Having a home-based business led to massive benefits all over the place for our family. In Part 2 of this series, I’ll review the financial, quality-of-life, and family benefits that arise from having one parent working a home-based business. Financial benefits One of the obvious considerations for pursuing a home-based business is money. A job […]
Today is the day you become a better negotiator
I regularly save thousands of dollars on big ticket purchases because of lessons learned from a 10-week negotiation course. In this post I’ll give you the basics so that you don’t have to sit through long classes like I did. I also learned a lot just from life experience, so you get that benefit as […]
It’s been awhile…
Dear Friends, It has been awhile since I have posted on my parenting blog. Basically, I’ve been busy with life, just like all dads and moms. Three years ago my second child, a daughter, was born. It was just as thrilling as when my oldest daughter was born. We are expecting #3 this summer, so […]
Thing #3 I’m Teaching My Kids: The World Is Governed by Absolute Truths
This is part of an ongoing series called “50 Things I’m Teaching My Kids”: values and lessons I’m imparting to my children because they’re not going to get it anywhere else. It is often said that we live in a post-truth world where absolute truth does not exist and that facts don’t matter. Saying that […]
My New Project: 50 Things I’m Teaching My Kids
I have been thinking a lot lately about what sort of lessons and values to teach my kids. Right now, my eldest daughter is now 3 ½, and I have a second baby girl who is now 6 months old. Kids need to learn how to deal with the hardships and complexities of life. My […]