Nurturing Generations

10/19/2025

Every child blooms at their own pace. When we stop comparing and start celebrating individuality, confidence flourishes. Teach them that their worth isn’t measured by grades or trophies but by kindness, curiosity, and growth. 🌱💫

10/19/2025

An old Native American man walked into a bank one morning and asked for a $500 loan.
The banker began filling out the paperwork.

“What do you plan to do with the money?” — he asked.
“I’m going to the city to sell the jewelry I made myself,” — replied the man.

“And what do you have for collateral?”
“I don’t know what that means,” — the man said honestly.

The banker explained patiently:

“Collateral is something valuable — something we can keep if you can’t repay the loan. Do you have a car?”
“Yes, an old truck from 1949.”
“That won’t work… Maybe some livestock?”
“I’ve got a horse.”
“How old is it?”
“Not sure. He’s lost all his teeth — can’t really tell anymore.”

Eventually, the banker sighed and approved the $500 loan anyway.

A few weeks later, the old man returned.
He laid a thick bundle of cash on the counter, repaid the loan, and tucked the rest into his pocket.

“What will you do with the rest of the money?” — asked the banker.
“Keep it in my wigwam,” — said the man.

“You could make a deposit here,” — suggested the banker.
“What’s a deposit?”
“You give your money to the bank; we take care of it. When you need it, you can take it back.”

The old man paused, thought for a moment, and asked:

“And what will the bank give me as collateral?” 😉

Wisdom doesn’t always wear a suit — sometimes it wears feathers and a smile. 🪶

10/19/2025

“Maybe if you disciplined them better…”
That sentence has broken more parents than it’s helped.

Because the truth is,
not every meltdown, every struggle, every diagnosis, every trauma can be fixed with a timeout or a spanking.

Sometimes it’s not a lack of discipline.
It’s sensory overload.
It’s anxiety.
It’s communication barriers.
It’s a child who feels misunderstood and unsafe.

Let’s stop labeling kids as “bad” and start asking why they’re acting out.

Because behavior is communication,
and kids don’t need harsher punishment.
They need understanding.
They need consistency.
They need love that doesn’t disappear when they’re hard to handle.

©️Caty Sanders

10/19/2025

This was written by Chief Dan George, in 1972..

"In the course of my lifetime I have lived in two distinct cultures. I was born into a culture that lived in communal houses. My grandfather’s house was eighty feet long. It was called a smoke house, and it stood down by the beach along the inlet. All my grandfather’s sons and their families lived in this dwelling. Their sleeping apartments were separated by blankets made of bull rush weeds, but one open fire in the middle served the cooking needs of all.

In houses like these, throughout the tribe, people learned to live with one another; learned to respect the rights of one another. And children shared the thoughts of the adult world and found themselves surrounded by aunts and uncles and cousins who loved them and did not threaten them. My father was born in such a house and learned from infancy how to love people and be at home with them.

And beyond this acceptance of one another there was a deep respect for everything in Nature that surrounded them. My father loved the Earth and all its creatures. The Earth was his second mother. The Earth and everything it contained was a gift from See-see-am… and the way to thank this Great Spirit was to use his gifts with respect.

This was the culture I was born into and for some years the only one I really knew or tasted. This is why I find it hard to accept many of the things I see around me.

I see people living in smoke houses hundreds of times bigger than the one I knew. But the people in one apartment do not even know the people in the next and care less about them.

It is also difficult for me to understand the deep hate that exists among people. It is hard to understand a culture that justifies the killing of millions in past wars, and it at this very moment preparing bombs to kill even greater numbers. It is hard for me to understand a culture that spends more on wars and weapons to kill, than it does on education and welfare to help and develop.

It is hard for me to understand a culture that not only hates and fights his brothers but even attacks Nature and abuses her. I see my white brothers going about blotting out Nature from his cities. I see him strip the hills bare, leaving ugly wounds on the face of mountains. I see him tearing things from the bosom of Mother Earth as though she were a monster, who refused to share her treasures with him. I see him throw poison in the waters, indifferent to the life he kills there; as he chokes the air with deadly fumes.

