Works For Me Wednesday: Growing Pains - Testing Boundaries

By MAD21

We've had a stressful week or two in our house. I'll call it growing pains. You know the kind, -- when your kids decide to start testing the boundaries and rules. I have to say that I think this is one of the most difficult things to deal with as a parent. I don't know about you, but I don't like feeling like a bully or having an authoritarian household. But there comes a time when our kids need to learn that they don't always get a say, and they need to get their sense of entitlement under control.

It's bad enough when your kids misbehave at home, but when the disrespect starts to show up in other places like school, there needs to be some serious action to get them under control.

We feel, as most parents do, that it's important our children do their best at school. Here are some things we do to help our kids prepare for their day:

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One Word At A Time: Goodness

By MAD21

I think "goodness" is one of those words that we hear a lot, but if asked what it was would be difficult to define. Is it truly possible to be good, or acquire goodness? We hear about goodness being wished upon someone, or giving it to someone, but is it something that can be given? Goodness is one of the fruits of the Spirit and it's referred to several times in the Bible. It's usually something that is in God's possession that he is sharing with us:

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Growing Readers

By Jason, M.Ed., M.A.R., Headmaster

“Today a reader; tomorrow a leader.” – Margaret Fuller

“A home without books is a body without soul.” - Cicero

I’m going to let you in on a secret, if you promise not to tell anyone: Readers are made at home, not at school.

When I was 12 or 13 years old, I pulled an interesting-looking book down from my parents’ bookshelf. It was a collection of Mark Twain’s short stories and I read several with great interest and delight. Because my parents had a complete set of Mark Twain’s works, I was able to follow this reading with Tom Sawyer and then Huck Finn and, before long, I had read the complete set. I was in the cave with Tom and Becky, wondering if they would get out alive. I was floating down the Mississippi with Huck and Jim, wondering how Huck would make it back home and if Jim would make it to freedom.

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Being Human

By Kelly (Living is Simple)

Take joy in the un-rushed living.
In the unfolding.
It takes time to...

 Words from about a year ago.

How much life takes you and spins you around into places, relationships, and events you never could have imagined. I wish I could peg the best of those moments.

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Life Is Funny: Man Vs. Machine

By MAD21

As much as we want to laugh at this guy, you have to admit he is pretty talented. I found this link after I posted The Final Countdown two weeks ago. I couldn't resisted linking it, too. Enjoy.

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