When I taught the children Sunday School class about what Good Friday meant – that it was the day that Jesus died on the cross, a five-year-old in the class asked, with a crestfallen face, “Is Jesus dead now?” Explaining Easter to children can be tricky. We don’t often talk about death, and death is […]
Dennis Rainey of Family Life tells this cute story: As Grandpa Bob drove into the driveway he could see his 4-year-old granddaughter, Julie, and a couple of her friends playing in the backyard. It was almost Easter and he wanted to know how much these children knew about the Easter story. Approaching the three little […]
When you see a misbehaving child running wild around the store, what is your first thought? If you’re like me, you’re thinking, “Where are the parents?? They ought to be controlling their kid!” The assumption is that when a child misbehaves, the parents are responsible. If the parents were doing their job, then the child […]
While having lunch with a friend last week, we have kids the same age in college, the conversation inevitably turned to talking about our kids when they were little. “There are a lot of things I did wrong when my kids were little,” my friend said. “If I could go back, I would do things […]
(This post was posted last week, then accidentally deleted. So happy I recovered it!) In my Sunday School class, a 9-year-old boy saw my iPhone and excitedly told me that he was going to get one next week. *Jaw drops* A 9-year-old gets an expensive iPhone? “I got $200 from my grandma,” he said. I […]
Giving does not come naturally to me. My husband is much more generous. Maybe it’s because I have the motherly nesting instinct that goes along with the tendency to hoard. On the other hand, being a mother is the biggest factor that has taught me to be more generous. I knew that if I want […]
Did you sign up for “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day”? I have to admit, when my daughter and I signed up to volunteer, we were not motivated by altruism, but by the free ticket to Disneyland! According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, about 63.4 million people, or 26.8% of the population, […]
Ever used one of those recipes that calls for 3 oz. of butter, or 5 grams of oregano? I am usually at a lost when the recipe gives me the measures in weight instead of volume. With an EatSmart kitchen scale, my problems are solved! Use it to measure ingredients Recently my daughter made cupcakes […]
It’s a radical idea, but a good one. My daughter’s teacher, the school Christian club adviser, told the kids that her approach to dating is that she hopes to marry her first boyfriend. What did she say?? Let me clarify. She doesn’t mean she’s going to blindly marry the first guy she happens to go […]
Is there still a thing called immodest behavior? If we look at pop culture, movies, celebrity lifestyles, there isn’t much left of modesty. Anything goes. Do we still teach “decent behavior”, especially between the opposite sexes, to our children? I was talking to a friend today about how to teach modesty to our girls, and […]