My white brother does many things well for he is more clever than my people but I wonder if he has ever really learned to love at all. Perhaps he only loves the things that are his own but never learned to love the things that are outside and beyond him. And this is, of course, not love at all, for man must love all creation or he will love none of it. Man must love fully or he will become the lowest of the animals. It is the power to love that makes him the greatest of them all… for he alone of all animals is capable of [a deeper] love.

Love is something you and I must have. We must have it because our spirit feeds upon it. We must have it because without it we become weak and faint. Without love our self esteem weakens. Without it our courage fails. Without love we can no longer look out confidently at the world. Instead we turn inwardly and begin to feed upon our own personalities and little by little we destroy ourselves.

You and I need the strength and joy that comes from knowing that we are loved. With it we are creative. With it we march tirelessly. With it, and with it alone, we are able to sacrifice for others.

I am afraid my culture has little to offer yours. But my culture did prize friendship and companionship. It did not look on privacy as a thing to be clung to, for privacy builds walls and walls promote distrust. My culture lived in big family communities, and from infancy people learned to live with others.

My culture did not prize the hoarding of private possessions, in fact, to hoard was a shameful thing to do among my people. The Indian looked on all things in Nature as belonging to him and he expected to share them with others and to take only what he needed.

Everyone likes to give as well as receive. No one wishes only to receive all the time. We have taken something from your culture… I wish you had taken something from our culture, for there were some beautiful and good things in it.

The only thing that can truly help us is genuine love.."

~Chief Dan George was a leader of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation as well as a beloved actor, musician, poet and author. He was born in North Vancouver in 1899 and died in 1981. This essay first appeared in the North Shore Free Press on March 1, 1972.

10/19/2025

In times of crisis, humanity often shows its brightest side. After the tragic events of 9/11, the Maasai tribe offered a gift of 14 cows to the U.S. as a gesture of solidarity and compassion. This simple yet profound act of kindness reminds us of the power of giving and the strength of human connection. Despite cultural and geographical differences, when tragedy strikes, we are all part of the same global family.

What the Maasai tribe demonstrated is that empathy and kindness transcend borders. Their act of giving teaches us that even when we don’t have much, we can still share what we have to make the world a better place. It’s not the size of the gift that matters, but the intention behind it.

In times of uncertainty, how can you offer kindness to those who need it most? It’s in these moments that our true character is revealed. 💕🌍

10/19/2025

10/19/2025

If you are a parent, this is a great reminder of your influence on your child/children...........

How to Discipline Without Shouting

Let’s be honest — sometimes our kids push every button we have.
They talk back, ignore instructions, or repeat the same mistake we’ve corrected a hundred times.
And in that heated moment, shouting feels like the only way to be heard.

But here’s the truth:
Shouting doesn’t teach — it scares.
It doesn’t correct — it disconnects.
Our tone becomes the lesson, and our words lose their meaning.

So how do we discipline without yelling?
It starts with self-control, not child control.

✅ 1. Get calm before you correct.
Take a deep breath, step away for a few seconds if needed. A calm parent has far more influence than an angry one.

✅ 2. Lower your voice, not raise it.
When you whisper instead of shout, your child leans in to listen. You regain authority through calmness, not chaos.

✅ 3. Set clear and consistent boundaries.
Children test limits when limits aren’t clear. Stay consistent — not harsh, not loud, just firm.

✅ 4. Use natural consequences.
Let actions teach. If they forget their homework, they face the result. It’s not punishment — it’s preparation for real life.

✅ 5. Connect before you correct.
When you correct a child you’ve connected with, they listen from respect, not fear. Love is the strongest discipline there is.

Because in the end, our goal isn’t to raise obedient kids —
it’s to raise emotionally secure, respectful, and self-disciplined humans.

Your calm voice today becomes their inner voice tomorrow.

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