Posted in Parenting on September 19th, 2007 No Comments »
Recent studies indicate that many people are becoming increasingly indifferent to rules and laws. In the UK, nearly two-thirds of people often break laws if they think they will get away with it.1 Studies in the U.S. have had similar results: 90% of Americans break laws frequently and without a qualm.2
Actress Evan Rachael Wood was […]
Posted in Parenting on August 16th, 2007 No Comments »
We often look at the past with fond eyes and a flexible memory. "Remember when… " Remember when children rode bikes without helmets? Remember when you didn't have to worry so much when your eight year old walked to the store alone?
In reality, there has never been and never will be a "safe" time for […]
Posted in Parenting, Family Life on April 20th, 2007 No Comments »
The sad story of the Virginia Tech shootings has given all of us much to think about. For parents, just one more thing to wonder: "what is my child like inside? is she angry, really angry?"
Anger happens — even in "nice" families. Siblings annoy one another, parents get in bad moods, situations at school […]
The Easter Sunday edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette featured an article on the proliferation of iPod and other "specialty" Bibles. They come in many formats, even a fold-out type that you can buy for someone in any branch of the U.S. military.
One group targeted by specialty Bible publishers is young people. Great, right? We want […]
Of course, children belong in Sunday school. Children and school go together like peanut butter and jelly. But some have suggested that faith is caught more than it is taught. If this is true, children also belong in worship, though there are Sunday mornings when we would rather this were not so. Like it or […]