Photo by Sandra Seitamaa on Unsplash Walking into a new and unfamiliar home, announcing her name, and leaving her biological mom behind without any tears, came a 5-year-old girl. She could not write her name, count to three or say the alphabet when she entered our daughter’s care. Within three days, her younger half-sister was…
Thanks to some very effective marketing, Amazon’s Prime Days are days when we really ramp up our thoughts and desires regarding stuff. I can’t point to any hard and fast data, but I can tell you about the seemingly endless… Read More The post Proverbs and Prime Day. . . appeared first on The Center…
It starts like an ordinary day. The morning routine is met with the usual resistance. (We do this Every Morning. Why are the kids always so surprised?) Milk is spilled on the counter. Somebody leaves something back at the house and we have to dash back to get it. Everyday chatter fills the air. You…
Relationships are central to making a spiritual impact on children. Children and teenagers tend to embrace their parents’ faith if parents have heart connections (relationships) with them. If a parent and teenager grow distant from each other, the parent will probably have little spiritual impact, even if the parent teaches biblical truth. Drawing from empirical…
A friend of mine started a Facebook group this summer to help parents find fun things to do for their kids. Almost every day different moms put up great ideas to keep children engaged and learning through the hot, stale months at hand. The trouble, of course, is that my children are too old for…
The chant was standard fare back when I was in high school, and it would reverberate through the gym several times a game as we cheered on our teammates running up and down the court. “WE DON’T MESS AROUND, HEY!… Read More The post A Youthworker’s Passionate Plea To Parents. . . appeared first on…
The day I was officially diagnosed with depression, I cried. I mean, I had been crying for weeks, but this was different. I was crying because my crying had a name. A name I feared. I was mourning my diagnosis. Being told I was depressed was just so… depressing. It took awhile to sink in,…
This is the final segment of a five-part series on empowering children with disabilities written by Jolene Philo. – Editor Empowering kids with disabilities isn’t always a serious business. The previous posts in this series about meeting our kids’ basic needs (Part 1: Survival, Part 2: Love and Belonging, Part 3: Power and Self-Worth, and Part 4: Freedom) may…
For those of us navigating life with our kids during this Pride Month, here’s a prayer I wrote that I trust we will pray with all humility as we seek to follow the way and will of God as contained… Read More The post A Prayer To Pray During Pride Month. . . appeared first…
I don’t know about you, but I find these words from Herman Narula deeply troubling: “One day this book will be read by a person without a body. . . If a brain can connect to a computer – whatever… Read More The post Wade – Don’t Dive – Into AI. . . appeared first…