making a More Loving World/Free Books Sun, 04 Jul 2021 22:58:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 Recommendation: Crip Camp https://smthingscount.com/2020/07/22/recommendation-crip-camp/ Wed, 22 Jul 2020 16:25:07 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9483 I don’t often recommend movies or documentaries, but I think this one is worth watching. Full disclosure: I grew up with a disability (post polio),

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]]> We Know Not What We Say https://smthingscount.com/2020/06/29/we-know-not-what-we-say/ Mon, 29 Jun 2020 15:11:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9299 We try not to be racist, and we may not accept the concept of white privilege. But sometimes we say things that are racist and

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]]> For a Healthy Marriage https://smthingscount.com/2020/06/09/for-a-healthy-marriage/ Tue, 09 Jun 2020 15:31:56 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9288 “AFTER the kids are grown and we retire, THEN we’ll have time for us!” Too many couples put their relationship last.  Wouldn’t it be better

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]]> Free Book to Help Kids Deal with the Covidvirus https://smthingscount.com/2020/04/13/free-book-to-help-kids-deal-with-the-covidvirus/ Mon, 13 Apr 2020 15:46:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=9075 What a great idea! Adults are struggling with answering the questions from kids and explaining what they can do to be a Superhero in this

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]]> Teaching Charity https://smthingscount.com/2020/01/17/teaching-charity/ Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:53:30 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8803 A fellow parishioner decided when her kids were very young that they needed to learn charity.  She taught them to give something to every person

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]]> Are You Making Yourself & Family Sick? https://smthingscount.com/2020/01/10/are-you-making-yourself-family-sick/ Fri, 10 Jan 2020 17:45:17 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8758 Where’s the germiest place in your home?  No, it isn’t the bathroom.  Where does E. Coli lurk, waiting for you to apply it to your

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]]> Love, Criticism, & Kids https://smthingscount.com/2020/01/09/love-criticism-kids/ Thu, 09 Jan 2020 17:05:20 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8723 Parenting is hard! We want our kids to grow up right. But, because we’re human, we get tired of repeating the same things again and

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]]> Kids who Hide in Plain Sight https://smthingscount.com/2019/09/06/kids-who-hide-in-plain-sight/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 16:02:35 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8416 Over four million KIDS are on the streets, unaccompanied by an adult, in the U.S. each year. At least a million kids either couch-surf at

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]]> “I DO”–Now Get Started on a Family! https://smthingscount.com/2019/06/10/i-do-now-get-started-on-a-family/ Mon, 10 Jun 2019 16:54:23 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8158 One of the first things a newlywed couple is asked is, “When are you going to start having kids?” It’s seldom, “Do you plan to

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]]> Honoring Our Military https://smthingscount.com/2019/05/17/honoring-our-military/ Fri, 17 May 2019 15:44:23 +0000 https://smthingscount.com/?p=8068 Tomorrow is Armed Forces Day. President Harry S. Truman ushered in this day in which we recognize and honor the military women and men who

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