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Jennie Chancey | September 9, 2011
A thought-provoking post from Doug Phillips’s blog: Educational methodology, or pedagogy, is not neutral. For thousands of years, men have debated over educational methodology. All of these debates have centered around issues like “What is the true nature of the child?”; “What are the true goals of education?”; “What is the role of the state [...]
Jennie Chancey | August 23, 2011
From Carolyn Moynihan at Mercatornet: With cohabitation replacing marriage, divorce is receding as a cause of family breakdown, but it remains a serious problem. An article in the Washington Times cites US Census Bureau survey figures indicating that there were well over a million divorces in American in 2008 (1,087,920) giving a divorce rate of [...]
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 [...]
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 16, 2011
From Carolyn Moynihan at Mercatornet: In the realm of parenthood today nothing can be taken for granted — not even that a mother and father are the best thing for children, at least according to certain elites. Last year in delivering his verdict on Proposition 8 — a referendum in which a majority of Californians [...]
Jennie Chancey | March 10, 2011
This has been making the rounds on the Internet and was a source of discussion on the Passionate Housewives Desperate for God Facebook page last week. There are so many things going on here that it’s hard to comment on them all, but Mariette Ulrich on Mercatornet has done a good job: Salon, the Woman’s [...]
Jennie Chancey | March 4, 2011
This is a sobering story from the UK that has been making the rounds: Mrs. Johns, 62, and Mr. Johns, 65, live in the United Kingdom. They’ve raised four children and have been foster parents to a total of 15. By every measure they’ve done a terrific job. From the beginning of their fostering adventure, [...]
Jennie Chancey | March 1, 2011
I just held the drawing for the free Family Strategies downloads from Vision Forum. Congrats to allthatglitters_79 and angelamomma, who each win the entire set of downloads. You can see the drawing results on Random.org. If you didn’t win, there’s still time to sign up for the weekly downloads by clicking the banner below!
Jennie Chancey | February 25, 2011
My friends Doug and Beall Phillips, founders of Vision Forum, are producing a fantastic new series of messages that will be available over a 20-week period, beginning next Tuesday, March 1. Each message will come as a download through BlueBehemoth.com. To access your first download, you will simply create a free account, then follow the [...]
Jennie Chancey | February 18, 2011
It seems to me this would be a no-brainer in a world where rational, thinking, moral people oppose violence against women. But, somehow, if it’s a “sport,” we’re supposed to let our boys tackle/pin/etc. young women and desensitize themselves (and ourselves) to such violence. I can only shake my head. Good for Joel Northrup. He [...]
Jennie Chancey | February 18, 2011
Lee Ann Garfias has written an excellent review of a new Bible curriculum and addresses the importance of not censoring Scripture for our children but giving them the whole counsel of God: Sin, grace, salvation, and the cross are not “adult concepts” but are rather part of the gospel message preached to all. But Jesus [...]
Jennie Chancey | February 1, 2011
An excellent, thought-provoking piece from Valerie at In Faith and Purity: Let’s be clear and make no confusion about my heart on this. I am not saying at all that if you use birth control of any kind, you are pro-abortion. I know many different families with many different views on children, and I know [...]
Jennie Chancey | February 1, 2011
Another excellent piece from Mercatornet: According to this Wall Street Journal blog piece: That’s the question of new, dueling research articles out in the February issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family, which try to explain the decline in marital happiness of some new mothers. I don’t need a research article (never mind two) [...]
Jennie Chancey | February 1, 2011
From the folks at Mercatornet: With the feverish discussion going on over at the Wall Street Journal about the parenting style of “Chinese mother” Amy Chua (nearly 7,000 comments, last time I checked), I’m not sure why I felt the need to toss in my two cents—perhaps I felt ‘called out’ to defend my own [...]
