By Douglas Gentile, developmental psychologist
First, you have to assess how much he’s playing and then consider the other things he does with his free time. Most child development experts recommend that children’s “total screen time” — which includes watching television and videos, surfing the Internet, and playing computer or video games — be limited to […]
Teens today are being bombarded with mixed messages. Often, Culture is telling them one thing while their parents are telling them another. As parents, we want to help them through these trying and confusing times. But what is the best way to do it? Author Josh McDowell encourages parents to focus on what he calls […]
This is the key to the playhouse,
In the woods by the pebbly shore,
It’s winter now; I wonder if
There’s snow about the door ?
I wonder if the fir trees tap
Green fingers on the pane,
If seagulls cry and the roof is wet
And tinkle-y with rain ?
I wonder if the flower- springged cups
And plates sit on their shelf,
And […]
Here is one of my biggest worries- how am I going to keep my kids from some of the corrupting influences in our sex-saturated culture ? If you are a parent of young kids, I am sure you worry about the same thing.
It seems you cannnot turn on the TV today without being assaulted by […]
As I wandered in the forest
The green leaves among,
I heard a wild flower
Singing a song.
I slept on the earth
In the silent night:
I murmured my thought
And I felt delight.
In the morning I went,
As rosy as morn,
To seek for fresh joy
But I met with scorn
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