Tag: Parenthood

With three children born in four years, we quickly learned the chaos of parenthood—exhaustion, worry, and the weight of lifelong responsibility. We were at the pointy end of what the church calls paternitatem consciam, “Conscious Parenthood.”

Years ago my parents would stay up late into the evening, wondering when I was going to get home. Arriving well after my curfew the customary lecture would ensue: “Don’t you know nothing good happens after midnight? I trust you, I don’t trust the people out there ...

One day, a child came snuffling and sobbing down the stairs in the morning, and when I asked what was the matter, she said,...

Many parenting 'discipline' strategies are in fact abuse One of the toughest, potentially most painful, potentially most rewarding parts of being a parent is sorting...