The father in the Roman family (paterfamilias) exercised absolute and lifelong power over all other family members (patria potestas): his wife, children, and slaves. If the father’s father was alive – then he was the supreme authority in the household. Fathers were even allowed to execute their grown sons for serious offenses like treason. Each house maintained a cult of…
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Don T Go It Alone
There’s an old story about a child trying to move a heavy stone while his father looks on. The child works and works, but is just not strong enough. Finally, he tells his father, “I can’t do it. It’s impossible.” His father responds, “Of course you can. You haven’t used all the strength you have available to you yet.” The…
Child Support Laws Opinions
Child Support Laws Child support in each state of America follows its own laws. Although, these laws are slightly different, they share one thing in common, that every non-custodial parent must provide financial support and health benefits for their child/children. Financial support helps in many ways. First, when the mother/father are struggling and unable to provide 100% for their young…
Tips For Avoiding Adoption Fraud
For many people, adoption is a wonderful way to have a child and start a family. Although not an easy decision for the birth mother or the adoptive parents, with the assistance of a reputable adoption agency and facilitator, good matches can be made and the adoption process successful and with little stress. In addition to agencies, adoptive parents can…
Walking Down The Wedding Aisle Who Walks Who Anyway
Another dilemma that often comes up when planning a wedding is who will walk the bride down the aisle. Although traditionally it’s the father that does this, the plethora of step-families has made it a more difficult decision. This is especially true when the step parents have been in the children’s lives for a long time. Breaking tradition A bride…
The Rise Of Maria Sharapova
Although she is no longer the number one tennis player in the world, Maria Sharapova is still absolutely the most famous and most watched female tennis superstar as well as the world’s highest paid female athlete. Her parents were originally from Gomel, Belarus but they moved to the infamous Siberia in Russia in 1986 after the Chernobyl nuclear catastrophe. Sharapova…
Father S Day Reflections My Dad The Electronics Enthusiast
With Father’s Day just around the corner, it’s time once again to figure out what I’m going to get my dad. Like many men, he’s an electronics enthusiast through and through. He’s what companies like (or love) to call an “early adopter” – someone who just can’t wait to buy the latest gadget, the faster computer, the bigger HDTV, and…
What Is Reverence
What is Reverence? Matthew 6:9-6:13 (NIV, NIRV, TNIV, KJV) Reverence? What is A new look at Matthew 6:9 thru 13. Many call Matthew 6:9-13, The Lords Prayer but it actually isn’t. Its the prayer that Jesus gave to us, so in essence its our prayer. What I want to do is break it down to make it more personal. How…
How Many Pounds Would You Like To Lose
How many pounds are you trying to drop for the summer? What is it about summer anyway? Is it the sun or the sandy beaches that make humans want to run out and buy a skimpy showering litigation? I mean, it ‘ s like they think they don ‘ t absence to be in knead during the winter. While I…
Father S Day Trivia
1. A renowned poet and novelist as well as chair of poetry at the University of Cambridge, this academy award-winning actor’s father wrote mysteries under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake. A. Jack Nicholson B. Charlie Sheen C. Daniel Day Lewis D. Rob Schneider C. Daniel Day Lewis QQ: Sure it seemed like a hard question, but really you had a fifty-fifty…