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Jennie Chancey | August 16, 2011
Kelly Crawford posted this excellent piece over at Raising Homemakers: I find it downright heartbreaking that we have cultivated a whole generation of parents who don’t even enjoy their own children, to the degree they are glad for them to spend a large portion of the day somewhere else. One of the reasons for not [...]
Jennie Chancey | August 12, 2011
A surprising range of people (from British Prime Minister David Cameron to reporters and social commentators) are all pointing at the same fundamental problems in the wake of the riots in the UK–the loss of foundational morality and self-restraint, the breakdown of the family, and fatherlessness. Here are several key reads, which have implications for [...]
Mrs. Lea Ann Garfias | August 2, 2011
For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel: In returning and rest shall ye be saved; In quietness and in confidence shall be your strength. Isaiah 30:15 I’m often asked about how I handle my children without losing my grip. If you have met my four children, you would know that the [...]
Jennie Chancey | August 2, 2011
From Carolyn Moynihan over at Mercatornet: A professor of sociology wrote a week or so ago in the New York Times that American family life might be much improved if parents in the US were more like those in the Netherlands who — typically, it is implied — allow their teenage daughters to have their [...]
Tiana Krenz | July 28, 2011
From Yahoo: What’s the matter with kids today and why doesn’t anyone want them around? In June, Malaysia Airlines banned babies from many of their first class cabins, prompting other major airlines to consider similar policies.” Babies. As Christians, we believe God when He tells us that babies are a blessing. http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/parenting/the-no-kids-allowed-movement-is-spreading-2516110 Stacy McDonald of Your Sacred [...]
Jennifer McBride | July 17, 2011
“And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and [...]
Jennie Chancey | July 15, 2011
Kim Coghlan of Life in a Shoe has posted some wonderful articles that I wanted to pass along: Life with Littles – “I’ve often been asked how I got through each day back when we had lots of little ones and no older children to help out. I have written about those bygone years before, [...]
Jennie Chancey | May 24, 2011
Another related piece from Mercatornet: Swedish researcher and family man Jonas Himmelstrand talks in this video about how he began to examine the myth that Sweden is a family-friendly society. A subject of special interest for him was the Scandinavian country’s sick leave stats, which were the highest in Europe. Why? Because, basically, women workers [...]
Jennie Chancey | May 24, 2011
From Mercatornet: Then there are the questions about the social toll Sweden’s childcare system is taking. Sweden has offered a comprehensive daycare system since 1975; since the early ’90s, negative outcomes for children and adolescents are on the rise in areas of health and behaviour. While direct causation has been difficult to prove, many Swedish [...]
Jennie Chancey | May 23, 2011
Two stints in prison, rehab and a probation officer failed to inspire Mike DeBoer to give up the drugs. Dirty diapers, peanut butter sandwiches, playing “tickle monster” with a giggly redhead who smiles his daddy’s smile — that’s what did it. “My dad wasn’t there for me,” said DeBoer, 30, a thick, muscular man with [...]
Jennie Chancey | May 19, 2011
From Carolyn Moynihan over at Mercatornet: Those who insist on “safer sex” education for adolescents seem to assume two things: first, that nearly all teens will become sexually active, and second, that it doesn’t matter (they have a right to) so long as they take precautions against disease and pregnancy. Therefore, all teens should be [...]
Jennie Chancey | May 17, 2011
From Kathy Brodock of Teaching Good Things: Before we had kids I was an expert on children! Yep…it’s true! THEN God gave me some and I repent and confess I know very little! I think part of my ignorance was because I had two siblings growing up and I was at a baby sitter or [...]
Jennie Chancey | May 10, 2011
From Carolyn Moynihan over at Mercatornet: British secondary schools are required by law to teach the biological facts of human reproduction in science lessons, but students themselves often say the instruction given is too biological. The facts also speak for themselves: Britain has the highest teenage pregnancy rate in Europe. So when Conservative MP Nadine [...]
Jennie Chancey | April 13, 2011
Respected US research organisation Child Trends has published a study showing that children tend to do well when their parents have a happy relationship — and vice-versa. So far, so good. In more detail the researchers claim: Almost without exception, the lowest levels of positive child outcomes are found among children in families where the [...]
Mrs. Lea Ann Garfias | April 2, 2011
The homeschool community in America has been in an uproar for the past week. Online message boards, Facebook communities, and Twitter accounts have been frantically exchanging information and conversation on recent events. Questions have arisen. Accusations have flown. Statements have been made. Stands have been taken. There is much to be concerned about. We are [...]
