Tag: children

Giving praise

November 22, 2006 | 6 comments

Found an interesting web page on the value of praising children for work well done. This paragraph caught my eye on the importance of not qualifying your words of support, but ensuring they ring with sincerity: Avoid giving praise with

No DQs in Spirit

November 11, 2006 | 4 comments

This has been an exciting week for my daughter. A member of her high school swim team, she made it all the way to the State competition this year, which is very significant, I’m told, for a tenth grader to

Magical existence

September 28, 2006 | No comments yet

From Marianne Williamson’s book “Everyday Grace.” I have always had a sense that something is missing in this world – that at the very least there is something important we’re not discussing. I believe that hunger for a “lost dimension”

Raising children

April 22, 2006 | 1 comment

Isn’t it a joy raising children? My wife and I love our son and daughter, 12 and 15, now. They are growing up too fast for me. I enjoy having them around the house, watching them learn in school, see