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Teaching our children what is right

June 10th, 2008 / 2 Comments

It may surprise you to know that my children do not like to drink soda.
We basically like to drink water. When we go out to eat, we save a lot of money because we don’t order any soft drinks. It’s great.
I didn’t drink soda growing up and never liked it. So when I had children, [...]

The best resource for parents

June 2nd, 2008 / 5 Comments

Honestly, we parents get rather defensive when it comes to people giving us advice about our kids.

Before my brother had his own kids, he would often give me [unsolicited] advice. “Don’t let your son play with that.” or “You’re spoiling him by doing that.”
My response: Wait till you have your own kids. And sure enough, [...]

Modesty starts young

April 24th, 2008 / 6 Comments

When my girls were little, I hear parents with teenage girls who dress with too much skin showing (that’s the nice way of putting it) say with a resigned sigh, “Well, I can’t control what they wear anymore.” At that time, I thought, “I still have control of what my girls wear for [...]

5 encouraging ways to start the week

April 13th, 2008 / No Comments

Spring break is over! Tomorrow we start school again. Sigh!
We’ve had such a great time doing all the little things we don’t normally make time to do - play games, do craft projects, went to Griffith Park Observatory, my daughter stayed overnight at a friend’s house, and we stayed up late and woke up late, [...]