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Ideas For Entertainment On Valentines Day

Francis Githinji asked:

Valentines Day is one that many people look forward to. This is mainly because it is a day of great fun and entertainment. There are so many people that continue to make the day more special every year. The day is not an ordinary one because it is set aside to celebrate and rekindle love in people. Therefore, it calls for entertainment. To have fun on this day is what all people with a heart to love should do. However, it is vital to keep in mind that having fun has its own limits. There are so many people who continue to make the mistake of having fun while hurting them. For example, getting high on harmful drugs is a sick idea of fun. When you want entertainment, you look for something that will leave you in one piece. Therefore, entertainment on Valentines Day should be safe. When you are safe, you will definitely be happier with your life. This is not to say that you do not go wild. Go wild with all good things. For example, if you have never stood up before people, it is a good time to think karaoke. Good and clean entertainment on Valentines Day is what all people need.

Entertainment on Valentines Day will be determined by the kind of things you love. For example, if you are a soccer fan, it is time to buy tickets for the valentine’s match that will be playing near you. Keep in mind that entertainment to different people can mean different things. What will make one happy might not make the other happy. For couples considering entertainment on Valentines Day, it is probably a good thing to compromise. This is the time to look for something that will work for both of you. In many instances, couples give up their idea of entertainment to enjoy the company of each other. They also take the time to come up with their very own entertainment. Your lover is a person who should be your focus on this special day. For this reason, you have to do things for each other. Celebrate love together and you will be entertained. Lovers can also go down memory lane and rekindle some of those lost frames; there is nothing more entertaining than this.

Entertainment on Valentines Day for your children needs to be very creative if they are going to enjoy themselves. Consider their ages and make sure that everyone is happy. There is nothing more interesting than having all the right information in regard to suitable entertainment for your kids. Let this information come from the children. Younger kids will be happy to play with others while bouncing on castles. Teenage kids might want to go out with their boyfriends and so on. Kids should have their fair share of entertainment so that they can fully be happy on this special day of love. Keep in mind that good entertainment will always leave you refreshed and happy to face the future.

Teaching your Child Kindness Towards Animals

Ellie Dixon asked:

Surely children and pets go together like .. well, jelly and peanut butter, a horse and cart, strawberries and cream? ….. but that’s not always the case. When children and pets are with each other you might be led to believe that whilst your kids aren’t made of snips and snails, they have been created to pull puppy dogs tails. And to tease sleeping cats, chase flocks of pigeons away from the crumbs someone’s scattered for them and squash stranded worms on the pavement.

Regrettably young children and pets don’t naturally interact well, toddlers often see animals, like other objects in the house, as toys to be manipulated for their own entertainment. The long ears, tails, fur, feathers or other interesting features make yanking, tugging, squeezing, squashing and chasing them even more enjoyable.

But because toddlers see this kind of behaviour as fun, that most certainly doesn’t mean that it’s acceptable. After all you want your children and pets to get along together so you’re going to have to teach your toddler respect for animals. Not teaching them to be kind to their pets can have a negative effect on both the children and pets – many creatures have no defence against curious toddlers or alternatively an animal who can defend itself may do so. Try the following to begin to teach your child empathy with and respect for animals:

Find different kinds of animal friends

If your toddler meets different kinds of animals in different settings, they will begin to feel more comfortable around them. Make sure that the owner is present though, and happy for your child to interact with her animals – safety is of course paramount when children and pets are together. Never, ever leave your toddler unsupervised with a pet, no matter how docile you believe that creature to be.

Books

These are a great place to find new animals to introduce to your child. Start with simple books with large, easy to distinguish pictures of familiar animals. Then move on to more exotic and unfamiliar species. Toddlers particularly enjoy books about baby animals or about children and pets like themselves and their pets, which will including animals they are familiar with. Visit my website Scruffy’s Bookshop for a good selection of instantly downloadable animal stories.

Teach your child the art of petting

When children and pets are together, the child’s natural response is to smother the animal with their own particular brand of love. You are responsible for showing your child how to safely pet an animal. You can begin by using your toddler’s collection of stuffed animals to paractice on. “See, this is how you pet Rabbit, gently and slowly, just how he likes it.” Or for even more fun, get your child to pretend he or she is a baby animal that you can pet gently. If you’re feeling really brave, then you can pretend to be the animal yourself and let your child pet you!

Explain that it hurts

Tell your toddler that animals have feelings too, and that tail pulling, ear pulling, kicking and squeezing will hurt the animal as much as it would hurt them. Be very firm with them and absolutely clear that such actions are completely unacceptable.

No teasing

When children and pets are together they often want to play. But what a child sees as an enjoyable game, may in fact be teasing the animal. Teasing animals is not only unkind but potentially dangerous. Actions such as waving a bone out of a dog’s reach or pretending to eat from its bowl may bring about an aggressive reaction from the animal.

Of course children and pets do get along together, and once your child has learned respect and love for the animals in his or her life, you will have laid the foundations for them to enjoy lifetime of happiness and love with members of the animal kingdom.