Last week, one of the articles on Your Parenting Info, To Coach or Not to Coach, discussed the importance of being involved in sporting events with your children. The conclusion the author drew was that whether you coach or not, your presence at your child's sporting events is important.
This article led me to think about the importance of being a special someone in your child's life, no matter what the event or reason. I had witnessed this the previous week when my almost 13 year old son competed in state finals for the geography bee. Although a little nervous,
Archive for April, 2009
It's all about the family. Bringing and keeping the family together is one of the highest and best endeavors to which a human being can aspire. One simple but essential facet of family togetherness is the forging and keeping of family traditions.
Family traditions come in all sizes, from elaborate annual gatherings involving distant relations to daily prayer time with just a parent and a child joining together. Each type of tradition has its own merits and usefulness. As far as I'm concerned, when it comes to a family tradition the simple things really are the best.
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Family traditions come in all sizes, from elaborate annual gatherings involving distant relations to daily prayer time with just a parent and a child joining together. Each type of tradition has its own merits and usefulness. As far as I'm concerned, when it comes to a family tradition the simple things really are the best.
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One of the most important things that parents should learn is how to listen to their children. Most parents would say that they know how to listen to their children, but listening is not merely being there as your child talks. It's not just hearing his voice and following what he is talking about half-heartedly.
Every time your child talks about something (a little adventure he has or a good experience he had with a playmate, or anything that really matters to him that he believes is worth sharing to you), he gives you a chance to look at the world through his eyes. When
Every time your child talks about something (a little adventure he has or a good experience he had with a playmate, or anything that really matters to him that he believes is worth sharing to you), he gives you a chance to look at the world through his eyes. When
Call it the Tiger Woods syndrome, although I'm sure it pre-dates the golf prodigy by many years. A father hardly can look at his two, three, four year old boy swatting at a golf ball, kicking a football, or showing any sort of promise whatsoever without daydreaming of the day that his son will hoist a championship trophy over his head and be carried off the field by his teammates in a victory celebration unlike any other in the annals of sports.
Whether or not you should coach is a thorny issue. For one thing, a passing knowledge of
On the eve of my son's birth, our doctor told us that it would help a lot if I would take my wife for a 15 minute walk. The plan was to deliver the baby the natural way. The baby was due within 24 hours and a short walk would help my wife a lot during the delivery. So, we got out of the clinic and went for a little stroll. The night air was cold on our cheeks and above us the clear sky was spangled with stars. The clinic was located in the nightlife district of our city, so the
