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Better Than Gold

Saturday, February 20th, 2010

I am thinking about the Olympics and the training and instruction of our children. Olympic champions rise to the top through a combination of their God given talent and a HUGE amount of drive. “Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such [...]

Rights vs. Obligations

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Today on the radio a mother talked about her teen son who went shopping with a group of friends at a local mall. Meeting his friends for lunch he discovered that he was not charged for one article of clothing in his bag. Upon announcing his frustration with having to return to pay for the [...]

Avoid Homework Battles

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

School is in full swing again.  For some families school time marks the beginning of homework struggles!  The hope and dreams of a fresh start with the new year being different have quickly faded and instead many parents and their child are once again engaged in the dreaded homework battles. I have often heard frustrated [...]

Mothers

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

When Ellen and I had two children and another on the way we had a conversation with a neighbor who had been married many more years than we were. When asked about the possibility of children, she emphatically stated that children were not in her life goals. She had many milestones she had hoped to [...]

Parent’s Rights

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

As Christians and personally, as someone who has appreciated the right to choose a Christian education for my children, I am alarmed when government feels they need to issue “rights” for our children.  Nearly always these “rights” are not at all intended for the good of our children, but rather for the propagation of specific [...]

Embryology Lesson

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

It was my privilege this week to listen to a lesson on the development of chicken eggs.  The third grade teacher explained to her pupils the difficult struggle a chick will go through in an effort to break out of its egg.  Each child listened as the teacher explained that even with a special egg [...]

Happy New Year

Friday, December 26th, 2008

To many children the New Year is nothing but another vacation.  But to parents, being more reflective, New Years is a time to assess and evaluate how life is going.  As parents this is a good time to reflect on our children.  Is your parenting putting your children in the best position possible to learn [...]

The Wonder Of Christmas

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

When I was young I would love to help my dad hang up the Christmas lights on the house.  The lights were bigger back then and would shine brightly.  Vivid memories of those shinning lights remain today. Last week a mom at the school where I work relayed that her first grade son called called [...]

Is Christ In Your Christmas?

Monday, December 15th, 2008

During this Christmas season I have listened to many disgruntled conservative Christians talk about how the media and retail industry are systematically removing Christ from Christmas.  “Merry Christmas” no longer is spoken or printed they complain.  I experienced this truth just yesterday when I was buying books at a Goodwill where the cashier greeted the [...]

Some Good Parenting Books

Sunday, December 7th, 2008

After laying low for a year I have been stirring with a desire to begin blogging again. I have come across two books I believe will be of help to parents.  First, a book for older elementary through middle school students (as well as immature high school students) entitled The Essential 55. Author Ron Clark [...]

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