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Category Archives: Children's Issues

The Table of Love

Family life today is very different with everyone somehow getting so terribly busy. However, having dinner together as a family unit is still essential. Sitting down together at the dinner table gives the family special time for sharing and appreciating one another.
There are two important reasons families should share this time. Exchanging news […]

Smile or Not

So you want to be recognized? Maybe give a little shock to catch some attention? There is no greater shocking mechanism than your very own smile.
Just experiment with a smile and you will see what I am talking about. Walk into a room and smile, watch the faces and reactions of those you […]

Our Latest Book is Hot off the Press

There is a little bit of naughty that lives in us all, and Barbara Ross recognizes this. Ross is the founder of Goops Unlimited, a company on a crusade to bring manners and polite behavior back into the lives of contemporary families. And her latest attempt is the re-release of the humorous book, Goop Tales: […]

What Are You Worth ?

I don’t mean what you can earn if you made the effort, or what material belongings you could sell. I mean how much do you matter to others? More important, how much do you matter to yourself ?
You are the only you on this entire earth. There is not another person with […]

Politiness

I think it would be lots of fun
To be polite to everyone,
Not just at home, you know
But everywhere you go !

I’m sure this thought has crossed many a parents mind. We are all born rude!
I have not met a new baby that dosen’t think it OK to wake you up in the middle of
the night. […]

Dinner Table Should Be a Happy Time

Joint thoughts of Gelett Burgess and Barbara Ross:
What a great treat,
To see table manners so neat.
As proud parents we know,
When asked to dine no Goops will go!