Raising Kind Children in a Honey Boo Boo World
by Chris Jordan
Increasingly I look around at the world and wonder when making fun of people became acceptable. My kids sometimes laugh at things that make me cringe. And on more occasions than I would care to remember I have had to remind one of my children that saying something mean followed by, “Just kidding!” doesn’t in fact make it a joke.
In Defense of Youth Sports
by Chris Jordan
We have a saying in our house: Hard work wins when talent quits working hard. We didn’t make that saying up, but we read it somewhere and decided to embrace it as our own. It is a truth for all areas of life. Nothing will ever beat hard work..
Back-to-School Resolutions
by Chris Jordan
I always loved back to school season when I was a kid. The new clothes, new shoes, crisp notebooks that were not yet written in, sharpened pencils and pens at your disposal. It marked the beginning, a fresh start. No matter what had happened the previous school year, the slate was wiped clean. It seems then a more fitting time of the year to make some resolutions.
It Is None of My Business What Other Teenagers Do, Or Is It?
by Chris Jordan
Do you tell parents if you know their child is involved in destructive behavior such as drinking, drugs, having sex with older boys? Or do you think it is none of your business? I happen to think it takes a village, even if it makes me uncomfortable sometimes.
The Last Time
by Chris Jordan
The lasts are hard for me to deal with. Mostly because when they are happening we don’t know that they are the last. We have no reason to mark the occassion as special or set it aside as being different than any other day. We are just going on like it is a regular day. It is only in retrospect, in looking back, that the event has any importance.
Redshirting, from the Other Side
by Chris Jordan
But what happens as the years pass? I never really hear people talk about this. What about redshirting from the other side of the equation, when these boys are getting ready to graduate and move on to college. Six, eight, ten years later are the parents still happy with their decision.
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