Tough Topics Against All Odds -Lettie Kirkpatrick Sociologists tell us there is a great likelihood that: a child of an abuser will be one a child of poverty will stay one a child of an alcoholic will become one a child of a broken home will have one. These statistics...
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Tough Topics Talking to Children about Gambling -Pat Verbal Bethany told her Sunday school teacher, “My dad and I buy a lottery ticket every week at the gas station. We won ten dollars once!” Before the teacher could intervene, Joshua spoke up, “You shouldn’t play the...
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Tough Topics To Discipline or Not to Discipline —Lisa Traughber “Matt and Josh aren’t sitting in chairs for the story,” said Sarah. The rest of the children were seated around me so Sarah was concerned about Matt’s and Josh’s apparent lack of obedience. I...
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Tough Topic Demonstrating Faith to this Generation -Barth and Sally Middleton God is pushed out of the lives of so many of today’s children. Schoolteachers consciously avoid mentioning Him. On TV and in many homes His commandments are blatantly violated. Schedules are...
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Tough Topics Dealing with Students Fears -Pat Verbal Joel Siegel, editor of Good Morning America, underwent lung-cancer surgery one spring. Mr. Siegel said his main concern was how to explain his illness to his son, Dylan. “I don’t mind him seeing me sad,” Mr. Siegel...
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Tough Topics Clothes, Fads and God’s Word – Gordon and Becki West For our generation it was bellbottoms, crazy daisies and long hair. How we must have driven our parents and teachers crazy. When’s the last time you found a picture of yourself from way back when and...
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