“Don’t handicap your children by making their lives easy.” – Robert A. Heinlein Dear Me, So I’m talking to our sister today and she’s telling me that she is probably going to have to take her kids out of private Christian school and put them into public because they can’t really afford the steep tuition …
Category Archive: Expectations
Apr
29
2011
Apr
19
2011
Dear Me, About Punishing a Child’s Mistake…
“A child is a curly dimpled lunatic.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Dear Me, A dear friend just told me a funny story. Her six and four year old boys came upstairs – all proud, mind you – to show her the results of their new game: barber shop. With the help of his older brother …
Apr
18
2011
Dear Me, About Getting the Kids Through School…
“Do not ask that your kids live up to your expectations. Let your kids be who they are, and your expectations will be in breathless pursuit.” – Robert Brault Dear Me, So, you were mostly a latch-key kid. Even when you weren’t, no one was checking up on your grades. Thus you were the classic …
Apr
11
2011
I need a donut … and I don’t even like donuts!
“You’re gonna blog? So what’s next? You’re gonna travel the world to find yourself?” These are the kind, encouraging words my teenage daughter said to me last night when she saw the how-to blog books sitting in front of me on the kitchen counter. Nice. So why am I blogging? For several reasons: I like …
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