Category Archives: Education

K’NEX, Barbie and the tension of true feminism

Posted on March 5, 2012 by

My name is David, and I’m a feminist. And before you ask, Yes, you can have a penis and be a feminist. Feminism isn’t about hating men or claiming women are better, but about seeking the flourishing of both genders … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Parenting, Toys and Games, Training Up a Child | 9 Comments

The sun is a mass of incandescent gas

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

“Daddy, is the sun hotter than the oven?” Yes, it’s much hotter than the oven. “Is the sun hotter than the microwave?” It’s way hotter than the microwave. “Is the sun hotter than Mommy?” I…well…huh. Not all difficult questions are hard to … Continue reading →

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A list of things I want my daughter to know

Posted on September 20, 2011 by

My daughter is four years old. Pretty soon now she’ll be eighteen. Last week I mentioned that I’ve been thinking a lot about the things I want her to know as she goes through adolescence and prepares to leave home. … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Parenting, Training Up a Child | 15 Comments

Things I Want My Daughter to Know

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

Shan wrote an excellent post last Thursday about struggling to figure out what it means to be a woman. In the post she talked about allowing her daughter to be who she wants to be, even if that means she likes girly … Continue reading →

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The Myth of Parental Protection, or Why my daughter will read Dracula

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

I came across an article on Geekmom today that got all my book-loving, free speech hackles up. In the article, Geekmom Suzanne Lezear responds to a recent article by Meghan Cox Gurdon in the Wall Street Journal about a mom who … Continue reading →

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The Time I Tried to Explain Euthanasia to a Kid Who Can’t Even Read Yet

Posted on March 9, 2011 by

We were talking about Jesus, about the crucifixion, about death and burial. My three year old daughter and I were in her bed reading a Bible story before she went to sleep. She was asking questions I didn’t really know how … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Tuesday: The Moments that Make Parenting Totally Worth It

Posted on March 1, 2011 by

I wrote in a Top Tuesday post a few weeks ago about the hardest parts of being a parent, and I want to balance that today by listing some of the things that make the whole wrestling match worth it. The … Continue reading →

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Emerging Children

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

There is a question no one seems to be asking among the post-evangelical set and it’s been weighing heavily on my mind over the last year – What do we teach our kids? Let me explain. A large number of modern Christians, especially … Continue reading →

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I don’t like juice of beetles

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

A few weeks ago on a trip to the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Yosi and I sat in on a show about stars in their awesome planetarium. Yosi thought it was great, especially the part where they take you on an … Continue reading →

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Muncie Children’s Museum

Posted on January 19, 2011 by

The first Saturday after New Year’s Lyndie and I took Yoselin to the Muncie Children’s Museum in Muncie, Indiana. Our membership to Boonshoft got us in free and while the Muncie museum is definitely smaller and less polished than Boonshoft … Continue reading →

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