On The Biblical Case for Spanking Our Kids (or, uh, Maybe Not)

Since I have written a book on someone else’s blog, I thought I should probably move it over here to mine.  For some reason, this woman’s posts really grabbed me.  Those of you who’ve known me for some years will recognize her posts, because they sound almost word-for-word like the ones I used to write.  [...]

Fam-Damily Update

 

I was going to write a brief brag about the fact that I’ve just potty-trained my fifth kid.  Don’t you think there should be a medal or something for this landmark achievement?  Though, admittedly, I’ve become a big slacker compared to my early days.  I mean, my first child (at 16 mos) got a potty chair for Christmas!  Shoot, I [...]

On Trying to Explain a Living Thing

I can tell that, to some people, I’m terribly offensive now. I didn’t used to be that way (at least I don’t think). I was in the same trenches they were in. We were on the same side. When my paradigm came crashing in, I suppose it’s fair to say that [...]

Hephzibah House in Indiana: Abuse Still Going On, Over 30 Years Later

It’s hard to try to explain the daily schedule at Hephzibah House.  Daily life was about so much more than just school and chores.  Each day was like a journey; you never knew which way the wind was going to blow.  It might be your lucky day, and the staff ladies would all be in [...]

Formula Over Relationship: RED FLAG #1

After the “unsafeness” of the whacko church of my young-adult-met-Jesus days (that is, my Bible College, where I learned so much and yet also learned that the leader was getting cozy with some of the female staff, but with a doctrine of authority similar to the Shepherding Movement’s, we were taught it was more important to the Lord that we not [...]

Shut-Up! No, Keep Talking! (Trinitarian Musings and Flying Divergent Opinions)

One thinker says this of my thoughts,
If you don’t think that one can be equal in essence and subject eternally in person, well then you are going to be committed to rejecting the Christian doctrine of God. Some of your unconsciously held philosophical beliefs are incompatible with Christianity. And that is good for you [...]

Parenting with Gentleness Series

Here is a collection of the recent posts here on thoughts about parenting with grace as the foundation:
The Intro
Guest post (from a treasured friend of mine, Tonia at Study in Brown):  ”FASD Teenagers, Adopting Special Needs and Loving in the Face of Unloveliness“
Guest post (from Becca, reader and appreciated contributor): “Abused Children Becoming Parents; Breaking the Cycle of [...]

Readers Write: Talking with Friends/Aquaintances About Destructive Parenting Practices

I hope the title didn’t make you think I was going to tell you how, since, well, I don’t know how.  
A reader asks,
Hey Molly,
I was wondering (since you and your blog are such a wealth of information to me at the moment) if you’ve come up with an effective way to talk to people who [...]

Letter from Reader: Question on Disciplining Kids, Comments

I found that you started writing your blog again I like to read your thoughts, though you tend to go more extreme in one way or another from me.  :PAbout spanking, before my daughter was born I was totally pro-Ezzo.  That lasted about an hour into her little life.   ;)   She’s 15 months now, still [...]

Letters from Readers: What Do You Do When…? (Two-Year-Old-Tantrums)

Moot Thoughts and Musings recently wrote about mothering and grace, and had a comment addressed to me that I will answer here.  Referring to the way I sometimes handle a two-year-old fit (here) and also complimenting those conversing here, View from the Prairie Box wondered,
Molly’s posts are really encouraging and I found myself reading through the comments as [...]