Parenting Gen Z – Abigail Shrier on Joe Rogan
Our family recently watched this Joe Rogan segment on parenting Gen Z and had a lively discussion about it. Abigail Shrier and Joe Rogan hit on many important themes. My thoughts follow the embedded …
The INFP Child and Her Stuffed Animals
Over the years I’ve invested a lot of energy into understanding my child and the way God created her as an individual. I’ve written about that journey from many different angles in the …
What Do Quiet and Simple Mean To Me Today?
Many years ago I started using “A Quiet Simple Life’ as a part of my blogging. Over the weekend I had an epiphany of sorts as I realized the way I think about this phrase has changed. In …
Taking The Time To Listen To Your Child
I wanted to share a word of encouragement this morning, but I didn’t have anything specifically planned. This book stood out to me on the bookshelf over my desk so I pulled it down. I had …
How Do You Frame Your Life Story Each Day?
Lately I’ve been thinking about the internal story we tell ourselves each day. When we watch or read the news, we should always notice the way a story is framed to promote a certain line of …
Why We Changed Our Mind About Celebrating Halloween – Twice
Update January 2022 I’ve decided not to write an additional post about why we are no longer celebrating Halloween, but I am going to push this out as a “new” post. I’m going to …
Children Are Not Robots or Machines
We’re relaxed homeschoolers for a number of reasons. One of the chief reasons is because we see ourselves primarily as a family. We’re a family who learns together while putting a high …
Children Understanding the Time-Money Tradeoff
If I had to sum up our summer on this last day of August, this is it: You can have time or money, but rarely both. This was the summer when Caroline really understood for the first time what it means …
What Is A Gracious Christian Parent?
For a long time I wasn’t sure how to describe our parenting approach. Labels carry so much baggage these days that I try to avoid them whenever possible. When I was deciding on a website …
The Devil’s Burdens And The Faith Heritage I Give My Child
This is originally from January 1, 2011. I’m reposting it today, over eight years later. When I wrote it, Caroline was not yet four and a half. She will be thirteen in ten days. We have wandered …