Here’s the first modesty goal we’re going to talk about: I want my children to become fiercely independent in the development of personal style and color choices. I want my children to develop right opinions about modesty, far before their friends do. I want my daughters to know why they dress differently than their friends, so [...]
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Today I’m writing down some of my goals for modesty. Then we can talk about what actions I’m taking so far to accomplish these goals. Some of them I’m thinking years ahead, but I’m convinced that’s the best way. If you don’t have years, you might have to navigate differently. Some of these are goals [...]
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Shaking off the blog dust… Yesterday I was reminded of something I’ve wanted to blog (think) about. As our children get older, we’ve been getting more and more opportunities to teach them about modesty. It’s a fun topic for me, and one that I’m realizing is almost completely different when it comes to teaching it [...]
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Here’s another area where parents need to be thinking ahead: I don’t want my children to purchase their first computer as adults and have no idea how to manage the computer. I have our computer locked down pretty securely. Our children don’t have their own computers, they use them on a limited basis, we only [...]
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I can’t solve the gender discussions of the world. I won’t even try, but I will talk about some of the things I’ve been wrestling with. First, it doesn’t really bother me THAT culture seems to inform our understanding of biblical femininity or masculinity. This seems logical and reasonable, and quite consistent with biblical principles [...]
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One of the challenges that mom has given me is to anticipate the lessons our children need and teach them before that time. She points out that in many ways its easier to teach a fourteen year old how to drive than a sixteen year old. If I don’t want my sixteen year old daughter [...]
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We’ve been listening to the Little House on the Prairie series in the car. Since I enjoy children’s literature, I find the development of spirited heroines in the twentieth century to be greatly interesting. We like Laura, who speaks her mind and isn’t content to sit in a corner to sew demurely. Mary seems pale [...]
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Yesterday I opened up Proverbs 5 and read it for breakfast. [long pause] Yes, that’s the chapter about the immoral woman. Last week when we were at the thrift store looking for books, David and Bethel were excited to find some birding magazines. One of them was a Smithsonian, and although I glanced at it [...]
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I’m always interested in non-clothing examples of immodesty, and this might be a good one. At a school in Maine this year, students who engaged in attention-getting behaviors were denied their diplomas. They were warned ahead of time, apparently, perhaps making this situation at its heart not about modesty, but about submission to authority (as [...]
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I announced to the children that they would henceforth be disallowed from changing gender when they pretend to be animals. I hesitated about this for awhile. I don’t want to draw attention to something that right now is of minor importance. And yet, I do want them in the habit of being thankful for the [...]
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