Daisy | August 24, 2010
As much as I am about staying even-handed, and respecting different opinions when it comes to the murky territory of how best to parent our children, there are a few areas where it just does not make sense to say that it’s in the parents’ discretion. Hitting your kids is one of them. Thank [...]
Daisy | July 13, 2010
“If you treat an individual as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Daisy | July 13, 2010
Today, let’s take a look at the 7 Heavenly Virtues we can strive to embody as mothers and fathers. 1. Faith Faith is simply a conviction that something is true, without reliance on any empirical data. For many, faith primarily means faith in a higher power that will guide their decisions wisely. For myself, while [...]
Daisy | July 13, 2010
Ran across this article about a new book from renowned French feminist Elisabeth Badinter that’s causing quite a stir. Her thesis is that the pressure to be a perfect mother is at a peak right now, and that pressure is a tool for the further oppression of women. I haven’t read the book, but plan [...]
Daisy | July 13, 2010
This Memorial Day weekend I have been struggling with my internal reaction to the words “Support Our Troops”. Because this blog is in part about how to heal divisions between people it seems an appropriate topic. Like many people, I did not believe that the US should have begun the war in Iraq. But [...]
