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The state of the economy in California, except in the Silicon Valley sucks—lets get real.  In a CNBC survey of the twenty best places to start a business, six of the cities are in Texas and zero are in the former Golden State.  Would you start a business knowing government was controlling your wages and …

Trump will meet with Romney on Tuesday following a first secretary of state interview on Nov. 19. MSNBC reports Trump is 'furious' with Kellyanne Conway for slamming the idea of a Romney pick.

It swelled by more under Obama’s predecessor, George W. Bush, and by even more under conservative icon Ronald Reagan in the 1980s. The big story under Obama has been the decline of the US Postal Service, which has been restructuring as email and other types of digital communication replace snail mail

Where was this during the Obama years?

I decided to infiltrate the protest to get an objective view of how these protests go down.

Here's more proof that Democrats are not living in reality. They're still in total denial over the 2016 election and refuse to accept the fact that Donald Trump won. Tom Perez, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, actually told a crowd that Trump didn't win the election. The Daily...

An illegal immigrant is accused of kidnapping and repeatedly raping a woman with autism while holding her against her will.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban long has been recognized as a renegade – the leader not willing to submit to a globalist agenda or mandates from the established power structure.

The political fallout from the Inspector General’s scathing report continued to rock Washington Thursday, with a reporter from Politico confirming that former bureau boss James Comey used a private gmail account to conduct FBI business. Congressional reporter Kyle Cheney posted the stunning revelation on social media, writing “IG found that on numerous occasions, COMEY used ?

That is what some members of the Twin Falls community wanted to know when they attended a public comment period at their local city council meeting. There are stories swirling on the internet that …

Ten libertarian and conservative legal experts weigh in. The answers may surprise you.

After FBI Director James Comey chose not to charge Hillary Clinton for her private email scandal, the general American public was infuriated. Each and every one of us expected him to indict Hillary. VIA USA Newsflash However, now we now the real reason why Comey didn’t charge Hillary. VIA Americas Freedom Fighters  More from Breitbart:

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Right to work states south of Maryland are partly to blame for today's rioting in Baltimore, Hardball host Chris Matthews suggested tonight as he wrapped an interview via satellite with former NAACP president and former Congressman Kweisi Mfume (D-Md.).

As the Obama administration mercifully begins to wind toward the end of its second term, both the President and the First Lady will continue to distract from their horrible record. Their favorite distraction is to claim racial discrimination exists in this nation and is needs to be corrected through government action.

Progressives push their luck with their totalitarian insistence that everybody is with them or against them on guns and so much else.

