Squidoo by Tree

My Newest Non-Profit Do-Good Lens: Watoto 

Watoto

Watoto's Mission is to raise the next generation of Uganda's leaders by placing parentless children in families where the necessary love, care, spiritual discipleship and physical needs are provided. In 1994, Gary & Marilyn Skinner, who had started...

New Lenses in December 2008 

7 Strategies to a Successful Divorce

If you are going through a divorce, here are 7 strategies that will ensure that you have a successful divorce. Here you'll find essential truths about the divorce experience that very few people will be honest enough to tell you. They're more likely...

Unforgettable Christmas Gifts for the Person Who Has Everything

Here's a great list of Christmas gifts to give to those people who already have everything they want, or, whose tastes are fussier than yours and who are likely to return the gift that you do give them. [I mean, let's face, for some people, even if...

Theresa Markham

As simple as it may sound, it's really tough to write about yourself - have it be comprehensive, and yet not end up with just a list, organized and yet, have it be more than a list of labels, and be interesting and be more than just a bunch of cliche...

Kids' Bank Book

I wrote The Kids' Bank Book so that parents could teach wise management to their kids before their kids grew up. So many parents today are getting out of debt by learning money management principles, financial abundance principles, Christian princip...

Want to Learn More about "The Kids' Bank Book?" 

Kids and Money: How to Teach Wealth Habits to Your Kids

Aha! You've joined the ranks of those wise parents who have realized that they'd like to spare your children the burden of repeating your money mistakes?  (or, of the poor money lessons that you were taught as a child?)  Do you want your ki...

Most Recent Additions 

IALAC: How To Change Your Life with IALAC

I Am Lovable And Capable (IALAC: pronounced: eye-uh-lack) I first learned about IALAC when I was about 17 years old on a youth retreat with a church. I thought that's nice, a handy little acronym, it makes sense, I like it, good. And I filed it away...

2 Inspirational Books for Every Child for Christmas: by Dr. Wayne Dyer

If you buy only one book for a child this year, this Christmas, this Holiday season, or this birthday, let it be one of these 2 new children's books by Dr. Wayne Dyer.  Why?  Find out below.

Amish Quilt Patterns of Lancaster County PA

I love Amish quilts. I love quilting too. As an eternally creative (and yet somehow logical) wife, mom, and lawyer, who loves quilting, art, gardening, baking, reading, hanging out with my husband, and playing with and teaching my daughter, I spend v...

Best Non-Electronic Gifts for Kids

Want your child to play with or to do something other than play a virtual golf game on Wii?  Or play something other than x-Box?  Or learn how to relate to people in a real face-to-face way rather than text-messaging?  Or actually be p...

Kids & Money 

Allowance and Kids

Parents have 3 main kids allowance questions.  (see Answers below)  But, what parents want to know is, "Will an allowance teach my kids about respecting how money works (money makes more money), so that my kids will use...

How to Use Kids Giving Banks and Tithing Banks

Thinking of buying your child a 4-part (or 3-part) Giving Bank or a Tithing Bank to help your child learn how to SAVE, SPEND, and DONATE money? First, get some tips and hints here on the keys to its successful use.  All simple things ar...

Kids and Money: How to Teach Wealth Habits to Your Kids

Aha! You've joined the ranks of those wise parents who have realized that they'd like to spare your children the burden of repeating your money mistakes?  (or, of the poor money lessons that you were taught as a child?)  Do you want your ki...

How to Build a 4-part Kids Wealth Habits Bank

Welcome! You're probably a parent who recently visited my How to Teach Wealth Habits to Your Kids Squidoo lens and wants to know about the 4-part bank for your kids.  Great!  You're in the right place. [If you didn't come by way of my o...

More Kids Lenses 

Gee, I'm wondering where my heart & passion is exactly?

Kids' Money

If you are a parent or grandparent with questions about kids and money, then this "Kids' Money" lens is a resource for YOU! It helps you survey the various issues related to kids and money.  Mark as a favorite and check back soon!

Don't Busters for Parents

One Simple Change = More Better Now Remove the word "don't"  (which is really a contraction of the verb "do" and the word "not"). So, the mantra is really to remove the word "not" from your vocabulary, but a...

