The Final Parenting Class Post

Note: On on January 11, 2009 I began facilitating a parenting class for DaySpring, the church I attend in Waco.  I’m going to be offering some of what I’m doing there in this space over the Spring.
OMG!  Our class has wrapped up rather abruptly!  I intended to hold our final class this coming Sunday, but [...]

Talking to Kids about Sex

Note: On on January 11, 2009 I began facilitating a parenting class for DaySpring, the church I attend in Waco.  I’m going to be offering some of what I’m doing there in this space over the Spring.
Its early Sunday morning, and the most magnificent storm has just passed through Waco America.  I’m smiling at the [...]

A Great Resource on Kids and Sexuality

A reader of this blog sent me the following in response to my request for resources related to this weeks parenting class topic: How and When to Talk with your Kids about Sex.
Mark Regnerus (soc prof. at UT-Austin) has done considerable work on religious American teens and sexuality.  Below is some rough recounting from his [...]

Public versus Private Schools – Part 2

Note: On on January 11, 2009 I began facilitating a parenting class for DaySpring, the church I attend in Waco.  I’m going to be offering some of what I’m doing there in this space over the Spring.
Week before last the parenting class benefited from conversation with a panel of high school students from both public [...]

Public versus Private Schools – Part 1

Note: On on January 11, 2009 I began facilitating a parenting class for DaySpring, the church I attend in Waco.  I’m going to be offering some of what I’m doing there in this space over the Spring.
Good Day all you parental units out there!  After a week off to celebrate Hope in the form of [...]

Spanking: Hey, I turned out okay, didn’t I? DIDN’T I???

Note: On on January 11, 2009 I began facilitating a parenting class for DaySpring, the church I attend in Waco.  I’m going to be offering some of what I’m doing there in this space over the Spring.
This morning, in the class, I’ll be passing out a copy of Mark Brady’s post on spanking, along with [...]

On Raising Narcissistic Kiddos…

Note: On on January 11, 2009 I began facilitating a parenting class for DaySpring, the church I attend in Waco.  I’m going to be offering some of what I’m doing there in this space over the Spring.
The class has now moved into a time of discussing the particular parenting issues that the participants want to [...]

The Basics of L&L Parenting

Note: On on January 11, 2009 I began facilitating a parenting class for DaySpring, the church I attend in Waco.  I’m going to be offering some of what I’m doing there in this space over the Spring.
Last week I asked members of the class to identify a particular parenting concern on which they’d like to [...]

Parenting and the Alienation Cycle

Note: On on January 11, 2009 I began facilitating a parenting class for DaySpring, the church I attend in Waco.  I’m going to be offering some of what I’m doing there in this space over the Spring.
This morning the paticipants in the parenting class and I will be looking at the chart that’s in THIS [...]

Letting Our Children Fail

Note: On on January 11, 2009 I began facilitating a parenting class for DaySpring, the church I attend in Waco.  I’m going to be offering some of what I’m doing there in this space over the Spring.
Last week we watched most of Foster Cline’s video, “Daring to Parent in the Nineties,” and it was enjoyed [...]