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Tag: 4-H

  • Pledging Character Building

    In honor of National 4-H week I thought this column was appropriate for the occasion. The words of the 4-H Member’s Pledge are important for all youth in today’s society. Raising good and caring citizens while still protecting kids from an era of new dangers has become increasingly challenging for parents. I believe in 4-H…

  • Fair Enough

    Participating in our county fair is fun but sometimes I can turn into the Wicked Witch of the Fair when it gets down to the wire. The weeks prior to Achievement Days, I have to look at or walk around posters and displays propped up on unused spaces during their varied stages of completion. It…

  • Recognizing Kids’ Handiwork

    One of the things I love about 4-H is the theory. Kids get to make their own choices and decisions and do all the problem solving while creating and learning something from start to finish. I enjoy helping my kids brainstorm ideas, suggest materials needed and assist with problem solving suggestions to ease their frustration…

  • Pledging Character Building

    The words of the 4-H Member’s Pledge are important for all youth in today’s society. Raising good and caring citizens while still protecting kids from an era of new dangers has become increasingly challenging for parents.   I believe in 4-H club work for the opportunity it will give me to become a useful citizen. 4-H…

  • Surviving the Fair

    I survived: the projects, being the 4-H project Nazi; critiquing and scrutinizing the quality of my kids’ projects, the big push to finish due to the time crunch, and resisting requests to let them drop a project in the end. I survived getting my kids through Achievement Days! I can’t believe how much better my…

  • Side Effects of 4-H Judging

    4-H judging teaches kids how to make better choices as a consumer, but it ruined impulse buying for me. My judging criterion conscience doesn’t consider hasty purchases acceptable. Doing so would contradict what 4-H judging taught me. I learned to take my time considering the criteria in order to make wise decisions and choices. In…