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While Ronald Reagan was president, a thirteen year-old boy sent him a letter requesting disaster relief funds because his mother asked him to clean his room. Recently, an Internet blogger rediscovered the letter and reposted it. In the original request, seventh grader Andy Smith from South Carolina wrote,…

A young 18-year-old from Connecticut would do well to remember the fifth commandment. When his mother insisted he clean his room, he cursed her. When things got out of hand, the police showed up and arrested him. His response was to tell the police, “I have rights.” --The Week, October 14, 2011 p. 6…

A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4-8 year olds, "What does love mean?" The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined. See what you think: "When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore so my grandfather…

By Tammy Rosenfeldt ~ They started off as babies who found my Tupperware drawer much more fascinating than their toy box. ~ The days I change the paper towel roll in the kitchen bring great excitement as they claim their new sword or telescope. ~ Their current toys are only exciting when I either reorganize…

By Julie Weingarden Dubin Jean Twenge knew her daughter was too old for a pacifier but liked the comfort it provided — not only for her 3-year-old, but also for Mom and Dad. Twenge, a psychology professor at San Diego University and co-author of The Narcissism Epidemic — Living in the Age of Entitlement,…

Lord of the stranger, I am leaving home today! Soon I shall walk out that front door, through which I have come and gone these many years, but this time I shall not return today or tomorrow. My parents, and all those who have loved me there, will watch me go, and I shall turn and wave my hand to them.…

The Big Sissy Like the mom who was tucking her small boy into bed one summer night during a violent thunder storm. She was just about to turn out the light when he asked with a tremor in his voice, "Mommy, will you sleep with me tonight?" The mother smiled and gave him a reassuring hug. "I can’t, Dear,"…

My parents want me to have the things they didn't have when they were kids. Like, all A's on every report card. Mikey's Funnies, May 19, 2009

One Sunday morning when my son, David, was about 5, we were attending a church in our community. It was common for the preacher to invite the children to the front of the church and have a small lesson before beginning the sermon. He would bring in an item they could find around the house and relate…

I was out walking with my 4-year-old granddaughter. She picked up something off the ground and started to put it in her mouth. I took the item away from her and I asked her not to do that. "Why?" my granddaughter asked. "Because it's been on the ground. You don't know where it's been, it's dirty, and…

What would Jesus do I like the story about the little boy who came into where his mom was & announced that he had 2 pieces of candy. She asked, "What are you going to do with them?" He answered, "I’m going to eat them." Thinking this was a great teaching opportunity, she said to him, "Don’t you think…

There are no patents; crafts are handed down from fathers to son, or are learned by apprentices; the Athenians are exempted by law from caring for the old age of parents who have failed to teach them a trade. The Story of Civilization II, The Life of Greece, by Will Durant, page 272

Privilege of Motherhood James Keller says, "Every mother has the breath-taking privilege of sharing with God in the creation of new life." And when God places a child or children in your arms, His will for you is to bring them up in a home where they will know God & His word, & Jesus Christ as their…

William Hocking once observed that a very slight shift in the set of the rudder at the outset of a voyage makes a great difference in the point of arrival. The Journal of Religious Speaking, page 65

“I’m really worried.” Why?” Well, my wife read the Tale of Two Cities and we had twins. Later she read the Three Musketeers and we had triplets. Now she is reading Birth Of A Nation!” More Good Clean Jokes, Bob Phillips, page 41

Nearly 10 years after a stunning photograph of his tiny hand traveled the world, Samuel Armas has a firm grip on what "The Hand of Hope" means to him. "When I see that picture, the first thing I think of is how special and lucky I am to have God use me that way," Samuel told FOXNews.com. "I feel very…

Raising a child is very much like building a skyscraper. If the first few stories are slightly out of line, no one will notice. But when the building is 18 or 20 stories high, everyone will see that it tilts.

A friend of ours has a trash-removal service that consists of a truck, a man and two children. The youngsters tramp the load down and then lie on top to keep the trash from blowing away. One day the owner was driving with a friend from out of town and came upon the truck with the children lying on top…

Individual incidents do not warp a child’s personality. It is the daily hammering of long-term unhealthy relationships that damage a child. The Games Children Play, A. H. Chapman, M.D.

Every day one or two children under five years old in the U. S. are killed by their parents, according to Drs. Ray E. Heifer and C. Henry Kempe of the University of Colorado, who are reporting their findings in a book, The Battered Child. The infanticide rate is greater than the combined total taken…

A Texas mother of twins got the shock of her life when doctors revealed that her 11-month-old boys do not have the same father. Mia Washington decided to get some expert advice when she and her partner noticed that twins Justin and Jordan had different facial features. Paternity tests then revealed what…

A BOY of 14 was the REAL father of the baby that 13-year-old Alfie Patten thought was his, it emerged yesterday. Schoolboy Alfie believed he had become Britain’s youngest dad after 15-year-old girlfriend Chantelle Stedman gave birth to daughter Maisie in Eastbourne, East Sussex. But DNA tests proved…

It was graduation down in the Ozarks. The honor graduate was a boy named Eddie. He was the son of a farmer father and mother who had never been far away from home. It was quite an event for them to travel by train to the college campus for the commencement. But go they must, for their Eddie was to give…

Parents don’t know it all One Mother’s Day a "For Better or Worse" comic strip portrayed Michael’s mother tossing & turning on her bed, thinking about her role as a mother, asking herself: "Am I too tough or am I too lenient? Do I give in too much or too seldom? Do I listen to what he has to say? Do…

Mother to friend: “I don’t want to say anything against my kids – but when I go to PTA meetings I go under an assumed name” Reader’s Digest, September 1974, page 70