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Never Too Late to Redeem the Time, Part II
Last month we discussed the need for many of us to recover from a malnourished education. To highlight the point, it wasn’t until after college that...
Never Too Late to Redeem the Time, Part I
If you are like me, you are recovering from an anemic school experience that failed to offer you the best education. Sure, you might have learned...
Resist the Great Untruths
Last month we reviewed Jonathan Haidt’s powerful book, The Anxious Generation. Haidt encourages parents to avoid giving children smartphones until...
Reversing the Anxiety Epidemic
The cultural impact of technology has been chronicled for decades, evidenced by a yearly flow of books on the topic. Few, however, are as important...
Seeking Parental Wisdom
Wading through the assortment of Christian parenting books can be overwhelming. Some are great, some dubious, others downright subversive. Making it...
Why Handwriting is More Important Than Ever
In an age of keyboards, touchscreens, and voice-to-text, handwriting is more important than ever. Handwriting gives an avenue for thought not...
Guiding Children to Humility and Wisdom
I’m a fan of Christmas annual letters, with one caveat: those excessive letters that heap glowing helpings of Jimmy’s basketball exploits, Sally’s...
Choose the Old: Favorite and Recommended Books
C.S Lewis writes in Undeceptions, “If one has to choose between reading the new books and reading the old, one must choose the old: not because...
Tech-Wise Family Habits
Thank you to all the parents who joined us at one or both of our Providence Foundations events this year. Keith McCurdy encouraged us to require our...
Practical Steps to Encourage Sturdy Children
Our Providence Foundations events this year focused on two issues important to all of us: tech-wise family habits, and raising sturdy, mature...