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Our (first) year without a Santa Claus
It was bound to happen sooner or later. After years of dodging the bullet with elaborate explanations of how Santa deploys state-of-the-art Supply Chain Management systems to deliver all those presents around the world in one night, my younger children … Continue reading
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Tagged belief in Santa, Christmas, Faith, kids, parenting, Santa Claus
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What should I teach my kids about the election?
As election day approaches, politics has become a common topic of conversation at my kids’ elementary school. Last week my 5th grade daughter had to watch the first presidential debate and then discuss it in class. When I asked Emmy … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
Tagged elementary school, Jim Lehrer, Jon Stewart, kids, moderate, parenting, playground politics, Presidential debate, presidential election
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Be not conformed to this world…on picture day
Tomorrow is picture day at my kids’ elementary school, and this year is a big one: my daughter is in fifth grade. While the children in the other grades usually sport a range of attire (with my kids typically at … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain Underpants, conformity, Faith, Jesus, parenting, picture day
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Searchin’ for the Sabbath
Mom – when are we going to have time to do nothing? My eight-year old son Andrew recently asked this question after we’d been going non-stop for the past 48 hours. Andrew, who loves to read, play Legos, and just … Continue reading
Selfish Sainthood
Last week I almost died. Well, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but there was definitely a scary moment where I thought things might go poorly. We were still in Aruba, and the kids had decided that they wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Spirituality
Tagged Aruba, Faith, parent, parenting, Religion, saint, Spirituality, tubing in Aruba
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Teaching sexual ethics to my kids
At the end of this past school year, one of my eight year-old twin sons came home with a ‘memory book’ where he’d written down his responses to a variety of questions. Favorite movie?……The Avengers Favorite sport? ……..Hockey Favorite hobby?……..Legos … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Religion and Morality
Tagged Ethics, Morality, parenting, Religion, sexual ethics, teaching kids about sex
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Describing the Ineffable
It happened again. I lost my daughter. Not physically (thank God), but conceptually. Earlier this week I was driving my fourth grade daughter to some after-school activity. We were having a conversation about how some folks seem pretty self-centered, and … Continue reading