The Importance of Keeping a High Priority on Family Time
Only parents can impart the values they wish their children to learn; it cannot be left to someone else; it would be their values and not those of the parents. What and who you become will depend a lot upon those values your parents taught you either by their spoken word or by their actions.Within their family unit children will learn how to handle anger; disagreements and how to make decisions. As parents how we do these things are important because our children will follow our role model. How children in the family view situations such as these will help them to develop their personalities.In stable family situations where family time is given a high priority, children will grow up feeling confident, with better self-esteem and will feel secure within themselves and in their lives. Emotional strength and stability is developed through strong family ties. In a stable family, and one that values family time, children will grow up feeling protected and secure in their family unit.In a home where family time is readily shared and appreciated, children will develop by learning the importance of family and knowing that they are loved. In close families there is much communication and goals and education are encouraged. If this is the case, children will often follow their parent’s career choices, i.e.: possibly becoming teachers, dentists or doctors.In close families where family time is considered to be important, there is usually a family comes first attitude. Children will grow up, like their parents, to believe that family and family time is an important aspect of their lives.Setting aside family time is also important for teaching children their family history. No one can do this but their parents and other close family members. It is important that these memories and stories be passed from one generation to another. Having a bond with those family members that have gone before us solidifies our own feelings of belonging and being a valued member of our family. We are now part of the story that will be passed along to future generations.When families spend time together, they usually have family traditions; old ones that have been passed down and new ones that are started as circumstances in our lives change. Family traditions seem to help to make families closer or perhaps it is that close families are the ones that encourage family traditions.The importance of time spent together as a family can never be underestimated. I believe strongly that those who value this time spent together as a family will see the rewards as their children grow older.
How to Start As an Entertaining Speaker: Tips and Tricks to Dinner Speaking and Event Speaking
Entertaining speakers are always in demand. That’s partially because there are so many events and meetings that use entertainment speakers and partially because it’s a difficult job. People often assume that entertaining people for 20 minutes or so is easy. In fact, it takes a great deal of preparation and practice.In an entertaining speech the content isn’t as important as the way you make your audience feel. They must enjoy your speech whether it’s funny, poignant or dramatic, (but not too heavy). The cardinal sin in a speech for entertainment purposes is to bore your audience. That’s where the difficulty comes in.Entertaining speeches are a diversion. They fill time or give people a break between complex learning sessions. They aren’t intended to be a learning experience, just a good time. If the audience leaves with a message that’s fine but it’s not necessary.Where can you find topics for an entertaining speech? The possibilities are unlimited! When you watch comedians they tell stories that are often based on a tiny, mundane incident. It’s all in how you craft the story. It’s essential that you create a story file. If you jot down ideas as they come to you, you can develop them later. If you don’t write it down, it’s lost.Try to match your topic to the makeup of your audience. Don’t talk about current songs to people in their 60s. Use older songs for your example.All speeches need an introduction, body and conclusion. When speaking to entertain you have to catch the audience’s attention in your first few sentences. Start off with something surprising, funny, odd or mysterious. If you don’t capture their attention right away you’ll lose them.Entertaining speeches usually consist of one story or several similar stories tied together. You should speak as if you are having a conversation with a member of the audience. Keep your content simple. You don’t want to do anything that puzzles or confuses your audience. Use vivid language. Make the audience feel as if they are able to actually see, hear, smell, taste what’s happening. Don’t be too straightforward in your story telling. Just like in a good mystery story you need to throw in a few twists and turns before revealing the final outcome.Your conclusion should only be a few sentences tying your speech up. End on a high note so people feel good when you finish. It’s very important in an entertaining speech that you be personable and likeable. You are the focus, rather than your content. The success of your speech depends on the personality you inject into it.Where to find gigs? Let your friends know what you do, hand out business cards to everyone, put a signature line on your emails and above all: speak. Volunteer to speak to service clubs like Rotary, church groups, women’s groups, anyone who will listen. This gives you practice and allows you to polish your presentation. It also puts you in front of many individuals, some of whom are in a position to hire you for a paid presentation.Many of the speeches you will be offered are for dinner and after-dinner speaking. It’s important that you know what you are getting into here. Many professional speakers refuse to give dinner and especially after-dinner speeches. Dinner speeches are difficult because people are eating. It makes it difficult to create a mood and there is a lot of extraneous noise. After-dinner speeches can be a real problem. People are tired and often have had several drinks. The first time I spoke before a group where alcohol was served I was amazed at the difference it made. Some people made inappropriate comments, chatted to one another and were easily distracted. They enjoyed my presentation but I certainly didn’t! Give it a try if have a tough skin but get lots of practice with other audiences first.The best advertising you can do as a speaker is to speak! People who pay for speakers are much more likely to hire someone they have personally heard speak. So pull out the phone book and start offering your services to service groups and other organizations today!
A Drug Rehab Program Makes Recovery Easier
Recovery from drug addiction can be very challenging and because of this, a drug rehab program provides someone the best chance at recovery. Admission to a drug rehab can and will provide a person the opportunity to break their denial and begin to figure out why they have continued to use drugs and alcohol despite negative consequences. It is almost impossible for someone to overcome their drug addiction or alcohol addiction is they remain in denial of their problem.A drug rehab program employs a clinical staff whose responsibility it is to teach the person various tools they can use to learn to better manage their emotions. Two of these emotions anger and depression are two of the contributing factors to drug abuse, alcohol abuse and drug addiction. It only stands to reason that when an individual can better mange those feelings, their chances of recovery and avoiding relapse are that much better.In addition to learning how to better manage ones feelings, a stay in drug rehab or alcohol rehab will assist the person to grow spiritually and physically. Any quality drug rehab will provide the person with healthy, nutritional meals to offset the poor nutritional values they adopted during their drug addiction and alcohol addiction. Generally a healthy eating plan is developed for each patient in the drug rehab that will assist them in their recovery.From a spiritual perspective, during everyone’s drug addiction or alcohol addiction principals were compromised, values were thrown to the wind and you have come to the point where if you had spiritual beliefs prior to your drug addiction, they were gone now. Most addiction treatment or drug rehab programs help each person address their spiritual void. This is accomplished in a variety of ways and each drug rehab is different. The point is, healing one’s spiritual life, also takes place in drug rehab.As we mentioned the physical aspect of recovery, I would be remis if I didn’t take a moment to talk about drug detox or alcohol detox. This is a crucial time in any stay in drug rehab. Detox is when you discontinue your drug abuse or alcohol abuse in a medically monitored setting. The drug rehab generally has medications dispensed to mange any withdrawal symptoms you may experience. Detox in any drug rehab is not easy, but a person can be made to feel comfortable.It is important that any detox unit have 24 hour nursing and is licensed in the state in which it operates and carries with it an accreditation from the Joint Accreditation of Healthcare Orginizations. This means that the drug rehab and detox is operating by the highest standards this industry has to offer.The terms drug rehab and alcohol rehab are essentially the same thing. The addiction treatment services are the same, detox services are the same, the only difference is the words drug rehab and alcohol rehab.