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Forms of Apologizing

When you decide that chunking a bottle cap at the person in the next booth over because, heck, you didn't have a parent around to tell you not to do it, there are several ways you should apologize.

1.  Get out of you seat and walk over to the table where you just chunked the bottle cap at and say Please forgive me. I did not mean to do that.
2. When the person turns around and says That was uncalled for, you quickly say " I AM SORRY!"
3.  Just say I AM SORRY!

What you do not want to do:

1. Laugh and giggle
2. Say MY BAD!!!

What the heck is up with saying MY BAD???? Did parents forget to teach their children the words I am sorry ?   Seriously??  Did they forget how to teach them to behave when eating at a restaurant too?   I have noticed more and more that children do not have manners and it is driving me crazy.  Teach your children when they do something wrong to apologize not say MY BAD!  Teach them to be remorseful for doing something wrong.  If they don't realize they are doing something wrong then how will they realize that they are doing something wrong when you finally point it out after they are behind bars.  Teach your children manners for the sake of other people around them or just don't let them out in public since you don't want to watch them anyways when you are out in public or you let your teen child watch them and they don't say anything either.



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Needing Rules..

We have to make a list of family rules for our exchange students.  

I NEED HELP!!! 

I have never made rules before.  We are fly by the night people. 

I need to have a set in stone list of rules so that we don't have a lot of conflict. 

If you have any rules that you use or used with your 16 to 18 year old girls. I would love to have your input. 

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We are going to be a Host Family!!

It is official!! 

We will become a host family for exchange students starting in 2011!!! Whoo hoo!!!! 

I am excited.  Can ya tell?? 

We have hosted in the past when Sephy was little.  It has been over 4 years since we have had an exchange student.  We had our ups and downs in the past with them but I contribute a lot of it to the fact that we where so young.  Sephy was 4 and 5 and Dusty and I where still in our 20's.  The kids where like not even 10 years younger than us.  It is kindda hard to be taking care of teenagers when you your self aren't grown up yet.  So, we stopped and decided to grow up some more, be set financially helps too.  Although you do not have to pay for them to live here, you do have to provide, food and shelter.  Since we can provide this for them with out it putting a financial drain on us we started to look into it.  

We choose a company that is our of California.  It is called AYUSA.  I have had a great experience with them so far.  Great Communication! I strike that, We are looking forward to hosting.  Sephy is overly excited because she will have someone to "hang" with.  

We have our student picked already for next school year.  She has a lot of the same interest as Sephy. She jumped out at us when we where looking at students the other night.  When I get to start communicating with her I will ask if I can share about her.  

I am so excited about this! I can't wait! 

If you are interested in hosting an exchange student and would like more information let me know and I can help you out! 

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