Tonight I’m asking myself a question, “Does a child’s perception of feeling unloved physically make him or her more vulnerable to harm from our sex-saturated culture?” Awhile back my mom gave me a copy of the 5 Love Languages book. It was good– gave Lee and me a lot to talk about. (Ok…. Mostly it […]
No Hugging?
Since I’ve had several questions about this post, I decided to make some explanations a regular post. [The real reason is that I spent a lot of time on this topic, and I don’t want to waste the energy, so to speak.] To clarify, I don’t at this point forbid our children from hugging family […]
A Girl/ Guy Talk
Awhile back, we talked about good touching and bad touching. At one point, I said, “It’s not good to touch someone…” and Bethel finished “when you have dirty hands.” Yes, we’re off to a good start. I started out talking about mommies and daddies. They like to touch each other. They kiss, and sleep together […]
Teaching Purity: Where to Start
A few days ago, I mentioned that I wanted to teach our children appropriate physical contact between boys and girls. I’ve been praying for wisdom in this area. Am I being too sensitive? Am I worrying too much? Does God’s Word have anything that will guide me as I teach my young children to be […]
