December 30, 2018 / Nancy Diraison Teaching children to say, “No”, and when to do so! I’ve always been fascinated with the decision-making process. Making decisions seems to be one of the greatest difficulties in life. Some people, for fear of making mistakes, avoid making decisions as often as possible. Others charge right in andContinue reading “TOUGH DECISIONS: Can Disobedience ever be Right?”
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TRAINING CHILDREN TO BE LEADERS with VISION… an important lesson from acorns
December 13, 2018 / Nancy Diraison What we can learn from acorns… Most people, when shown an acorn, see an acorn. President Harry Truman was fond of a lesson from that fact. He knew that when shown an acorn, very, very few people can see the tree — the massive tree that grows from thatContinue reading “TRAINING CHILDREN TO BE LEADERS with VISION… an important lesson from acorns”
The Four Seasons of Parenting
Nancy Diraison. October 22, 2018 Why the right order matters in child rearing Why children need both parents No one questions the four seasons in nature. Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter. They make sense. If winter came right after spring there would be no harvests. If we skipped any season agriculture would not have itsContinue reading “The Four Seasons of Parenting”