On Wednesday’s show Hunter talked about some risks that you should let your child take. These are things that you should let your child to in order to teach them how to handle risk responsibly and safely. Kids like being able to do things and allowing them to do some of these things in your presence is better than them attempting it with their friends.
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Today on The Morning Thing, guest co-host Abigail Brown and I talked about World Productivity Day. We talked about some ways to up your productivity this summer. Click HERE for more on World Productivity Day and HERE for productivity tips. We also talked about how to help your kids avoid “brain drain” or “summer slide” and help them retain more of what they learned during the school year. Click HERE to read more. For the Morning Thing Game of the day, we played Name that Artist. Tracy from Howard correctly answered Matthew West and wins a five dollar gift certificate to the South Side Diner. As always, thanks for listening!
-Daria
Do you have children? Do you worry about the selfish nature of kids today? Well don’t worry because today we shared some tips from allprodad.com for teaching you kid that it is not all about them. Here are some of the tips we especially likes
If you have a “me-first” attitude, chances are your children will as well. Instead of immediately going for the easy chair after work, ask your wife if there is something you can do for her before unwinding. When your children see you putting others first, they’ll follow suit
When your children admire someone in the limelight, take time to talk about how much work goes into developing a talent or skill. It can be as simple as, “You know, it takes years of hard work to be able to sing like that.” Or a question, “Do you think it’s more important to be famous than it is to do the best you can with the gifts you’ve been given?” This will help your children begin to recognize the value of hard work versus cheap fame.
Be careful not to honor shortcuts, cheating, or success that comes at the expense of others. While we applaud our children’s accomplishments, we shouldn’t do so insincerely or indiscriminately. If your child hits a dribbler to the shortstop, praise him for running hard to first base even though he was called out. But don’t make him out to be Babe Ruth unless he really does knock it out of the park.
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Today on the Morning Thing we talked about how the Summer Solstice kicks off summer and what this means. Click 
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