"Better a little with the fear of the Lord than great wealth with turmoil.
Better a meal of vegetables where there is love than a fattened calf with hatred" (Proverbs 15:16–17).
The other day I was watching a house-hunting show on TV, and my 7-year-old son commented over my shoulder, "This show ...
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Bringing God into School Days
Sometimes bringing God into kids' school days is simpler than we think: When my brothers were in elementary school, they walked to school with a bunch of neighborhood kids. Every morning before they left, my parents would meet them at the front door to hand out lunches, give goodbye hugs, and say a ...
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What to Try When . . . Your Kid Is a Perfectionist, Part 3
A few more things perfectionist kids need our help with:
Perfectionists with soft hearts and guilty consciences need help learning to filter what they hear. My mom came home from school when she was a kid and tearfully told her mother that she was always in trouble and the teacher was always upset ...
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What to Try When . . . Your Kid Is a Perfectionist, Part 2
Perfectionists present a unique conundrum: On the one hand, they tend to be arrogant and stubbornly resistant to ever admitting error (because of the whole I-should-always-be-perfect-so-I-deserve-death-if-I-am-ever-wrong complex), but then if they ever DO manage to admit they are wrong, they can ...
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