Posted by Editormum on 29 August 2010 in
Family Life,
True Stories A continuation of yesterday’s thoughts on having strong-willed children. Those traits can also lead her into situations that will give her a chance to develop a deep-rooted humility and dependence on God. When you are “strong-willed” and “independent,” it can take some doing for God to teach you the lesson that “there’s a God, and [...]
Tags: challenges, character, child-rearing, children, Christianity, Family Life, parenting
Posted by Editormum on 28 August 2010 in
Family Life,
Religion,
True Stories My friend Stephanie recently posted on her Facebook page that she “…somehow managed to get an incredibly stubborn, willful and highly intelligent daughter. She makes other kids that I had previously chalked up as ‘stubborn’ look wishy-washy in comparison. Someone please tell me this is a trait that will serve her well later in life! [...]
Tags: challenges, character, child-rearing, children, faith, Family Life, fear, independence, parenting, strong will
Posted by Editormum on 1 July 2010 in
Family Life So, at the moment, it looks like I’m able to manage only one post a week … sort of. That will have to do for the time being, as there is just a lot going on. Though I may come back and fill in some posts about things that have happened in the past week [...]
Tags: Boy Scouts, challenges, Family Life, karate, parenting, pets
Posted by Editormum on 10 January 2010 in
Philosophy,
Religion,
True Stories I’ve been thinking a lot about crosses lately. I daresay that sounds a strange topic of thought — it’s C.S. Lewis’s fault. Between Mere Christianity and The Screwtape Letters, I’m getting a lot of input about what Jesus meant when He said that each of His followers must “deny himself, take up his cross daily, [...]
Tags: challenges, character, Christianity, faith, fear, grace, Jesus, karate, pain, parenting, Religion
Posted by Editormum on 23 October 2009 in
Family Life,
Religion,
True Stories Continuing the list of lessons I learned from my recent vacation, The second lesson is: Trust your parents. Now, let me say right off that I am certain that some of my readers have parents who should not be trusted. But you’d better make mighty sure before you decide your parents are in that category. [...]
Tags: boys, character, Christianity, Family Life, karate, parenting, Religion, vacation
Posted by Editormum on 25 August 2009 in
Family Life,
Philosophy,
Religion Yesterday, I talked about physical scars that people can see—ones that are external. Today, I want to talk about physical scars that are not visible—internal scars. I’m not talking about emotional scars, or spiritual scars—those are a subject for another day. I’m talking about actual physical injuries that have left a lingering problem—stiffness from scar [...]
Tags: challenges, faith, pain, parenting, scars
Posted by Editormum on 19 August 2009 in
Family Life,
True Stories A couple of people saw my FB status about not liking flash floods and asked me why I thought it was status-worthy to state that I do not like flash floods—because, really, no one likes them. So here is the story of why I hate violent storms, especially ones with massive torrents of rain, thunder, [...]
Tags: children, Family Life, fear, flash flood, miracles, nightmares, parenting, storms, thunderstorms, weather
Posted by Editormum on 12 August 2009 in
Education,
Philosophy The private message on yesterday’s post read: “You’ve got to be kidding ….I mean, if you want to isolate yourself from society and anyone that is just the least slight bit different from you, that’s OK. But why do you want to screw up your kids? Kids develop social skills by being around other kids [...]
Tags: boys, Education, home education, homeschooling, parenting
Posted by Editormum on 11 August 2009 in
Education,
Philosophy,
Religion I believe that God has entrusted me with my children and that He expects me to ensure that they are reared in the fear and admonition of the Lord as well as in those academic areas necessary to their success in their adult lives. I believe that God holds me responsible for every aspect of [...]
Tags: children, Education, home education, parenting, Philosophy, Religion
Posted by Editormum on 18 June 2009 in
Family Life Boys are delightful creatures. I don’t understand them, but I love them. I have two boys. And from my interactions with them, I can tell you that, for all that is said about how women’s minds work strangely and how incomprehensible women are, boys have got women beat by a country mile. An example. My [...]
Tags: boys, child-rearing, Education, Family Life, parenting