Birdwatching with Kids: NJ Backyard Birds

One of the easiest ways to involve your children in nature is Backyard Bird watching.  Here you'll find tips for teaching them about birds, and resources for you and your family to learn more & to have a new source of entertainment (that sur...

A Year in the Life (of a Kids' Bank Book family)

Spend a virtual year with a virtual family who get The Kids' Bank Book e-book on New Year's Day. Learn in less than 10 minutes what they experience in one trip around the sun. [I wrote The Kids' Bank Book to help parents How to Teach Wealth Habits to K...

Law of Attraction for Kids

If you are like 10% of the adults who watched "The Secret" or attended/read Law of Attraction or Abraham-Hicks workshops/books, it has occurred to you that you want to pass this wisdom to your children, especially when it comes to...

Good Works 

I love them!

Champ House - Cape Cod Massachusetts

Champ Homes are "Places of Hope, Built on Faith."  www.champhouse.org The residents and directors form a close-knit family, sharing our love and our spirituality with those who are less fortunate. We work tirelessly for our live-in resi...

Business Related Lenses 

Kids and Money: How to Teach Wealth Habits to Your Kids

Aha! You've joined the ranks of those wise parents who have realized that they'd like to spare your children the burden of repeating your money mistakes?  (or, of the poor money lessons that you were taught as a child?)  Do you want your ki...

BNI (Business Networking International) in Northern NJ

"Givers Gain."  That's BNI's motto.  As you can tell from my lensmaster lens and my Squidoo-by-Tree lens and my other lenses, I was born a firm believer in that motto.  So, BNI fits with my perso...

House for Sale 

My brother's

Hobbies 

Birdwatching with Kids: NJ Backyard Birds

One of the easiest ways to involve your children in nature is Backyard Bird watching.  Here you'll find tips for teaching them about birds, and resources for you and your family to learn more & to have a new source of entertainment (that sur...

A Compost List of Over 200 Compost Ingredients

Compost Happens with or without you.  But, you can make compost better, faster, and easier, and improve your garden, and help the Earth and your environment, and SAVE MONEY - all at the same time!This picture of a Swallowtail on a Dayl...

Soil Samples, Soil Testing - How to Go Green in Your Yard

Soil samples and soil tests are crucial to knowing what is in your garden soil - and more importantly - what NOT to add to your garden soil.  Lots of people add to the water pollution every year by adding chemicals (fertilizers) that the soil do...

I want More Rhubarb

Here you'll find Rhubarb recipes, learn how to eat the rhubarb stalks - raw - right out of the garden, links to great Rhubarb resources, Rhubarb growing tips, and where to buy rhubarb to eat, and where to buy rhubarb to plant. Rhubarb brings togehte...

America 

I'm passionate about America!

God Bless America

Ever wonder how many times "God Bless America," this prayer and request has been made to the Divine? Ever consider that those billions of requests might have something to do with why America (and Americans) have been so uniquely blessed?  I h...

Sports 

There's really only 1 team in my life :)

Boston Red Sox - It's about Faith

This Red Sox lens is dedicated to my grandfather, Edgar, a Fall River, Massachusetts native, who loved baseball and the Red Sox, and who lived and cheered for over 80 years, and never saw them win the World Series.  And for his brother, Rene, wh...

My Husband's Lenses 

by Business Coach Chuck

Law & Order: Criminal Intent (CI)

I watch incredibly little tv.  In the '80's I loved LA Law.  Then, there was nothing.  And then came - Law & Order Criminal Intent. Why do I love Criminal Intent?  Primarily because of Vincent D'Onofrio's character (Detective R...

Business Coach Chuck

Hi! I'm Business Coach Chuck.  This lens is a central location for all of my business coaching resources. 

Coach for Business

Question:  What is the definition of Business Success? Answer:  You (the Owner) are Happy! I'm Business Coach Chuck & I coach business people who want to achieve their own definition of business success.  People like: Business ow...

How to Find a Small Business Coach

Ever do a Google search for "business coach" when trying to find a business coach to hire?  Here's probably what you got - a bunch of links to schools that teach you how to become a business coach (and for a small fee of $30,000 you ca...

Want to know what makes me tick? 

Theresa Markham

As simple as it may sound, it's really tough to write about yourself - have it be comprehensive, and yet not end up with just a list, organized and yet, have it be more than a list of labels, and be interesting and be more than just a bunch of cliche...