Adventures in Parenting

“What would you wish your parents would do differently?”
I asked this of some 10th and 11th graders in class today.
Several of them shouted out, “I wish they wouldn’t be so overprotective.” “I wish they would let me go out more.” “They should let me drive.”
I suppose that answer doesn’t surprise me. Every teenager I know [...]

I get lazy, do you?
I have half finished projects, a messy desk, and stacks of paperwork waiting for me.
Children are often lazy too. They scribble a few answers on their homework, write a paragraph or two, and consider their homework done.
When I was substituting at an after-school care center, I helped children do their school [...]

What do you hope your children will be like when they grow up? We want them to have a good education, be financially secure, settle down and have a good family, right?
Have you thought about wanting your children to be compassionate people?
Merriam-Webster defines compassion as “sympathetic consciousness of others’ distress together with a desire to [...]