Category Archives: Family
Eliminate Tattle Taling [INFOGRAPH]
Explanation of INFOGRAPH If you are a parent of multiple children, your children tell on each other….all…the…time. It goes something like this: One child comes and tells you that another of your children broke a rule. Then our immediate … Continue reading
Letter to Dove
About 2 and a half months ago I sat in a meeting where a 55 year old mentor and and friend read a letter that he had wrote to his son 8 years earlier. It was sobering and inspiring hearing … Continue reading
Family Teams Discussion
For the last 3 years the biggest area of change in philosophy and action has been in regards to how Kami and I see family. This is a training discussion that we lead in our home with about 20 people … Continue reading
Lemonade Stand
This last weekend our neighborhood hosted a garage sale and somehow our kids got the idea of doing a lemonade stand. I wasn’t too excited about it but as the saying goes, “when life give you lemons…make a lemonade stand.” … Continue reading
It’s Not Too Late
I just passed out fliers to our neighborhood for our third annual 4th of July Neighborhood BBQ. Three years ago I organized this for the first time. It felt really weird for a couple of reasons: We are the youngest … Continue reading
The Cost of Living in Community
For the last 10 months we have had a family live in our single family house with us. I’ve been meaning to write about it for a while. This last week they moved out and I wanted to share some … Continue reading
Using Facebook to Expand your Dinner Table
I’m going to try a little experiment and I figured I would post it here for anyone that is interested. I am going to create a special “friends” list with facebook “friends” who live close and are interested in last … Continue reading
Crawford Christmas Card
The Crawford Christmas Card is available for viewing at our family’s website: crawfordlife.com. We now have wordpress software operating on that site which means it’s a lot easier to use for updates. This is the main place that we are … Continue reading
Is punishing children overrated?
I am not against spanking. I am not against punishment. In fact the very reason why I do either of those is the same reason that is prompting me to stop. For me the purpose of parenting is to train … Continue reading
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Family AM Meeting
This week I came to conclusions. The most important of which is that I am on my way to being a parent with a lot of regret. I think that I have neglected the importance and value of the family … Continue reading
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