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Is “standing on the inside” spunk or defiance? Mom Slabach knew about “standing on the inside” and about spunk. She always said she wouldn’t give a dime for a kid without some spunk. She had no patience with a child who acquiesced to anything without questioning. “Kids need to learn to think for themselves,” she…
Getting there from here. Comfortableness in marriage does happen. When something is comfortable, it brings contentment, security, and freedom from vexation, doubt, stress, or tension. That is a goal in a marriage over time. It’s a realistic goal. It really is. A solid and good marriage is a comfortable marriage. Certainly, newlyweds can (and should…
The wrong place I will be the first to admit that many times, the choices we make put us in the wrong places at the right time. Consensual sex turns to “rape” after the fact, and boys get jailed for it. If the young men had not been having sex with a girl who was…
From “No” to “When . . . then . . . “ Use “When . . . then” with your kids, and it will change your parenting. It is easy to focus on the negative because that’s what it is: negative. Our child shirks responsibility, does not follow a rule, or refuses to cooperate. We…
Lynching rampage. It was May, 1918. The lynching rampage in Brooks County, Georgia, started after a white plantation owner was shot and killed by a black worker. Hampton Smith, known for abusing and beating his workers, had a history of violence with his workers and used the debt peonage system [outlawed by Congress in 1867]….
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