It can seem like a futile and frustrating endeavour to entertain a child through other methods, however, there is a simple solution around that. Through this guide, our goal is to provide you with possible solutions to having your kids have a more meaningful time while at home. This will also help alleviate the stress on you too. Coursework Updates Directly from School: Alexa Skills are now available to match the learning platform used by your school system, including Canvas, Infinite Campus, Coursera, ParentSquare and Kickboard....

1. Know the value of your work. This crucial first step is where many freelancers make a mistake that can haunt them for months or even years. Sit down and make an honest evaluation of your skills and what you bring that makes you different, better, or more capable than others. Once you have done this, look into what others are charging for comparable services. If you can do better than they can for less, this will give you a good starting point to set your rates....

Before we get into some smooth techniques for meeting new friends, let’s understand why it’s been hard to do until now. Why It’s Not Your Fault If You Can’t Meet Interesting New Friends Among many reasons: 1. Your parents didn’t teach you to make friends as an adult! This skill is quite different from the techniques used by children to make new friends. 2. Making friends is a step out of your comfort zone—you may feel emotionally threatened when you meet new people, and that’s not easy to change....

From simply de-cluttering, to little focus-streamlining hacks, to adding accents that invigorate you, how you manage your workspace can have a big impact on your productivity and overall happiness. Work-at-home professionals, and writers in particular, can benefit from this OmniPapers infographic as it features a variety of tips to help you get stuff done!

1. Clean up your act. The first step in repainting is to wipe down the walls. You don’t want any dirt or stains showing through your new color or creating uneven walls. These imperfections can also act as a barrier and can affect how well the paint adheres, which can lead to future flaking. In some cases, clean up might just mean dusting and wiping down with water and gentle soap....

1. Citronella Citronella is a type of geranium plant with a strong scent that drives away mosquitoes. It is such an effective mosquito repellant that citronella oil is used to manufacture scented candles and insecticides. This plant can be grown easily in frost-free climate zones. In cooler areas, it can be grown in a pot or container and moved indoors during winter. Citronella can grow up to 5-6 feet in height, so if you plan to grow some in the garden or near the porch, situate it behind decorative flowers and shrubs....

Are you happy with your reality? Did you know that by changing the way you view the world, you change the results you have in life? That is really what sets us all apart, our beliefs and most importantly, that is what sets the more successful apart from the less successful. The good news is that your brain is able to change the way that is currently structured and how it responds to the world....

Reducing your grocery expenses may mean less food going to waste, and you can put the extra money toward something big. Spending too much happens when you don’t have a plan. In this article, I’ll show you some real ways to cut back on your grocery expenses. This way, you won’t buy anything you don’t need. It’s time to start minding your financial goals any time you go grocery shopping....

Apple has manufactured the telecom’s dream: a phone that will rack up a massive bill all too easily. To begin with, we’ve got a phone that basically sells itself on its ability to surf the Internet and download data. If you’re with AT&T, you’re all good and dandy on that point (unless you’re on international roaming), but for most of us throughout the world—including the Australian company my phone is with, Optus—the included data is a joke and the price per kilobyte is exorbitant....

1. Find a Suitable Name for Your Blog Dig into your head to find all kinds of names by brainstorming. Talk to friends or family, because they may give you ideas. Also, try automatic writing: quickly write everything that comes out of your brain! 2. Write About What You Like Ask yourself what you really like, what you care about and what you want to share with others. The best way to write amazing blog posts is to love writing and to truly love your topics....

Exploration of options, strengths, and weaknesses, in depth and without haste. Patient removal of blockages. Long-term, continuous development and learning. The first step increases your self-awareness and gets beyond superficial judgments about strengths and weaknesses. You mustn’t simply jog along and let your automatic habits take the strain, or you’ll become narrow and parochial, priding yourself on knowledge in some limited area and ignoring your ignorance of the rest of the world....

These techniques don’t just relegate your child to a career in entrepreneurship. These are the pillars to be successful in any field whether they choose to be a teacher, nurse, fire-fighter or surgeon. This entrepreneurial mindset will determine how they face the world. Here are 6 steps to make sure your kids will benefit and thrive. 1. Set 3 main goals These goals should be written down as they are far more likely to be achieved when they are in black and white....

Here’s a common scenario: You’re the kind of person that likes others. You want friends, you want to hang out with your co-workers for hors d’oeuvres after work, and you definitely don’t want someone to hang out with on Friday nights. You just can’t make your reality fit with your wishes. Here’s one scenario that often happens: after wish you could be bold at work, make friends, and ask for that raise, the minute you’re invited to golf with your boss, do a presentation for the team, or come to a friend’s anniversary party…you bail out....

I discovered how powerful the effect of conditioning is firsthand when I was listening to some oldies the other day on the radio—I was amazed at how quickly I could belt out the words to songs I hadn’t heard in decades. How could I remember all those lyrics from so long ago? Because I was conditioned by them. I listened and sang those words day in and day out for what seemed like forever, until they were burned into my brain cells, and some of those old songs even provoked strong feelings in me as I took a quick trip down memory lane....

Dedicated Resources Are History While you might have felt the need for a computer or laptop all the time when you were using services like Gchat or Skype, here is an alternative solution that we are going to talk about: there is no need to have a computer running all the time, acting as your ATA server. You can have a FREE home phone system without a computer using Google Voice....

This interesting statement was made by Cyril Northcote Parkinson[1], the famous British historian and author, in 1955—first appearing as the opening line in an article for The Economist and later becoming the focus of one of Parkinson’s books, Parkinson’s Law: The Pursuit of Progress. Parkinson was qualified to make such a statement, having worked in the British Civil Service and seeing first hand how bureaucracy ticks. Bureaucracy itself is a by-product of our culture, thanks to the limiting belief that working harder is somehow better than working smarter and faster....

In his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Steven Covey popularized a concept he calls the time management matrix. Covey breaks down the time we spend while awake into four quadrants: Quadrant 1: Urgent and Important. Examples: getting help in a medical emergency, or stopping a small child from running into traffic. Quadrant 2: Not Urgent, but Important. Examples: getting the oil in your car changed regularly, or meeting an internal company goal to respond meaningfully to every customer contact within an hour....

I do believe, however, that the more you understand grief, the more informed you are and prepared when it hits you. There are suggested strategies that psychologists, therapists, and grief counselors can recommend you to follow when grieving, and I have included those that offer practical advice and perspective on the grief and healing process. How I processed my grief may not be the right one for you, but my story of surviving the pain of grief to living a full life might give you hope to keep moving forward one day at a time....

Say for example, you are working on a blog post in your text editor and need to refer to a web page that’s open in another window. You can hover the in the web page and simply scroll using the trackpad or the mouse wheel; all this without leaving your current text editor window. You can even click on the links on the web page by holding down the Command button....

Traveling on its own can be incredibly eye opening and enriching, but it will also equip us with skills that are necessary to be successful. Communication and interpersonal skills are attributes that can be learned and honed. These skills are applicable in everyday life and can be translated into professional environments. We are inherently closed off For my first lone traveling experience, I had just arrived to San Francisco for an externship....