Today we talk organ donation with Roy Bobbitt, a live kidney donor (mine!!), and Rachel Lewis of Lifeline of Ohio.
For more information, call 800.525-5667 or go to www.lifelineofohio.org .
Five years ago, Roy Bobbitt donated a gift of life kidney to me. My gratitude will never be adequately expressed!
Sleep Matters! Nearly one in four American couples sleep in separate bedrooms or beds, the National Sleep Foundation reported in a 2005 survey. Recent studies in England and Japan have found similar results. And the National Association of Home Builders says it expects 60 percent of custom homes to have dual master bedrooms by 2015.
“What happened in the last decade,” said Dr. Meir Kryger, a sleep specialist at Gaylord Hospital in Connecticut, “is that people are suddenly making their own sleep a priority. If their rest is being impaired by their partner, the attitude now is that I don’t have to put up with this.”
But Paul C. Rosenblatt, a psychiatry professor at the University of Minnesota says Co-sleeping is better for your health. He found that most couples sleep best when they face away from each other. Rosenblatt also says Co-sleeping is better for your sex life, and is better for your security. Other Sleep specialists say that those who pray before they go to bed are more likely to get a good night’s sleep. My personal experience is that the best way to have one person fall asleep is for the other one to read some scriptures to them. Works like a charm for me!
Some advice from the experts:
1. Make your bed! It only takes a minute and it sets the tone for the rest of your day. It also opens up the overnight experience with a fresh start!
2. Make a plan for how you sleep together; decide who will face the bathroom door; who will turn out the light; who will get up for the 2am feeding; who leaves the room when the other person has reflux; when and if the ceiling fans is on or the window gets opened.
This is one case where it’s NOT true that – “You snooze, you lose”!
Marriage Researcher, John Gottman, identified 4 relational behaviors which, if prevalent, are predictors of divorce. He called them “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” – Criticism, Contempt, Defensiveness and Stonewalling. If you employ any of these in your marriage, use DDT Therapy to extinguish them.
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If you listened closely on Saturday on “NADA TO WIN / NADA TO LOSE- QUESTION: (According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission), The three most injury-producing sports are basketball, football, and __________ (What)?
GOT GUESSES? We’ll reveal the correct answer after five incorrect guesses, or obviously when/if someone guesses correctly. Take at shot at it. Remember, even if you lose, you are only a loser…. FOR A MOMENT!!
THIS SATURDAY WE BROADCAST LIVE FOR WRFD FAMILY DAY AT SPORTS OHIO IN DUBLIN, OHIO.
I wish there was a Sports Ohio near me when I was growing up! This place is an athletic kid’s wonderland. There is SO much to do. Check this out… I’m gonna list the sports you can play at this multi-plex. Ready?
Now that’s a lot to do! Any chance your kid will get bored here?!
Are you a “One Sport Family”? You know, where you believe your child should only participate in one sport at a time? A study done by America Sports Data Inc. found that, in youth organized sports, 69% of all parents want their children to play only one sport. If the child is between six and eight years old, 79% of those parents want their child to play only one sport. Of all the sports organization in 2004, 44% of the children stated they only wanted to play one sport. Somehow it seems like kids gravitate to one or more sports over time, and they and mummy and daddy go crazy trying to coordinate the itineraries!
I think we can all agree that there are two extremes we need to avoid when it comes to our kids and sports – ALL or NOTHING. ALL is when we try to get our kids signed up for every possible sport so they can explore and develop all potential areas of their gifting. NOTHING is when we discourage our kids from getting too involved because, well let’s face it – sports are really inconvenient, time consuming, and really expensive!! When we make our decisions about children’s sports participation for our own selfish or personal reasons, and NOT for the kid’s development, we’re probably doing them a disservice.
There are pleanty of good reasons to involve our kids in team sports. Sports help children develop physical skills, get exercise, make friends, have fun, learn to play as a member of a team, learn to play fair, and improve self-esteem.
It is important to remember that the attitudes and behavior taught to children in sports carry over to adult life. Parents should take an active role in helping their child develop good sportsmanship. To help your child get the most out of sports, you need to be actively involved. This includes:
TOP TEN LOUSY reasons have your child play sports:
10. So you can avoid doing yardwork
9. So you can finally yell at children in public
8. You can’t find any other use for your grandfather’s baseball glove circa 1952
7. Because the neighborhood kids won’t play tackle football with you anymore because they’ve lost too many teeth
6. To test your health insurances’ orthopedic coverage
5. So you can live out your fantasy childhood through Jr.
4. To have an excuse to by the Cadillac of folding chairs
3. So you can NOT go to their games, just like your parents didn’t
2. Because your kid is artsy and you just can’t deal with that
1. So the kid can earn a full ride at a D1 university!
Do you think kids are on overload these days? Do you think they have too many activities going on? Or do you think that it’s just about right? Or maybe even not enough? I think you probably have some ideas of your own. Got an opinion? Weigh on in with your comments.
