Our Topic: Children
Are you finding your rhythm yet? I trust life is settling down, and your family’s school routines are getting under way. Welcome to autumn!
Meanwhile, we’re gearing up to welcome a tiny new addition to the family (almost) tomorrow. Please pray. It’s going to be a little chaotic for me as I play nursemaid to our daughter on the east coast, and adjust to my new role as grandma. If this blog falls silent for a week or two, you'll know why.
Since family is so much on our brains right now, it seems appropriate to tackle the topic of children this coming Monday—Sept. 26, 2011. As a group, we wrote about “Adding Kids to the Mix” exactly a year ago. It’s a very broad subject, and this time you have the opportunity to cover it from a different angle.
7 Writing Prompts
If you’re confused and don’t know where to begin, the following writing prompts might help you. Or, you can cover an entirely different aspect of child-rearing altogether.
1. Private, public, or homeschool?
2. Purpose of children in marriage
3. How to discipline children effectively
4. Raising sons versus raising daughters
5. Preventing prodigal children
6. Family fun & traditions
7. Children & divorce
As always, you’re encouraged to be creative and have some fun. Prose, verse, photos, a video—you name it—all are welcome.
"... I lavish unfailing love for a thousand generations on those who love me and obey my commands." (Exodus 20:5-6 NLT)
Why Marriage Matters
I’ll leave you with a link to the Facebook Page of the third edition of Why Marriage Matters: Thirty Conclusions from the Social Sciences. The sad outcome of the lives of children whose parents cohabit instead of marry probably won’t surprise you ... but it’s good to be reminded.
If you squint hard, the second entry below says, "Children of unwed parents are more likely to drop out of school than children of parents in an intact marriage." Go read the rest!
See you on Monday.
Up Next—Marriage Monday. Topic: Children
Will you have time to join us on Monday?
6 Comments:
Via Facebook Dawn Winters said...
I'm going to try NOT to miss this one...was sad I couldn't get in on the last one!
Via Facebook, EuNice gave this post a thumbs up.
I'm going to try. I think I'm going to write about when the oldest leaves the home and the affect it has on marriages....at least in my experience thus far...is that ok??
Thanks for the reminder!
I've got my 1st draft done...now to let it age and settle a bit!
;-)
C
Via FB Joyfull said...:
Just finished mine too!!
Via FB Dawn Winters said...:
Writing my blog post as we speak! ;) Thanks for the reminder!
Via FB Thumbs up from...
April Harris & Cheri Gregory.
mine is up now Emom and i plan on coming back here later tonite (monday) after work,house,dinner, etc and read yours! it looks GREAT!
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