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Jeanne Gibson, is a former English and Math teacher who lives in Springfield, OR with her husband Malcolm and their cat, Snoopy. Her articles have appeared in a variety of magazines, anthologies, and online. She enjoys research and writing about the results

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Parenting & Pregnancy > Problems Parents Face Tips for curbing sibling squabbles: 1 of 7
Bickering is probably here to stay, but we have found a few ways to make sure that the bickering at our house does not get totally out of control.We love to watch, The Nanny, on TV, and one of the tools she uses to moderate offensive child behavior is "The Naughty Chair." Misbehaving children are placed in the naugh... More..
Arts & Humanities > Internet Writing & Blogging Experience with Blogitive: 1 of 6
This is a great company to work for if you can pay attention to detail, and if you have several blogs going at the same time. They provide you with a press release about a particular service or product, an url to use somewhere in your blog, and a code word to link to it. That's all there is to it. Except for one thing. I have... More..
Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Memories: 9 of 42
A shortage of elastic during WWII forced girls to wear underpanties with ties. What a bother when one needed to make a trip to the little girl's room, but sometimes, much more than a bother.As a 6th grader, Iwas rushing about chasing a soccer ball one day at recess when my panties came untied and began to slip slowly downward... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing & Rating at Helium Taking care of the little things in articles: Understanding paragraphs: 2 of 9
When I taught 9th grade English one year, I assigned a 500 word paper to my students and was surprised to find that with only one or two exceptions, every student turned in a paper with exactly five paragraphs made up of 6 lines each. I had asked them to list the word count at the top of the page along with their name. Every ... More..
Relationships & Family > Friends & Peers (Other) Assessing relationships: 3 of 13
Many times we hold onto a relationship long past the time it should have ended. Just recently I realized that a person I had been friends with for many years had really become no more than an acquaintance.We had first come together because our children belonged to the same club. Week after week we were thrown together when we... More..
Travel > Public Transportation Personal advantages of taking public transportation: 6 of 22
There have been many good reasons already given for taking public transportation. I agree with almost all of them, with the exception perhaps of using it to meet pretty girls. Having recently entered the age bracket known as "Senior Citizen," I find that public transportation has many benefits to offer this group in... More..
Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenthood Father's guide for supporting children during their school years: 3 of 10
One of the hardest things for a parent to do is to resist trying to relive his or her own life through their child.I am a teacher who has seen a wide spectrum of parents.There are those parents who seemed to think that their responsibility ended the day their child entered school for the first time. Not once do they bother to... More..
Hobbies & Games > Antiques & Collecting (Other) Buying back your childhood: Tips for finding nostalgic toys on eBay: 4 of 10
My 80-year-old mother often told me about a book she had loved as a child. Each page was divided in half so that the top picture on any given page could be paired with the bottom picture of any other page. An elephant's head could be paired with a mouse body and legs. She chuckled each time she talked about the book.Once she ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Justice System Crime: Karla Curls, the schoolgirl killer: 3 of 7
We like to blame Western culture for the rise in heinous crimes such as those committed by Karla Curls.It is true that pornography has become a rampant force in today's world. That should come as no surprise since adult sex stores are located in nearly every city or town, and the magazines, videos, and sex toys they sell are ... More..
Health & Fitness > Fitness Basics Spring training: How to get fit before summer: 11 of 24
Getting fit and staying fit is just as important for senior citizens as for anyone else. Unfortunately, health problems, lack of finances, and transportation can all work together to slow us down in that goal, but my husband and I have found several ways to get around most of these obstacles.1. Health problems are a legitimat... More..