Soul Food: Week of August 21

“Soul Food” is a regularly updated calendar of meditations sometimes questioning conventional wisdom & often suggesting eternal values

Sunday: One reason parenting is so hard is that young children can accidentally get in harm’s way, but as they get older they can also do so on purpose.

Monday: Being a parent is one of the hardest things you’ll ever do but in exchange it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love. Nicholas Sparks

Tuesday: Parenting is the easiest thing in the world to have an opinion about, but the hardest thing in the world to do. Matt Walsh

Wednesday: Before I married, I had 3 theories about raising children. Now, I have 3 children & no theories. John Wilmot

Thursday: Behind every young child who believes in himself is a parent who believed first. Matthew Jacobson

Friday: When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much he had learned in 7 years. Mark Twain

Saturday: At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of parents. Jane D. Hull

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