Blog… Loyalty Again – What I’m Reading 9 Nov 2005 "One mark of a healthy home is the fact that the members of it have an intense loyalty to the other members of it. Other factors are necessary, obviously, but…
Blog… Difficult or Good? – What I'm Reading 6 Nov 2005 "As we educate our children and as we struggle to recover academic standards, we must take care not to equate 'classical' with 'irrationally strict.' I say this because my involvement…
Blog… Competent Humility – What I'm Reading 5 Nov 2005 "Two things are difficult to mix together: competence and humility. This creates a quandary for parents when they consider the education of their children. Competence without humility creates an insufferable…
Blog… Smart Toddlers – What I'm Reading 3 Nov 2005 "One of the besetting sins of parents is to assume that little children (toddlers) know far less than they actually know. Little children are emotionally, spiritually, and intellectually sensitive. Inability…
Blog… Silence – What I’m Reading 2 Nov 2005 "It's quite true some children are more verbal than others. This means some children will naturally be quiet and yet be quite content. But there are many times when a…
Blog… All You Need Is Love – What I’m Reading 1 Nov 2005 "The fundamental goal of childrearing concerns who and what they love. Some may want to substitute other verbs, thinking the children have been brought up well based on what they…
Blog… Children Who Flourish – What I'm Reading 31 Oct 2005 "When we garden, we know what to look for in order to determine whether the plants are flourishing. If they are brown and lying lengthwise on the ground, we know…
Blog… Real Education – What I’m Reading 26 Oct 2005 “The process of education is one that concerns every faithful parent, and the goal of such education is to impart knowledge to the child–as long as that word ‘knowledge’ is…
Blog… An Optical Illusion – What I’m Reading 25 Oct 2005 “Adolescent children present parents with an imposing optical illusion. Because children at this time look more like adults than toddlers and because they are eager for increased responsibility and independence,…
Blog… A Curious Law – What I’m Reading 17 Oct 2005 "The Old Testament had a curious law (to the modern mind). When someone was flogged, an upper limit was placed on how far the discipline could go. 'Forty stripes he…
Blog… Provoking to Wrath – What I’m Reading 10 Oct 2005 “Scriptures tell fathers not to provoke their children to wrath (Ephesians 6:4). As we consider this, we should note that there are others ways to do this besides poking them…
Blog… Teaching Math – What I’m Reading 6 Oct 2005 “Too many parents teach their kids to countdown to obedience. A child is told to do something, and he declines to obey. The parent repeats the command. The child just…
Blog… Impossible Parenting – What I’m Reading 30 Sep 2005 "The task of parenting is simply impossible. Any sane look at what is required of parents by God is completely and utterly overwhelming. This is why the task must be…
Blog… Inescapable Discipline – What I’m Reading 26 Sep 2005 "The fact that discipline is occurring in a home doesn't mean the children are being disciplined in godliness. Often the standard of discipline is merely selfishness on the part of…
Blog… Demeanor – What I’m Reading 20 Sep 2005 "Language cannot be limited to the set boundaries of the propositional. The connotative value of words carries as much freight as the strict denotative value of words. In addition to…
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