“Building Up My Boys”

Desiree Taylor It seems like yesterday this picture was taken. These boys are now fifteen and twenty years old. I used to hate it when the older moms would say, “It goes by so fast.” I have to confess I didn’t believe that then when every day seemed to last forever. I have found this…

Measuring Your Child’s Value

Measuring Your Child’s Value By Beth Demme Early in our children’s elementary school experience I learned to dread the weekly folder. Very early. Probably around week two of kindergarten. My son has always been … verbal. Despite living without language for the first year of his life (he lived in a Russian orphanage) and then…

The Truth About Self Worth

by Cristina Grau     The Truth about Self Worth In the public school system, and in America today, we see a strong pull towards helping our children build self-confidence. Our children are great; our children are smart, our children are going places. It doesn’t matter that a good portion of our children are failing…