Showing posts with label parents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parents. Show all posts

Thursday, September 27, 2007

Domino's Pizza Making it easy for on the go dinner!

Domino's Pizza just made an on the go parent's job of dinner a whole lot easier. Now customers who have web-enabled cell phones can place their order from nearly 2,500 of Domino's 5,128 U.S. stores on mobile.dominos.com. Here's how it works. From a web-enabled cell phone (supported by any carrier) visit mobile.dominos.com Then, you enter your favorite pizza, side-item and drink order and then enter the delivery address. If you are paying by credit card, enter your credit card information which is transmitted over Domino's secured network. Be at the address you placed the delivery for in about 30 minutes and you've got dinner. This is a great option for people who are very busy with other activities...like being a full time parent and who don't always have a computer or phone book handy, who carries these things anyway? But we all carry our cell phones...use them to order dinner and relax with the kids and a pizza!

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Bad Sportsmanship

We all want our child to learn good sportsmanship when playing something competitive. However, on the sidelines is usually the complete opposite of this. As parents or even role models. We should set the example that we want our children to follow. It is amazing to me that there is so much hostility and anger that stems from adults that are spectators of the sport. You can not possibly think that it is okay for you to act in an immature way and then expect your child to act like the adult, and shake hands with the people that they just competed against. Children live what they learn. This starts in the home.

Encourage the child to try his/her best and to always play fairly. Explain that it is the team that makes the difference. If they played a good game, congratulate them. If it wasn't their best, keep encouraging them and be positive. Don't let them see you being a "bad sport" this will eventually cause them to be a "bad sport" as well. You set the examples that our children follow and they look up to us adults to help mold them into good members of society. Be a POSITIVE role model, not a NEGATIVE one.