Security: Giving a Child ‘Structure’

Since my oldest was born, Ditto, who’s now 18, we had a bed time ritual and lights out of 7:00pm. That meant after dinner we would get the little ones cleaned up, into the PJ’s and then settle down for a bed time story, sometimes two, where they could cuddle on mom and dad’s bed and have time directed to their...

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Rights of a Child: Unconditional Love

I have been talking about love as a right a child should expect from a parent. In the previous article, principle based love was mentioned, to which a reader connected to ‘unconditional love’. I agree. What conflicts in my mind however (and this is only my  opinion here, BTW) is the misunderstood application of...

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Teach them when they’re young.

Last night I had a parents dream and nightmare mixed together. A young man knew my oldest daughter turned 18 last Sunday and he came to our home and asked to court her. You say: The guy actually asked your permission? Yup. You say: Did my daughter know it happened? Yup. She was sitting there with me, the young man and her mother. I...

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