HeyJaredMary Ruth's Parenting Smarts
Essays that interweave faith and science for practical parenting.
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Approval Is Not the Mission (opens the original)
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A good and holy priest once told me that his response to angry parishioners often began with, “I can see that I have disappointed you.” The disappointment was often because he had failed to meet their expectations for a situation, an event, a homily, a conversation or whatever it might be. Those words recognize the emotion being displayed without admitting fault or taking responsibility for someone else’s reaction.Sometimes people don’t like what you have to say, but that doesn’t mean those word
My Back to School Tips for the Year (opens the original)
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Sometimes I find myself part way through a sentence or thought, and I realize “this is really boring”. I am literally boring myself. It is particularly distressing when this happens during a podcast, because I do sincerely strive to be somewhat entertaining as we tackle important things in parenting. Today, I was trying to introduce the topic of homework, and present 3 truths: Many Teens are stressed out and feel overwhelmed.Teens cite homework as a major source of stress. Homework is important
A Blessing and a Chance (opens the original)
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“Have your husband bless the house again”. Those were the words. After an hour of talking and praying and thinking and crying, the instructions were clear. Our priest had blessed the house last summer, so I assumed we would be good for a while. But the release of Discernment of Spirits for Beginners, our son moving back from college, the comings and goings of loads of young adults, a fair amount of travel, and even the occasion of a snake sneaking into the house (then mysteriously disappearing a
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