Archive for July, 2008

Do not rush Childhood

It was my daughter’s classmate birthday party. The whole class of 6 years old and their parents and teachers were invited. I had a chance to speak to her form teacher who as there with her 2 little 4 years and 2 years old boys. I was asking how is my daughter processing in her […]

Make Room for Childhood

Applying makeup to four-year-olds and giving them adult-looking dolls at five, letting them date at 12 and virtually emancipating them at 16… Is this the best preparation for adulthood ?  I think not.
We used to give children time to grow up. We dressed them differently from adults- boys in short pants and girls in fluffy dresses […]

The Worth Of a Human Being

Source: Dr James Dobson
Once on a family ski trip some years ago, I climbed on the back of a flatbed truck that shuttled skiers back up the mountains. Among the 12 or 14 young people there that day was a girl in her late teens. As she turned to look at me, I saw the […]

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