First and foremost, this post carries a disclaimer that I’m not, by any means, in a position to be an authority on parenting. I do not have kids. But, as an only child, I was fortunate to have the beneficial distance and detachment that facilitated my own observations on family life, and the interactions therein. …

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Ebenezer Scrooge was not a bad man. He was human. He was stuck in his old habits built around fear. He was afraid of being poor, so he surrounded himself with the only thing that mattered most to him, and that was money, and making money grow. He was scarred by a lonely childhood and …

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Just picture yourself sitting by the fireplace, sipping a hot cocoa with your family, listening to those timeless classic Christmas carols while enjoying the warmth and comfort of your beautifully decorated house. The tree sparkles with the lights, and the sweet aromas of apple, cinnamon, cloves and oranges permeate the air from all the scented …

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