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Hopefully it wasn’t last father’s day.  And yet telling your dad that you love him, for a son, is one of the most awkward things you can do if the father didn’t set out building that degree of transparency all the way up.

I can’t remember the first time I ever told my grandfather I loved him—but it was later on in life.  As his life started nearing its end, I made sure that a conversation did not go by where I let him know that I loved him.

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So, this weekend Virtuous Blonde and I decided to do something drastic.  For quite a while we have kept things at the house pretty much as is because we figured that the Lord wanted us out of this area, and we’d been house hunting.  However, time continues to march on, and as our youngest continues to grow, it was getting to the point where we needed to take action.  You see, the table we got as a wedding present doesn’t really seat five well, but there’s carpet in our dining room and that doesn’t work well with children eating– as I know some of you are aware.

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One of the toughest things I feel as a parent is the constant gaze of my children.  They see me at my best and at my worst.  They know when I’m upset, and when I’m overtired.  They have expectations that I can either meet or fail to meet.

And all these things can be a part of the person that they become.

Especially when it comes to dads and daughters.  I’m learning through Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters and through experience with my own daughter that I’m a special person in her life.  And I see how she, even at this age, reacts to other men.

This brings home what D is for Dad states clearly:

How you treat the women in your life will have a huge influence on how your little girl will expect to be treated by the men in her life.

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Yesterday on my blog we discussed California’s latest attempt to ban spanking, and the conversation naturally flowed to something that’s difficult for all parents– disciplining our children.

One of the most difficult things, I think, to remember to do is to always remember why you are disciplining your child– the end goal– and try your hardest not to get caught up “in the moment.” 

To that end, I suggested that you plan what the punishment for a particular “crime” will be before you get in the situation, and that you also enforce your requests.  The last thing that a child needs it to wonder if mom or dad “really mean it this time…”

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What’s the worst thing that you’ve done as a parent?  Or are you one of those perfect parents?

In the case of torraanne, she had an accident with a clothes driver, but you shouldn’t go read it unless you promise not to tell her daughter!

Seriously, we all make mistakes, the question is how do we handle them when we do?  Are we parents that can admit that we have faults and make sure that we apologize and seek forgiveness when it happens, or are we parents that always have to be right?

Being able to be human with your kids will go a long way to helping them to know how they should behave now and as adults, and will make the Christian life a whole lot more real to them.

The first cry. The first smile. The first laugh. Those first wobbly steps.

Almost every parent celebrates these milestones, and they earn their marks in baby books and in family Christmas cards as we relate the significant events of the year. We celebrate because our baby is growing, showing more of a personality each day. She is more of an individual and her desire for our mere presence and approval are still noticeable. We look at these milestones and know they are growing faster than we really want, but we are not really confronted by just how fast. Maybe that is why we focus so much on these milestones.

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Psalm 127
Unless the LORD builds the house, They labor in vain who build it; Unless the LORD guards the city, The watchman keeps awake in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, To retire late, To eat the bread of painful labors; For He gives to His beloved {even in his} sleep. Behold, children are a gift of the LORD, The fruit of the womb is a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, So are the children of one’s youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them; They will not be ashamed When they speak with their enemies in the gate.

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