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February 2014

February 05, 2014

The Surprising Parenting Problems of Unlimited Screen Time

I’ve been disheartened by the judgments I’ve lorded over my children, even if only in...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

Why I Won’t Encourage My Kids to Play Football

"Were my boys ever to ask me if they could sign up, I must admit...

July 2013

July 09, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Andrew Solomon’s ‘Far From the Tree’

"The challenge, it seems, is learning to love our children for who they are, for...

July 02, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: Taking A Slower Family Path

"Parenting often seems about helping children 'get ahead,' accruing social capital in childhood to translate...

June 2013

June 18, 2013

The Kiddy Pool: What’s In A Name, Mrs. Carter?

"Our names tell us how we know ourselves, how we want to be known, and...

June 12, 2013

Diving Into The Public Schooling Vs. Home Schooling Issue

What I want, more than anything else, is for our children to know that we...

May 2013

May 22, 2013

iToddler: How Soon Is Too Soon To Expose Kids To Technology?

"I love iPads as much as the next Apple disciple, but I also recognize that...

March 2013

March 28, 2013

Can We Learn From Kids and Their Toys?

"Galimberti's photos are a helpful reminder that I need to be thoughtful about the toys...

March 11, 2013

What’s Wrong With Pursuing Gifted Education for Our Kids?

"Part of what Christian families can bring to the conversation is an awareness of this...

February 2013

February 26, 2013

What’s Wrong with Pursuing Gifted Education for Our Kids?

"Too often even Christian families take an individualistic approach to our educational choices."

January 2013

January 23, 2013

Of Little Boys, Violent Play, and Pretending to Shoot the Bad Guys

"Perhaps the most important is creating a safe environment in which the bad guys in...

December 2012

December 11, 2012

The Sandwich Generation

"As Christians, it is imperative to consider, for our own families, our communities, and our...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

Bringing My Four-Year-Old to “Wreck-It Ralph” Was a Total Parenting Fail

After this recent incident, I'm forced to consider how many of my childrearing plans might...

November 14, 2012

Dads: The New Video Game Heroes

"How interesting would it be if video games turn out to be tools that challenge...

October 2012

October 19, 2012

Teaching Children a Healthy View of the Human Body

I never want my children to feel repressed when it comes to their bodies, nor...

October 15, 2012

Teach Your Children Well: Reflecting on Madeline Levine’s Book and Galatians 5

Last week, MSNBC’s "The Cycle" interviewed Dr. Madeline Levine, psychologist and author of Teach Your Children...

October 01, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Project Runway’s “It’s Fashion Baby”

"It’s my job to to treat them as whole humans while demonstrating that even if...

September 2012

September 26, 2012

Play: Good for Children and Other Living Things

I must admit, I read the article "Is CrossFit Training Good for Kids?" with significant...

September 17, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Another Look at “Disappearing Mothers”

"Roiphe misses the fact that motherhood is a calling for many women, and that engaging...

September 11, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Parenting in the Big Picture

"Sometimes the work of understanding God’s promises is pretty simple, and reading with my toddler...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: A Letter to My Children’s Future Therapists

"I know I’m not perfect; we all get only one perfect Parent, and I’m clearly...

August 20, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Teach Your Children Well

"What’s best for our kids is to develop their character while we let them be...

August 06, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Olympic Parenting

"'Parent' is a verb, and it’s gender neutral, whether one is an Olympian or an...

July 2012

July 02, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Having It All…Or Not

"It is still anathema is this culture -- where 'having it all' gets defined by...

May 2012

May 14, 2012

The Kiddy Pool: Child-Free by Choice

"Both Badinter’s book and the child-free couples she describes represent opposition to the belief that...

January 2012

January 23, 2012

Modern Family’s Cussing Controversy

"To what extent are audiences passive or active in the shaping of media, which, ultimately,...

December 2011

December 22, 2011

Mommy, Daddy, Who is Santa Claus?

Five parents share their approach to the famous gift-giver.

January 2011

January 08, 2011

So you're having a baby: Parenting tips from CaPC

Our very own Drew Dixon recently announced to the rest of the CaPC staff that...

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