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Humility is a hard lesson for those of this generation to teach. We’re too busy telling them that they are the best that ever was, and pumping more money into personal trainers,gym memberships, and the latest gear.
The truth is that many modern parents really believe what they think about their child is real– they really are the cutest, the smartest, and the best at everything they do. That’s why they attribute failure to bad luck.
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October 3rd, 2008, posted by MInTheGap
Daughter, father
This past year we had a missionary to the Ukraine over to our house after the Sunday service, and as we got to talking about the differences between here and there, he told me that one of the big differences is crime. He told me how that he lets his children take the subway to and from school and other locations– by themselves.
Lenore Skenazy did the same in New York City.
In letting her son find his way home (a 45 minute adventure) with $20, a map, and the general direction, this author gave her son self confidence– the ability to feel grown-up. She also gave herself (unknowingly, we’re lead to believe) a lot of press coverage.
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October 2nd, 2008, posted by MInTheGap
Parents
It’s no secret that men and women are different, and that they do not always understand each other. At the same time, the love that is shown between the sexes is more powerful than that shown within the sex, and the same is true when it comes to the father daughter relationship.
In Meg Meeker’s book, Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, our author about how a daughter’s first love is her father.
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October 1st, 2008, posted by MInTheGap
Daughter, father
I’m new to the whole homeschooling scene, seeing as this week marks the forth week since we have begun. One of the challenges that we’ve had was reconciling the number of days that our home state requires and the fact that curriculum we purchased had fewer days worth of lessons.
As we began looking around the web for answers, we found that a lot of what they do in the public school can be done in a homeschool and it counts!
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September 25th, 2008, posted by MInTheGap
Husbands, Wives
So, here I am, late at night, oldest child on the couch with a head cold. Some would blame it on the change in weather. Others could blame it on not getting enough vitamins. I blame it on my coworker.
That’s right. About three weeks ago, my friend and coworker decided that he was going to be a tough guy and instead of staying home and getting over his cold there, he decided to come to work and share it with all of us. His cold went on for what seemed like two weeks, and he came in every day, coughing with his voice almost gone.
Now, I have a healthy immune system, but even I felt a little of the effects. And my middle son all of a sudden had a cough that sounded just like my coworker’s cough.
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September 16th, 2008, posted by MInTheGap
Children, father
Monogamy lasts in the Bible all of four chapters. From the creation of Adam and Eve until this statement about Lamech in Genesis 4:19:
And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
We are lead to believe that there were only marriages between one man and one woman.
What was the compelling reason to have two wives? Insurance against sin:
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September 11th, 2008, posted by MInTheGap
Husbands, Wives
No, not that kind of hero.
Your daughter wants a hero, and she’s chosen you, Dad. Scary, eh?
The twenty-first century hero looks a lot different than those of previous centuries, but has many of the same characteristics.
Meg Meeker, in her book Strong Fathers, Strong Daughters, lets you know that being your daughter’s hero may mean doing things that she won’t like:
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September 9th, 2008, posted by MInTheGap
Daughter, father
