Page 1 of Jan Hayner's writing

1. What Are the 'Rules at School' Teaching Our Kids You wonder why today's kids do not have a concept of what life is really about. You wonder why today's kids do not have the morality and standards that we had as kids. You wonder why today's kids do not have the work ethics that we did. ... (posted by Jan 2 years 357 days ago.)

2. Your Kids Understand the Economy Too As parents, we sometimes don't give kids the credit that they deserve when it comes to understanding things. Those little ears are always open and they absorb a lot more than we think. Everywhere you go, someone is talking about the economy, they... (posted by Jan 3 years 5 days ago.)

3. How Many Cleaning Agents On Store Shelves Are Harmful According to the National Research Council, only 20% of chemicals have been tested for acute effects less than 10 % have been tested for chronic or reproductive effects and 80% does not have toxic information available and only 1% of toxins are... (posted by Jan 3 years 9 days ago.)

4. Is This the Right Time to Spend? According to the government, we are getting help so that we can put more money back into the economy and thus make the economy sound again. I want to know how paying the electric bill is going to help the economy when we know that they will... (posted by Jan 3 years 40 days ago.)

5. Having a Garage Sale-here's how to get the family to help Let's Make Some Money and Sell Our Junk! Like the old saying goes, "One man's junk is another man's treasure." With the nice weather approaching, the mind turns to spring cleaning, rummage sales and making money. This year, let the... (posted by Jan 3 years 43 days ago.)

6. How to Organize Your Locker Do you have the problem of opening up your locker door and having everything fall out on the floor in front of you? Are you constantly looking for papers that you threw in your locker and can't find? Is your locker so full that you don't have a... (posted by Jan 3 years 102 days ago.)

7. How to Organize Your School Desk Why is it that when we have so many books and necessary things, we have a desk that only holds half of what we have? Doesn't it seem that the first day of school your desk seemed to be so much larger? Now that we have settle into the daily... (posted by Jan 3 years 102 days ago.)

8. How to Organize Your School Work Kids have an over abundance of papers, some of them it is wise to keep and others should be thrown away. These tips and hints for organizing schoolwork will help to make it easy to do and to keep it that way. If you find that, your lockers are... (posted by Jan 3 years 102 days ago.)

9. How to Have Less to Organize We take a look at our homes and think that the project of organizing everything is just too much to even consider. So, we get overwhelmed with the thought and have lost before we even get started. There is so much 'stuff' in our lives, everything... (posted by Jan 3 years 127 days ago.)

10. Time Manage Your Life and Eliminate the Stress How many times in the last month have you said 'I am always running out of time' or 'I don't have time for that now' or maybe you have said the old standby, 'I wish I had more time to do the things that I always wanted to do'. Why is it that... (posted by Jan 3 years 131 days ago.)

11. Child Burn Out Can Happen We wonder why kids start to fight back when we have signed them up for all of the things that they want to do. The routine usually goes something like this (Mother) "come on, it is time to go to baseball.", (child) "I don't want to go, I told... (posted by Jan 3 years 131 days ago.)

12. Start Your Year Off Right, Create 'Family' Goals So often, we are disgusted and frustrated with our home, the clutter and mess that is in it and the fact that we feel like we have lost control. Part of the problem is because we don't have the cooperation of other family members that we would... (posted by Jan 3 years 132 days ago.)

13. You're Laid Off-What Do You Do Now? You are laid off, you never thought that it would happen to you, after all, you have been with the company for years and years; what do you do now! You tighten the belt and cut down on the extras, you watch the pennies and hope that things... (posted by Jan 3 years 166 days ago.)

14. In God We Trust Once again, we are to over look the fact that this country was created with prayers in the schools and Congress and the hearts of our countrymen. Once again we are to agree with the fact that all of the government buildings exploit religion. Once... (posted by Jan 3 years 172 days ago.)

15. Organize Your Life for Black Friday Things will go a lot smoother if you are organized on Black Friday. Everyone will be fed, you will find all of your receipts, your checkbook will be up to date and your list will be emptied a lot faster. Home Fast meals are best on Black Friday... (posted by Jan 3 years 183 days ago.)

16. This Year Celebrate A 'Special Thanksgiving Day' Every year we all have family traditions that we look forward to on Thanksgiving. For some of us it is eating a big dinner with family and frends, for others it is getting together to spend a day of watching the football games and for others it is... (posted by Jan 3 years 195 days ago.)

17. Cleaning Your Air Ducts Can Save House Cleaning TIme One day, as I was vacuuming the carpet, I realized how much I do automatically in my daily routine, I vacuum without really seeing! I, vacuum the carpet, but I never really look at it up close. When I did, I saw all of those pesky little hairs... (posted by Jan 3 years 196 days ago.)

18. How to Make a 'Coupon Organizer' that Really Works I have spent more money on coupon organizers in my lifetime, just to have them all end up in the garbage. None of them has the descriptions and categories that I need, they do not hold all of the coupons that I use, it is hopeless trying to pull... (posted by Jan 3 years 212 days ago.)

19. How Kids Can Help Save Money in the Home Most of you, are learning in school about how to save energy and cut down the cost of monthly bills. You are getting information that isn't printed in a lot of newspapers, but is very important. Check your home and see if your family is putting... (posted by Jan 3 years 216 days ago.)

20. 10 Ways to Save Money When Shopping and NOT Overspend One of the worst times to go shopping is when you are depressed or sad about something. We make the biggest mistakes in our spending habits during this time. We may be great at making a budget, but it does not do you any good if you are not... (posted by Jan 3 years 271 days ago.)

21. Time Management Tips for High School Students Time management is essential when you're in school. With classes, house chores, extra curricular activities, working and finding time for friends; time management is a 'have-to'. Sure, we want to have fun, but isn't the idea of a good education... (posted by Jan 3 years 279 days ago.)

22. How to Get Rid of Stinky House Odors It has happened to all of us at one time or another. We clean and clean just to find out that when the humidity sets in, there is an unusual smell that we can't find. We empty all of the garbage cans, look in all of the hidden places, tear... (posted by Jan 3 years 284 days ago.)

23. Mom, Your Baby is Off to College; Yes, that day has come and your son or daughter is finally off to college, now comes the empty nest syndrome---NOT!! Your work isn't done yet, you (and them) just think it is. Don't get too depressed, there is a lot more coming your way, just... (posted by Jan 3 years 285 days ago.)

24. What School Supplies Should I Get to Organize My School Work? It is so close to another school year beginning and the hustle and bustle to get all of the kids school supplies purchased. What binders to get, should I have fancy pencils or plain should I color co-ordinate my notebooks and folders? There... (posted by Jan 3 years 285 days ago.)

25. How To Take Good 'notes' In School In 10 Easy Steps Taking good notes can mean the difference between a passing and a failing grade. If you take bad notes and do not have the confidence in what you wrote, chances are you will not read the notes, or take them seriously and only skim over them. If... (posted by Jan 3 years 285 days ago.)