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  • The Benefits of Delayed Schooling

    The Benefits of Delayed Schooling0

    If you are one of those parents who decided to delay your child’s schooling, or forgo it altogether, you have plenty of company.  According to Education Week, in the years 2008-2010 fewer than half of U.S. children under age five attended preschool, and the number of stay-at-home-parents has been rising over the past decade. Additionally, there are more

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  • The Benefits of Being an Only Child

    The Benefits of Being an Only Child0

    According to the (Australian) ABC, there is a lot of prejudice, negativity and downright rudeness directed towards parents of a single child.  Apparently such parents get asked things like: are you going to give your child a brother or a sister? Aren’t they lonely? What happens if they die and you are left with no

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  • The Benefits and Best Practices of Religious Parenting

    The Benefits and Best Practices of Religious Parenting1

    Surveying the growing body of social science research helps bring greater clarity to the complex, and largely beneficial, interactions between religion and family life. The research also suggests evidence-based best practices for effectively integrating faith and family life, including religious-spiritual authenticity, nurturing parent-child relationships, balancing religious firmness and flexibility, and encouraging youth to have spiritual

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  • The Beginning of World War III?

    The Beginning of World War III?0

    Today a Russian fighter jet was shot down by Turkey. The pilots were captured by Syrian rebels. At least one appeared to be dead in a video in which the rebels chanted “Allahu Akbar” – “God is great” – over his body.     Turkey, a member of NATO, claims that the Russian plane invaded

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  • The Bedford Boys: A Time for Remembrance and Gratitude

    The Bedford Boys: A Time for Remembrance and Gratitude0

    Thursday, June 6th, 2019, brings the 75th anniversary of D-Day, the massive assault on occupied France by Allied Forces in World War II. It was the greatest seaborne invasion in military history. President Trump has gone to Britain to share in the remembrance of D-Day. Speakers in Great Britain, the United States, and France will remind

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  • The Beauty of Broken Things

    The Beauty of Broken Things36

    It was one of those weekends. Last Saturday, I was driving my oldest son, Noah, to the driving range on a golf cart when my iPhone had enough of life and flung itself from my pocket. A kind motorist, waving us through the crossing, watched in horror as the screen exploded into a crystalline crime

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