Category Archives: Family
Keeping Kids Calm During the Holidays
Children are usually happy around the holidays – there is no school, they get to hang out with their friends and they get to sleep in late. Unfortunately, not all kids are in good cheer. Like many adults, children and teenagers can get stressed during the holidays. How can you tell if a child is feeling frazzled? Stressed out kids tend to be cranky, impatient and defiant, they complain of headaches, stomachaches or seem unusually tired. During the holidays, children often are involved in special events and festivals.
How can adults help?
If you have children, involve them in holiday planning and let them know ahead of time about the events that are going to take place. And as the holidays get under way, try not to overload your kids’ schedules. Give the child some space as far as not making them attend every function or every family gathering. If the child wants to have some alone time, then allow that to happen. Parents need to choose activities to mark the holidays that are both meaningful and manageable. “What most kids really want is your time and attention.”
Folsom Luxury Homes and Land Specialist
Our motto is to always “Do the Right Thing”, starting with providing premier executive real estate service to buyers and sellers of Folsom, Granite Bay, and El Dorado Hills luxury homes and land.
For more information from California Home Network visit Patrick Warholic, The Internet Home Marketing Specialist for free, no registration required, MLS home and property searches with amazing home search results at your fingertips, along with its ease of use, no registration required advanced home search features that will simply astound you. Get free real estate reports, information for sellers, information for buyers, and find out exactly what your home is worth with a free home valuation, with current up-to-date market information provided for you.
Learn how how you can be mortgage free in 8 to 11 years without re-financing. Ask for your free House Payment Free analysis.
Contact Patrick Warholic, Realtor, CCRA, SRES, ASP, and e-PRO certified.
Chores = Allowance?
Want to spark a heated debate amongst parents?….bring up the topic of allowance…more specifically, should chores equal an allowance or should it be given as an entitlement?
Parents can divide themselves into one of two groups. The first group believes that chores are a family responsibility and allowance should be part of a learning experience on how to handle money. The other side of the coin are the parents who don’t want their kids to feel entitled to a weekly handout and want them to learn the lesson of pay for work.
Basic allowance should be a set amount, given on a regular basis with no tie to chores. If a child wants to earn above and beyond the regular amount put a price on specific tasks that they can choose from. Basic allowance should be given with the knowledge that the child is responsible for paying for their own certain expenses such as: trips to the mall, entertainment, and trips with friends.
However you decide to work out the tricky subject of allowance, remember that it’s a tool to teach kids about financial responsibility.
Folsom Luxury Homes and Land Specialist
Our motto is to always “Do the Right Thing”, starting with providing premier executive real estate service to buyers and sellers of Folsom, Granite Bay, and El Dorado Hills luxury homes and land.
For more information from California Home Network visit Patrick Warholic, The Internet Home Marketing Specialist for free, no registration required, MLS home and property searches with amazing home search results at your fingertips, along with its ease of use, no registration required advanced home search features that will simply amaze you. You can even perform a home search by using the new Google Map home search feature, with advanced community search parameters, and even do an advanced home search for energy saving features too. Maybe you are searching for a new home investment property or a great deal on a second home. Well, now you can find great real estate deals with REO bank owned properties and short sale homes listed in the MLS directory. This real estate information is right at your fingertips, and once again, no registration is required.
California Home Network also provides free real estate reports, information for sellers, information for buyers, and find out exactly what your home is worth with a free home valuation, with current up-to-date market information provided for you.
Learn how how you can be mortgage free in 8 to 11 years without re-financing. Ask for your free House Payment Free analysis.
Contact Patrick Warholic, Realtor, CCRA, SRES, ASP, and e-PRO certified.
