Pacification Parenting

Pacification Parenting

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Children begin life totally dependent upon someone else. Parents are gifted with a hormonal instinct to protect and nurture their young—a most compelling and satisfying drive. Nothing is required of the infant. We patiently tolerate crying, waking us in the night, throwing up all over us, and still we rush to meet their every need and desire. But, in about eighteen years, we will expect them to be totally autonomous souls fully responsible for themselves. That’s one crazy eighteen years, and who is sufficient for these things? Many kids are not ready to take responsibility when the time comes. Most are ... Read More
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Serious Smile

Michael Pearl

If you look at the quality of your trust, your smile may vanish, but if you look to the success of Him whom you trust, there will always be more than enough motivation to smile.

Read Article August 2009 4 comments
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Ministry…Business

Mel Cohen, CFP, RFC, RTRP, General Manager

If we did not stay on top of the latest business and marketing ideas to continually expand our income base, we would not be able to minister adequately. We are a small ministry that is making a big impact.

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The Chinese Waitress

Freida Lansing

You can show your children how to be a real light unto this world, not just a sweet example. You can make an eternal difference.

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The Ant

Shalom (Pearl) Brand

That night, as we were eating the food that we had harvested that day, Gracie told her dad the story of the Ant and the Grasshopper…

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Survival

Michael Pearl

I say again: The best resource against hard times is knowledge. When you add to knowledge a convenient environment to put that knowledge to work, you will be a confident and happy survivor of any local or national disaster.

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They’re Smarter Than You Think

Michael Pearl

Here was my half-pint grandson wrestling with reconciling the sovereignty of God with the free will of a squirrel.

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Adrenaline Rush

Shalom (Pearl) Brand

Of special concern is how we as parents help our sons survive the most powerful force of their growing-up years that they will ever encounter;the girl-crazy years.

Read Article June 2009 1 comment
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The Only Trophies

Michael Pearl

Every kid is lazy unless he is taught to work. And no one is taught to work with words or admonitions any more than someone can develop muscles in a classroom learning about muscles.

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What I Want in a Guy!

A Young Woman

I am a 22-year-old girl who has met and seen my fair share of couples. I’ve traveled a good bit and lived with/helped out different families doing mission work.

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What I Am Looking for in a Wife

A Young Man

The most attractive women I’ve met are those who are satisfied where they are, yet are open for more of what God has for them. This is a freedom only God can give.

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