SKILL CENTER

I have a dream: to start a skill center for children ages 8-18. This center will teach children to do things such as cook, clean, organize, garden, landscape, re-upholster furniture, refinish and re-do furniture, sewing, small engine repair, financial responsibility, social skills, and more. The children will attend workshops that will help them learn the steps to master each skill. After all the levels are complete they will receive a virtual badge that will indicate the mastery of the particular skill. The idea is still in the growing stages, but by next year, I should have a least part of it up and running. It will be a non-profit and it will be called Casskills. If you can help me set up the non-profit status, want to volunteer, or have ideas, or suggestions, you can email me at cazglmhc@gmail.com. Together we can make this dream a reality, for the children of today and for the future. Thank you in advance for your interest and support.

Parenting Yourself and Your Children

What?
What do I mean by parenting yourself?
You are an adult right?
You know about many things, you have answers to life, you are educated, self-disciplined, responsible, and respectable, and probably a few other things. You know about life. Why should you parent yourself? Well, if you are angry,and/or addicted, depressed, anxious, or any number of things that plague adults then you may want to reach back into your childhood and see what was going on there. Were you loved, encouraged, guided, empowered as a child? If not, then there may be some things to work with to take better care of YOU, but even if the answer is yes, you may still find that you have "demons" that show up in your life and darken your ability to be your best. I don't mean in competitive manner, but in a loving and kind way where as you are your best you can encourage others to do the same. Perhaps you know the feeling; a win/win situation where people feel good and behave cooperatively. I am not saying all the time, life is full of struggles and often the struggles are our teachers, but when people can work together then things begin to happen for the greater good of all and there is a feeling of connection, compassion, and compatibility. Would you like to know more? You can read this and work on yourself. Hooray for the internet.