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How to raise kids you can be truly proud of
I’m sure you want really good kids. Or you love someone else’s kids and want them to be good. Here’s a poem which I hope helps you. HOW TO RAISE KIDS YOU CAN BE TRULY PROUD OF The first step is to try having sex. This won’t work for everybody, however. Some have bodies which…
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Why We Chose to Send Our Son to Kindergarten
Every parent wants the best for their kid. We want them to have every opportunity and live the life of their dreams. We want them to have every chance at success. We want it so bad. But do we ever stop to ask if our hopes for them are the right hopes or our sense…
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Loving Joy
Imagine going to a new doctor and receiving this included in the instructions: “make sure you take time for yourself every day – personal time – to relax/do your favorite activity – even if only for a short period.” One of my favorite writers described this experience of being prescribed “joy”. Of having to rediscover…
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A Country of Four-Year-Olds
A COUNTRY OF FOUR-YEAR-OLDS I sometimes feelthat the only wayto understand my countryis to be a parent. I live in a landfor which the response“because I can”is a valid argumentand “because I said so”works just as wellto dissuade; where freedom is moreimportant than community,until we get hurt. Today my son is crankybecause his MeeMee and…
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More Than Parenting, Loving
The book had the most evocative title. It really seemed like it was written for me. Parenting Without Regret. Such a powerful statement in three words. And I felt the subtitle in my gut: “Raising Kids With Purpose, Not Perfection”. Deep and poignant. But when I picked up the book, I thought: This is like…
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Wild Goose is Different With Kids
For my first Goose, I took it all in. I filled my days with sessions. I filled myself with the Spirit. I made friends and met many whose ministries I admire. I came expecting community and still being surprised at how amazing it is to actually find it. For my second Goose, I brought my…
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Violence Doesn’t Teach What You Think
Violence doesn’t teach them to respect you. It teaches them the lengths you will go to have your way. We expect violence to communicate the complex thoughts, the most sophisticated of desires, the very contents of our minds, but it doesn’t make them mind readers. It doesn’t communicate what we want to communicate.…
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The Second Most Important Reason to Stop Shaming Children
We have got to cut it out. From the Dad who shot his daughter’s laptop to the Mom who made her son stand on a street corner with a sandwich board sign. May as well be a scarlet letter. These methods don’t work. [bctt tweet=”‘I didn’t know what else to do!’” nofollow=”yes”] And we know…