Seven-year-old Cade (with tears in his eyes): “Daddy, I really, really, really want to buy a lego Ninja warrior.”Ken: “Oh… those are $10. But you spent all your money, right?”Cade (crying harder): “I know, I know, I know. I thought that I was spending my money on what...
For about three years, Cade was obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine. And I’m not using the word loosely.obsess: to dominate or preoccupy the thoughts, feelings, or desires of a personCade thought about Thomas all the time. He played with his trains whenever...
Do you think of God as a lecturing, scolding Father? I wouldn’t have said so, but a recent conversation with my kids has me wondering—both about how I see God, and the picture I’ve painted of Him for them. We were driving in the car one morning, when I...
Some responses to my last post (which detailed my daughter’s failed attempt at talking us into a texting plan) made me want to hear more from an actual twelve year old. What’s it like out there, walking the halls of your middle school with no text message...
Cole told me that his new friend from third grade was ‘cathletic’. I said, “Oh. Can you remind me what ‘cathletic’ means?” He said, “You know, they do that thing where they draw a cross on themselves.” Ahhhh. Yes,...
When I was a second grade teacher, I found out I was expecting my first baby just before school started. My principal, not wanting to needlessly alarm parents over the way this would affect my classroom, asked me not to say anything to the children. As the school year...