【推荐2】It’s up to parents and coaches to help kids draw out life lessons from sports. Sometimes we think kids will simply absorb the lessons that are obvious to us as adults.     1     Here’s a parent’s guide to watching the Olympics with your kids.

    2    If you see poor sportsmanship, you might ask, “What would you have done differently there?” On the more positive side, we often see Olympians thanking the officials after a competition. It can be a wonderful time to remind our kids to thank people who often go under-appreciated, such as food servers, bus drivers, and teachers.

We often see Olympians picking up their teammates and perhaps even an opponent after a loss or disappointing performance. Talk with your kids about times when their classmates, friends and/or teammates are down and what they can specifically do to pick them up.     3    

Also keep a close eye on the medal ceremonies.     4     For example, if a sorely disappointed Silver medalist can overcome narrowly missing Gold and share sincere congratulations that is an opportunity to talk with kids about times they were disappointed with an outcome.

One last thing to keep in mind is the Olympic motto “Faster, Higher, Stronger.” But why is this not “Fastest, Highest, Strongest?”     5     This is a huge lesson for our kids. In life, our focus should be on giving our own best personal performance — comparing ourselves to ourselves, not just to those around us.

【推荐2】Fun Indoor Activities for Kids to Do At Home

Indoor days can be just as fun as the get-up-and-go ones, with a little planning and preparation. These are some of the most fun indoor activities for kids.

DIY Your Own Masterpieces

Time to bring out all your markers, glue, paint, paper places, and whatever other odds and ends you have around the house and let the kids go to town. When you’re done, take the works of art and display them on shelves.

Start an Indoor Garden

You don’t even need empty planters to get the garden growing — an old egg carton will do the trick at first. To make it more of a STEM activity, give kids journals so they can take notes on what they’ve planted and keep track of their garden’s progress. Bonus: Plant basil seeds or other herbs, and you’ll have delicious ingredients for a cooking project.

Break out the Board Games

It’s the oldest idea in the book, but if you really want some screen-free family time, old-fashioned board games still do the trick. Get your competitive spirit up and get ready to play.

Indoor Obstacle Course

This activity is great for young ones working on their coordination (协调) or older ones who might need to get some energy out. Cardboard boxes can transform into tunnels to crawl through. You can tie strings around furniture and pretend that they’re laser beams that kids have to step over or crawl under. See who in the family has the fastest time getting through the obstacles.

Stock up on the materials now — though you might have what you need lying around the house already — and you’ll never fear an indoor day again.

【推荐3】People born in August walk in the light! They have some amazing qualities that make them such outstanding personalities. Not only are they good in looks but have a very attractive personality. They are popular for that straightforward character that can shock people sometimes.     1    

They are not very good in expressing

They are not really comfortable in sharing their struggles with others and keep their pain and suffering to themselves.     2    , when it comes to expressing emotions. ,

August born are very dull when it comes to people

    3    They are not good with names and forget them quite frequently if they find that person boring. Their attention is very rarely focused on something and once focused they never forget that focus point.

They are all misers （吝啬鬼）in their own way

Wasting money is something they hate. Their high self-esteem and self-respect make them quite self-sustainable.     4    . They are only dependent on themselves which makes them very good money managers which is why they are able to manage finance so easily.

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Though August born are usually very nice people but mood swings make them really unpleasant and they might talk all sense of rude things that their closed ones don't want to listen. They get unstable by small things that happen around them and don't let their feelings out readily but their mood is evident on their face.