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 I don't know about you but it seems to me we are going about addressing safety in the wrong way. If you look at the way the brain works, you understand that behavior is the last process in functioning. For instance, thinking comes first, then feelings, and actions are the result of both. I checked over a thousand websites on child safety and almost all focus on behavior.
Several years ago a plane crash landed in Canada and a 15 year old girl was one of the heroes. When asked how she was able to help so many people off the plane she had an interesting and insightful response. She said that when she knew the plane was going to crash, she thought about her options. She could either panic or think it through and help people get off the plane. She decided she was be focused on surviving instead of panicking and being scared. She made a choice because she thought first.
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 I was recently attending a woman's event at my church for Christmas. In times past, I had worked the event because I was on staff. This year I was there to particpate, soak up, and take in the blessing of the season.
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 Too often in our society we see where children are allowed to stay up until all hours of the night. There are many reasons why this is so but the end result is that no one wins.
Studies have shown that children who get the proper amount of rest develop greater brain function than those children who don't. Parents who get proper amounts of rest are likely to parent with less regrets and will have better marital relationships. Sounds good, doesn't it?
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 In the next week, many of us will be celebrating Easter. For those of us who grew up embracing this holiday, it was a major celebration in our faith life as well as a tradition. This day was filled with an opportunity to be grateful for all God had done for us through the sacrificial gift of His son.
It was also a time where the secular part of hunting Easter eggs, getting Easter baskets filled with goodies, and wearing new outfits to church.
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 Recently I have been spending time at the beach. It has been relaxing, inspirational, and refreshing. It has also been a good reminder to appreciate the heart of a child.
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 Several years ago, someone gave my daughter and I tickets to a Brittany Spears concert. Neither my daughter or myself have been fans of hers but we decided we would go and use it as a sociology lesson. I went and observed the children in the audience and my daughter observed the moms.
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