  I am an occupational therapist with 10 years of experience working with children, parents, and teachers. I completely agree with this teacher’s message that our children getting worse and worse in many aspects. I hear the same consistent message from every teacher I meet. Clearly, throughout my ten years as an Occupational Therapist, I have seen and continue to see a decline in kids’ social, emotional, academic functioning, as well as a sharp increase in learning disabilities and other diagnoses.   Today’s children come to school emotionally unavailable for learning and there are many factors in our modern lifestyle that contribute to this. As we know, the brain is malleable. Through environment we can make the brain “stronger” or make it “weaker”. I truly believe that with all our greatest intentions, we unfortunately remold our children’s brains in the wrong direction. Here is why… 1. Technology “Free babysitting service… the payment is waiting for you just around the corner”.  We pay with our kids’ nervous system, with their attention, and ability for delayed gratification. Compared to virtual reality, everyday life is boring. When kids come to the classroom, they are exposed to human voices and adequate visual stimulation as opposed to being bombarded with graphic explosions and special effects that they are used to seeing on the screens. After hours of virtual reality, processing information in a classroom becomes increasingly challenging for our kids because their brains are getting used to the high levels of stimulation that video games provide. The inability to process lower levels of stimulation leaves kids vulnerable to academic challenges. Technology also disconnects us emotionally from our children and our families. Parental emotional availability is the main nutrient for child’s brain. Unfortunately, we are gradually depriving our children from that nutrient. 2. Kids get everything they want the moment they want “I am Hungry!!” “In a sec I will stop at drive thru” “I am Thirsty!” “Here is a vending machine”. “I am bored!” “Use my phone!”   The ability to delay gratification is one of the key factors for future success. We have all the greatest intention in mind to make our children happy, but unfortunately, we make them happy at the moment but miserable in a long term.  To be able to delay gratification means to be able to function under stress. Our children are gradually becoming less equipped to deal with even minor stressors which eventually become huge obstacles to their success in life. The inability to delay gratification is often seen in classrooms, malls, restaurants, and toy stores the moment the child hears “No” because parents have taught their“child’s brain” to get what it wants right away 3. Kids rule the world  “My son doesn’t like vegetables” “She doesn’t like going to bed early” “He doesn’t like to eat breakfast” “She doesn’t like toys, but she is very good at her IPAD” “He doesn’t want to get dressed on his own” “She is too lazy to eat on her own”. This is what I hear from parents all the time. Since when do children dictate to us how to parent them? If we leave it all up to them , all they are going to do is eat macaroni and cheese, bagel with cream cheese, watch TV, play on their tablets, and never go to bed. What good are we doing them by giving them what they WANT when we know that it is not GOOD for them? Without proper nutrition and a good night’s sleep, our kids come to school irritable, anxious, and inattentive.  In addition, we send them the wrong message.  They learn they can do what they want and not do what they don’t want. The concept of “need to do’ is absent. Unfortunately, in order to achieve our goals in our lives, we have to do what’s necessary which may not always be what we want to do.  For example, if a child wants to be an A student, he needs to study hard. If he wants to be a successful soccer player, he needs to practice every day. Our children know very well what they want but have very hard time to do what is necessary to achieve that goal. This results in unattainable goals and leaves the kids disappointed. 4. Endless Fun We created an artificial fun world for our children. There are no dull moments. The moment it becomes quiet, we run to entertain them again because otherwise we feel that we are not doing our parenting duty. We live in two separate worlds. They have their “fun “world and we have our “work” world. Why aren’t children helping us in the kitchen or with laundry? Why don’t they tidy up their toys? This is basic monotonous work that trains the brain to be workable and function under “boredom” which is the same “muscle” that is required to be eventually teachable at school.  When they come to school and it is time for printing, their answer is “I can’t. It is too hard. Too boring” Why? Because the workable “muscle” is not getting trained through endless fun. It gets trained through work. 5. Limited social interaction We are all busy, so we give our kids digital gadgets and make them “busy” too. Kids used to play outside, where in unstructured natural environments, they learned and practiced their social skills.  Unfortunately, technology replaced the outdoor time.  Also, technology made the parents less available to socially interact with their kids. Obviously, our kids fall behind…the babysitting gadget is not equipped for social skill development. Most successful people are the ones who have great social skills. This is the priority! The brain is just like a muscle that is trainable and re-trainable. If you want your child to be able to bike, you teach him biking skills. If you want your child to be able to wait, you need to teach him patience.  If you want your child to be able to socialize, you need to teach him social skills. The same applies to all the other skills. There is no difference!! You can make a difference though in your child’s life by training your child’s brain so that your child will successfully function on social, emotional, and academic levels. Here is how: 1. Limit technology, and instead re-connect with your kids emotionally * Surprise them with flowers, share a smile, tickle them, put a love note in backpack or under their pillow, surprise them by taking them out for lunch on a school day, dance together, crawl together, have pillow fights * Have family dinners,  board game nights, go biking, go to outdoor walks with flashlight in the evening 2. Train delay gratification * Make them wait!!! It is ok to have “I am bored “ time – this is the first step to creativity * Gradually increase the waiting time between “I want” and “I get” * Avoid technology use in cars and restaurants, and instead teach them waiting while talking and playing games * Limit constant snacking 3. Don’t be afraid to set the limits. Kids need limits to grow happy and healthy!! * Make a schedule for meal times, sleep times, technology time * Think of what is GOOD for them- not what they WANT/DON’T WANT. They are going to thank you for that later on in life. Parenting is a hard job. You need to be creative to make them do what is good for them because most of the time that is the exact opposite of what they want * Kids need breakfast and nutritious food. They need to spend time outdoor and go to bed at consistent time in order to come to school available for learning the next day! * Convert things that they don’t like doing/trying into fun, emotionally stimulating games 4. Teach your child to do monotonous work from early years as it is the foundation for future “workability” * Folding laundry, tidying up toys, hanging clothes, unpacking groceries, setting the table, making lunch, unpacking their lunch box, making their bed * Be creative. Initially make it stimulating and fun so that their brain associates it with something positive. 5. Teach social skills *  Teach them turn taking, sharing, losing/winning, compromising, complimenting others ,using “please and thank you” From my experience as an occupational therapist, children change the moment parents change their perspective on parenting.  Help your kids succeed in life by training and strengthening their brain sooner than later!!! Victoria Prooday Parenting Club RSS    

Hillary Clinton’s base of support appears to have hit its high watermark eight years ago. The election results from the California and New Jersey primaries are just the latest examples of the contraction of enthusiasm her campaign seems to be experiencing. With 94.4% of precincts reporting, Clinton won 1,841,285 votes in California on Tuesday, compared …

House investigators are still investigating SpyGate but they could be running out of time.