Category Archives: parental ponderings
On Attachment Parenting and the Mommy Wars
TIME Magazine’s cover package this week feeds into the antagonistic, Mommy Wars culture that has become rampant in the United States. We live in a society dominated by metrics purported to determine merit, grades and standardized test scores, sales figures … Continue reading
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Family Photoshoot Tips
Gabrielle Blair of Design Mom posted today about preparing for their December photo shoot. She has an amazing vision for such things, but I couldn’t help but think that most families don’t have the same level of energy and budget … Continue reading
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Be Kind
It was beautiful outside yesterday, so I took the girls to the park. While I was sitting watching the girls, I started to hear two moms about fifteen feet away start escalating in volume in their conversation. One of the … Continue reading
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Holding Things in Tension
We had a chance to participate in a few conversations this weekend on Christianity and culture, kingdom-building and parenting (and the intersections therein.) Thanks to Leigh for making it happen: it is always fruitful to have space, time and ideas … Continue reading
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In Which I Am A Curmudgeon
I’ve watched the Elf on the Shelf trend for several years, and I am going to come out and say it: I just don’t get the popularity among Christian families. Doing something every day (even for a season) makes it … Continue reading
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Pondering Christ
Sally Clarkson has long been an encouragement to me as a mother, and her blog post on pondering Christ as a foundation for a philosophy of parenting is a must-read. Radical, self-giving love is hard to make into a formula … Continue reading
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Philosophies, Revisited
By nature, I am a fairly philosophical person. I like to know why I am doing what I am doing, and parenting has certainly been no exception. As our girls have gotten older, the day-to-day of parenting has changed. Recently, … Continue reading
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Making Adjustments
Parenting is often a school of humility. Just when you’ve found the perfect strategy or product or idea, something changes, and it doesn’t work any more. You have to try something new. Maybe even swallow your pride and do that … Continue reading
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A Perk of Boredom
Since M was gone again, I finally made our own version of the family rules I’ve seen everywhere lately. I included things we say all the time, lyrics from songs I sing to the girls, etc. So even though we … Continue reading
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Parenting, the Gospel, and MTD
Several days ago I tweeted “What’s best for our kids and what’s best for God’s kingdom generally aren’t mutually exclusive.” I have thought about it every day since, in a variety of different situations other than the one that prompted … Continue reading
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Lexi’s Jams (an Update)
Last year, I gave you a peek into Lexi’s particular taste in music. Kate is a little musical sponge and likes a lot of different things, rarely asking for me to skip a song. She hasn’t been obsessively devoted to … Continue reading
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Recent Clips
All Joy & No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting. It weaves around but is ultimately a really fascinating read about happiness, purpose and parenting. I’m a trendsetter, apparently. Why the Next Pop Culture Wave Might Be Libraries. After Haiti: The … Continue reading
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