Homo Reacticus
A few months ago, Macleans ran a piece that sent shivers of terror and guilt down the spines of parents of teenagers everywhere. It was called, “How the smartphone affected […]
Tag Archives: children
Yes. You are screwing up your kids.
It’s an unavoidable fact of parenting. Whether you are an attachment parent, co-sleeping parent, a free-range parent, a helicopter parent, a traditional parent, a non-ideological parent, you are doing something […]
“And it was good”
A few nights ago, I was reading a popular children’s Bible with my kids. We read through the creation story describing how God made the light, separated the waters, formed […]
Enough Really is Enough
I watch my children gather round the kitchen table for a snack: two small bags of Mini Cheddars poured into a bowl for them to share. I say ‘share,’ but […]
Old Wisdom Meets New Trends for Faith and Families
The latest findings from the Pew Forum show that religious attendance and affiliation have continued to drop over the last three decades in the United States, a nation long considered […]
On Children’s Songs and Politics
As a father, I listen to lots of music that, to put it nicely, is not my personal preference. Children’s music can be wonderful and full of joy, but after […]
Tell Me A Story About Who I Am
Who am I? Who are you? Who are we? What is that makes “us” a “we?” Some combination of these questions is nearly always whirring around in the background of […]
A Great Escape
As a mother of three, with all the stresses and strains and baggage (gallons of it in my hands, and now even in the under-eye area) that that entails, I […]
“Why can’t people wait for Christmas?”
While shopping today, my three-year-old pointed to a Christmas tree and asked, “why can’t people wait for Christmas”? She didn’t ask it critically but out of curiosity, interrogating the expression […]
“For thine is the story…”
My nearly three-year old daughter has a beautifully illustrated version of the Lord’s Prayer that we read almost every night. She piously folds her little hands and says the words […]
Wondering Fair 