It’s not a game
May 25th, 2006I only need look at my daughters sleeping to realize that. The stakes are too high to view life as a game.
If you have advice for raising and educating them, I’ll listen. Just don’t be offended if I completely dismiss your advice. It’s highly unlikely that you have anything to say that I haven’t already heard and/or considered. I’m extreme and I won’t apologize for it.
“Chutes & Ladders” doesn’t even get my approval. (That game teaches that doing “good” rewards you and doing “bad” gets you punished. Worse still, it’s all by random chance. Sound familiar? That’s what many churches teach and it’s evil. If you believe any of that you’re very deceived.) Also, I almost never let them watch the Disney channel. Don’t get me started on Disney.
Those are just a couple of examples.
Besides, we don’t need “Chutes & Ladders” because they’re both getting pretty good at Hold ‘em and prefer it. I think I can probably start teaching them 7 stud and Omaha in a few months. Those are games that will teach them something valuable (and true) about life.
Call me crazy if it makes you feel better, but I tend to believe that anything that undermines the Word of God and the traditional definition of family is unhealthy. If you don’t like that, I’ll smile and nod and pray for you and take comfort knowing that someday your kids will probably be working for mine.
The world is sick and that sickness is both subtle and creeping.
I’ve been charged to protect them and I intend to do it. I would humbly suggest that you not get in the way as I do. And the next time you’re tempted to think that you know better than I do how they should be handled, take a deep breath and consider that I’m willing to die for them. Then ask yourself if you are.
Now that’s a comeback worthy of a standing ovation(yes, I’m standing applauding). Raising children to be honest, decent, worthwhile people is a very difficult task. One that shouldn’t be taken lightly and unfortunately often is. The misconception that just loving them is enough is absurd. I listen as people offer their suggestions on how I should handle situations and raise my children, usually nod politely and end the conversation as quickly and politely as possible(I’m a stickler for manners). You as a parent inherently know what your child needs, the problem arises when it’s something you can’t give them. Love them, teach them and try to provide an good example for them to follow(that’s not advice it’s common sense!!) As for your dislike of all things Disney…..The occasional princess tale is needed for little girls(get over it already!!) and don’t tell me the Incredibles wasn’t funny. It’s good to see you back. You’re money baby!!
I made the mistake of wasting about 4 precious minutes reading several of your blatherings. While I did enjoy the Ann Coulter column you linked to, the rest of what I read was extremely lame. Just plain uninteresting.