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11 years ago @ The Blazing Center - Me Stephen, Me Speak C... · 2 replies · +1 points

When we sang that hymn, we had a footnote at the bottom explaining the meaning of words that are uncommon in today's usage. We could sing the verses that we wanted but not completely lose people along the way.

Personally, I'd love to have more songs that needed a little thought and/or explanation. Seems that too many modern praise songs are chorus, chorus, chorus, chorus, brief diversion, chorus, chorus, let's give God a hand.... I don't think that all hymns are great, but there's a richness in a lot of them that is just not present in too many modern songs (not all). Instead of leaving with a greater sense of awe and adoration, I sometimes get caught up in the number of times we're repeating the same line or two. :(

11 years ago @ The Blazing Center - Calling All Readers! H... · 0 replies · +1 points

Happy to read in the "Adult" category. Can use the Kindle or PDF format. :)

11 years ago @ Life360 Now - 5 Reasons You Should B... · 0 replies · +1 points

We enjoy camping - just not during the summer. Texas summers are pretty brutal so we'd have to get quite a ways away to escape the 100+ heat during the day and not getting much below 80 at night. Doable, but not as much fun as more moderate weather. Of course, we can go camping in December sometimes when the weather is still pretty decent and doesn't get too cool to make it uncomfortable. We're also part of a troop that camps somewhat regularly and that helps to get us out.

As for unplugging, we enjoy playing together in other ways - mostly board games (Ticket to Ride and Dominion are the most commonly played in our home). Getting away does help to leave the computers and work behind, though.

11 years ago @ https://www.threediffe... - Share Your Mobile Mish... · 0 replies · +1 points

I had a Blackberry die on me during a car accident. I had it in my pocket and when I checked it after the accident, the screen was completely shattered. It had survived all sorts of things before that, but the accident did it in.

11 years ago @ Being Tazim - Stuff Some Fun into Su... · 0 replies · +1 points

My wife and kid are both attending a summer camp and have been prepping for home school this coming year (new to us - trying it out to see if it works better for us). That has definitely tied up quite a bit of time and I don't think we need to look for extra things to keep busy. :)

11 years ago @ Life360 Now - 10 Things to Teach You... · 0 replies · +2 points

I appreciate the reminder about "adults asking for help". We do teach that not all strangers are bad, but this one is a great reminder. Go get an adult to help another adult and stay away from the car - great advice. We'll need to go over a couple of these again, especially now that our kid is getting older.

11 years ago @ Life360 Now - Spanking leads to depr... · 0 replies · +1 points

I don't normally respond to these sorts of things because discipline is going to need to vary for each kid, but those stats are just a little misleading or at least incomplete to me.

The criteria for this was "pushed, grabbed, shoved, slapped or hit by your parents or any adult living in your house". There's a potentially huge difference between that question and "were you ever spanked".

As for a total ban, I'll admit that I'm not really in favor of that. Sometimes a swat on the bottom is a very effective reminder that the behavior crossed the line. I've seen kids cry abuse because they did something wrong, were spanked, and then called CPS on their parents. That's ridiculous and creates a lot more trouble than it's worth. It also takes away from dealing with real abuse issues.

I haven't reviewed the UN Convention details, but I'm not really a huge fan of a bunch of other countries that allow persecution of people in all sorts of ways coming in to tell us how to raise our children. I don't necessarily disagree with what's in it, but don't know the details so will leave it as "we can handle this without the UN".

11 years ago @ Life360 Now - 6 Ways to Celebrate In... · 1 reply · +1 points

Favorite - singing @ the Botanical Gardens with our chorus while they set off fireworks behind us. This year - being in a parade handing out candy, swimming, relaxing a bit at home, and grilling. We may play some games together, but with typical TX temps, we probably will minimize our time spent outside.

11 years ago @ Life360 Now - No-Zero Policies · 0 replies · +1 points

I don't know if we have a no-zero policy or not, but it wouldn't necessarily surprise me. As you mentioned above, the teachers couldn't talk about it and most teachers are willing to give all sorts of chances to make up tests and eventually turn in work. I'm all for a little lenience in the rare case where someone forgets or life gets in the way, but if a student habitually abuses those privileges, they should get zeros. Of course, with all of the focus on getting the kids through, passing the tests, and keeping their (fake) self-esteem high it's easy to see that some people want to make sure that the kids never fail. :(

I support this teacher doing the right thing, not the politically correct thing. It's sad that he was let go, especially if it was related to this ridiculous policy. I'm hoping there's more to the story than just that, but it wouldn't surprise me if the whole reason was for giving the students what they earned.

11 years ago @ http://beautifullybell... - Dear Ole\' Daddy-O Fat... · 0 replies · +1 points

I'll find out about the plans for the day when my kid surprises me. :)

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