I took a bit of time off last week to enjoy some summer-end fun with family and when I checked my e.mail, several of you had sent me this CNN article highlighting the research of my friend, Kenda Creasy Dean at Princeton
OK, this list of what NOT do do as parents sent to me by a friend and parent of a high school and college student is a bit flippant…
This week a member of our original Short-Term Missions think tank, Cari Jenkins, pointed out to us an entry on the Invisible Children blog
Across the country, this week and next week represent a host of freshman move-in days.
In response to last week’s post on helicopter parenting, our friend Derek Melleby from the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding sent us a link to this interview with Margaret Nelson
Recently the New York Times ran this interesting article on exhaustion in the ministry and how more denominations and churches are trying to make sure that pastors take a day off (aka a Sabbath).
Reggie Joiner has become a valued friend and he handed me his new book (co-authored with Carey Nieuwhof) last week called Parenting Beyond Your Capacity
Last week I got to spend 24 hours with the great leadership team of reThink in Atlanta, Georgia. I first met Reggie Joiner last fall and we had a great connection.
My husband thought I might be interested in this example of an Ann Taylor model’s picture both before and after it’s been touched-up.
A friend of mine sent me a Forbes article about how being a helicopter parent is viewed as being a “good” parent when it comes to divorce and custody settlements.
