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When Chef Gordon Ramsay and his family go on vacation, his four kids are not permitted to sit with him and his wife in first class. “They haven’t worked anywhere near hard enough to afford first class,” the wealthy Ramsay declares. Having been raised in public housing in poverty and chaos where he left…

The results of a Dartmouth Medical School scientific study titled Hardwired to Connect, said that if you want to pass truth and values on to your children or young people, you must do two things: You must establish or develop a loving, intimate relationship with the child. You must model that very truth…

Just like his dad, 24-year old Alton Jones Jr. is a professional fisherman. From the time that Jones was six years old, the entire family traveled to Bassmaster tournaments from coast to coast. Jones’ mother, Jimmye Sue, home schooled her children so the family could travel together throughout the tournament…

Dr. Paul White, father of teenage twin sons, says that parenting isn’t just about training your child in biblical principles, but it also involves getting them ready for the real world. One day his sons came home from school and told him and his wife that they no longer wanted to do chores. Their schedules…

Children are precious. Our responsibility as parents is to rear them in a way pleasing to God. Jenna Krehbiel certainly taught her three-year-old daughter one lesson she remembered. She was with her parents at a Kansas circus when one of the big cats escaped its handlers and entered into the ladies room.…

The day comes when all parents must recognize that their children have grown up and allow them to make their way in the world. Some parents have often trouble letting go. For the clingy type parents whose children are attending a Chinese university in Wuhan, the college is helping. They are providing…

A new federally funded study looked at the effectiveness of different sex education programs. One program taught abstinence, the other safe sex. The classes were taught to 12-year-olds. After 2 years, 33 percent of the students taught abstinence had lost their virginity compared to 52 percent of the…

One of the most important aspects of being a parent is spending quality time with the children. The child defines quality time. You can spend all the time you want with the child, but if they don’t get some satisfaction out of it, it was probably not quality time. Philip Rivers, Quarterback for the San…

Parenting is more than a duty, it’s a life calling. US News and World Report once reported the following story about parenting: “Americans are so shaped and stamped by their legacy of individualism that the concepts of community virtue and moral obligation have been discredited. In our popular culture,…

Researchers say strict parenting can curb teen drug abuse WASHINGTON - Parents who impose strict rules on their teenagers have a better chance of raising drug-free children, but most set few rules or none at all, a research center said Wednesday. Sixty-one percent of 12- to 17 -year-olds are at risk…

I was at home with Ryan one morning when I suddenly realized that it had been approximately two minutes since my little explorer had mande any noise. (When one baby-sits with Ryan, silence is definitely not golden.) I immediately began look for him, searching each room in the house, but he was not to…

PROVERBS 22:6 Curtis Martin, former running back for the New York Jets, says, "Don't put me in the category of guys who avoid being role models. Look at the position I'm in. People look up to me. So I try to set an example, let them know that if you do things right, your life will probably turn out well."…

How Does Your Garden Grow? by Richard Innes “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it” (Proverbs 22:6, NIV). I read about one atheist who objected strongly to teaching religion in public schools. His argument was that children should be allowed to reach maturity…

Bible Trivia Have you ever played Bible Trivia? I've played it twice--the first and the last time. My father and I, both pastors, were on a team against my sister and my mother. Our team took a real drumming. I'm not a good loser, I tell people it is because I've not had much practice at it, nevertheless,…

RELATIVISM Schools in Great Britain are no longer required to teach the children the difference between right and wrong under current plans to revise the core goals of the Nation's Curriculum. Education ministers in Great Britain also propose deleting references to promoting leadership skills and a requirement…

PARENTING A survey by a British Magazine for teenagers suggests teens may not be as rebellious as most people think. Bliss magazine asked 5,000 young people, with an average age of 15, to take part in a study examining social and political attitudes of teenagers across the country. The survey found the…

Ten Rules for Bringing Down a Child Let him have plenty of money to spend as he likes. Permit him to choose his companions without restraint or guidance. Let him spend Sunday hours on the street or with companions with low ideas as to the Lord’s day. Allow him to go out at night as he pleases and return…

A Christian Guide to Passover (PESCH) Below is a compilation of several contemporary Seder services that are used today. Because of the passage of time and that Passover was intended to be a family tradition, it is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the type of Passover meal or celebration that…