With all the talk of bucket lists and what you want to do before you die, I had to share this conversation. We had our parish priest over for dinner. My oldest daughter (11) was explaining about a class project where she was supposed to describe the time line of her life. My boy (8) [...]
What do you want to do before you die?
January 30th, 2008
Letting your kids win?
January 18th, 2008
Long time, no post. Sorry. I have started to play board games with my older two children lately, and I have a rule–I don’t roll over and play dead so they can “win” a game. I will modify the rules so the game is easier for everybody, but throwing a game just doesn’t seem right. [...]
China’s One Child Policy Problems
November 21st, 2007
China has, for many years, had a "one child" policy to deal with their "problem" of overpopulation. And American scholar, on Chinese soil, has called them for this policy. George Weigel (one of my favorite Catholic theologians) has written about Dr. Nick Eberstadt (a "convinced Maoist" in a former life) in a recent article available [...]
Poll: Family Ties Key to Youth Happiness
August 20th, 2007
From Associated Press (via Breitbart): NEW YORK (AP) – So you’re between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy? A worried, weary parent might imagine the answer to sound something like this: Sex, drugs, a little rock ‘n’ roll. Maybe some cash, or at least the car keys. Turns out the real [...]
Summer Camp Stories
July 30th, 2007
My boy just got back from St. Michael’s summer camp held at the St. Michael Abbey run by the Norbertine Fathers. This is a wonderful faithful Catholic experience for boys (and they run a residential high school). In addition to standard camp fun they have daily mass, rosary, and catechism. Going to mass on Saturday [...]
Recent or Approaching Births
July 19th, 2007
I’ve noticed quite a few births out there. Leave a comment if you’ve had a child born recently. Leave tell us gender and date. If you have one on the way, let us know that too, along with due date. I think it would be good to keep each other’s kids in our prayers – [...]
Generation Gaps
June 25th, 2007
It is funny when little gaps between generations show up. One of our phones is a VoIP phone that relies on high speed Internet access. Well our ISP was having some trouble today (that seems to be fixed). So when my daughter said the phone was not working, it did not cause any alarm. So [...]
