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When a storm is coming, all other birds seek shelter. The eagle alone avoids the storm by flying above it. So, in the storms of life may your heart be like an eagle’s and soar above.” – Author Unknown

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Parenting Articles

Articles in this category include a large and growing list of articles. They help those who work with children and parents with various child issues, from helping a child overcome traumatic events, helping a child become a successful adult, helping a child deal with depression, and raising a child to be a reader. Their ultimate purpose is for children–all children– to soar like eagles above life’s storms.

Bobbie J Rae’s vision is insightful and motivating. It brings you a successful and positive outlook on life.

These posts describe strategies to help children overcome life’s problems and become healthy, happy, and successful adults.

Written with uplifting words of encouragement, Near a River is a photographic book for children about two young bald eagles who are eager for their mother to teach them to fly so they may soar over the storms in their lives.

Near a River encourages early reading for children. BJ hopes that every child becomes a strong reader and soars above the storms in life.

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A New Disorder

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Have you heard about the new mental health disorder? Yesterday evening my 3rd grade neighbor Johnny helped me pull weeds in our yard.  I asked him if he had enjoyed the past year in school.  His answer was interesting. Johnny Read more…

Cost of Dad’s Love

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, Happy Father's Day! May 1, 2024

What is the cost of your Dad’s love? And how much do you charge for your own love? A young boy approached his Dad after he returned from work one evening.  He handed his Dad a piece of paper he Read more…

Teach Me!

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, For Women/Mothers, Happy Father's Day! May 5, 2020
Encouraging you to teach your loved ones on near a river.

Teach me to fish, and I will eat for a lifetime… “Pretend you are here and having trouble with the vacuum.  I am not here. What is the first thing you should do?” my husband asked me earlier this evening. Read more…

Parents Are Always With You

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, For Women/Mothers, Happy Father's Day! May 5, 2020
Encouragement to always remember this as your child grows up on near a river.

Your parents are always with you, even after they pass away. You hear your parents’ words in your head as you walk down the street.  When you smell certain foods you remember from your childhood, you think of them.  The Read more…

To All Dads

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, Happy Father's Day! May 5, 2020
Encouragement to have a happy father's day on near a river.

A letter to all Dads… Happy Father’s Day, Dads! I hope you are celebrating the fact that your child loves you and that you love your child today and every other day of the year. Did you know these facts Read more…

Be the Person

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, Training for Success May 5, 2020
Encouragement to be the person your dog thinks you are on near a river.

Are you the person your dogs thinks you are? When I leave my home, our dogs sit and wait for me in a bay window.  The whole time I am away, they just sit there and stare out looking for Read more…

Dear Mom

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, For Women/Mothers May 5, 2020
Encouraging you to thank your dearest Mom on near a river.

Share this letter with your dear Mom on Mother’s Day. Dear Mom, Happy Mother’s Day! You deserve it. For my life, I thank you. It was not easy to bring me into this world.  Childbirth is very painful, I know.  Read more…

The Job of a Good Mother

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, For Women/Mothers May 1, 2024
Encouraging you to do this job on near a river.

Just what does the job of motherhood entail? Everyone wants a good Mother.  But what does every one want in a Mother?  Job description for the position of Mother Title:  Upper Management/Facilitator Coordinator This is a great upper management opportunity Read more…

Respect Differences

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, How Can I Change the World?, How Can I Improve My Country?, Training for Success May 1, 2024

The world would be a much better place, if only people would respect differences. A true story… A woman arrived at an imaging center for a diagnostic study. She was on crutches and wore a “cast shoe”, one designed for Read more…

BINGO!

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, How Can I Be Happy?, Training for Success May 1, 2024
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This bingo story has a teachable lesson. This afternoon a friend invited me to a party. I felt tired and wanted to stay home. But I wanted to be polite so I summoned the energy to attend instead of lying Read more…

"Each reader's heart is like an eagle's and can soar above the storms in life..." - Near a River's Author, BJ Rae.

Written with uplifting words of encouragement, Near a River is a photographic children's book about two young bald eagles who are eager for their mother to teach them to fly so they may soar over the storms in their lives. Near a River encourages early childhood reading. BJ hopes that every child becomes a strong reader and soars above the storms in life.

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