The less tangible subjects of social and coping skills

Susan R
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/02/09/educating-children-evolution-home-… Educating Our Children: The Evolution of Home Schooling

By Maggie Kerkman

| FoxNews.com

… “We’ve become more experimental about the way we offer education to children,” says David Chard, Dean of the School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University. “Many parents are able to provide strong educational opportunity for kids,” he added.

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Is cross dressing/playing dress up for young kids innocent?

Susan R
There was a question at another forum from a father concerned because his 5 yo boy was often dressing up in his mom’s clothes, shoes, and nylons. The boy also prefers girl’s dress up games. He feels like the boy should be encouraged to do more ‘boy’ stuff and stop pretending to be mommy.

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Defeating Boredom

Ed Vasicek

The boredom problem

American Christians and Americans in general are suffering from a plague of boredom. This boredom epidemic is a factor in our moral, social, and spiritual downturn. It contributes toward wasted lives, fractured families, and what seems to me to be a rise in depressed persons. We live in a nation where people work, do what they are constrained to do, and then view DVD after DVD or spend hours with video games.

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C. H. Spurgeon - Sermon for New Year's Day

SharperIron

Special thanks to The Spurgeon Archive. Spurgeon delivered this message on Thursday evening, January 1, 1885 at the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington.

“And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new.”—Revelation 21:5.

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The Pursuit of Joy

SharperIron

The author of this essay is no longer involved at SI, but it’s too good to let gather digital dust. First appeared at SharperIron on May 2, 2005. The original post and discussion are available here.

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