In our last blog post, we talked about what correction of children is and touched on a few reasons why it is no longer common. This week, we’ll dig a little deeper into what biblical correction is as we seek answers to why this correction is so important.
Topics: Blog Posts, Parenting, Christian Education, True Education, Christian Living, Parent Involvement, Social Issues
We’ve all seen it. You’re in the checkout line at the grocery store when you hear a child arguing with his mother in the line ahead of you. He wants some candy, a toy, a drink, or who knows what? His mother doesn’t want him to have it, so she begins with a flat “No.” He balks, stomps his foot, whines. Mom redirects, “Look at this nice cereal Mommy is buying for you.” His whines become wails. Mom ignores. He falls to his knees, wailing louder now. Mom quickly drops to his level and begins to speak sweetly in an attempt to reason with him, “Honey, this is not the way we behave in public; you are causing quite a scene. Get up, now.” He throws himself face-down and begins thrashing his arms and legs, wailing all the while. Mom rises, grabs the item her child wants off the shelf and thrusts it into his hands. If she acknowledges you at all, she likely says, “He usually doesn’t act like this; he’s just hungry (or tired, sleepy, out of his routine, having a bad day, mourning the loss of a stuffed animal, et cetera).”
Topics: Blog Posts, Parenting, Christian Education, True Education, Christian Living, Parent Involvement, Social Issues
On Thursday, March 7, Trinitas will be hosting Keith McCurdy as part of the Spring Vision Series. This free event is open to the public but tickets are required and available here. In preparation for the event, we are sharing four interviews with Keith on various topics recorded and made available by BaseCamp Live. These are great resources for all parents as they navigate the challenges of raising children in the modern world.
Topics: Blog Posts, Parenting, Classical Education, Christian Education, Christian Living, Parent Involvement, Social Issues, Virtue
Entitled or Grateful? Choices Before the Next Generation
On Thursday, March 7, Trinitas will be hosting Keith McCurdy as part of the Spring Vision Series. This free event is open to the public but tickets are required and available here. In preparation for the event, we are sharing four interviews with Keith on various topics recorded and made available by BaseCamp Live. These are great resources for all parents as they navigate the challenges of raising children in the modern world.
Topics: Blog Posts, Parenting, Classical Education, Christian Education, Christian Living, Parent Involvement, Social Issues, Virtue
On Thursday, March 7, Trinitas will be hosting Keith McCurdy as part of the Spring Vision Series. This free event is open to the public but tickets are required and available here. In preparation for the event, we are sharing four interviews with Keith on various topics recorded and made available by BaseCamp Live. These are great resources for all parents as they navigate the challenges of raising children in the modern world.
Topics: Blog Posts, Parenting, Classical Education, Christian Education, Christian Living, Parent Involvement, Social Issues, Virtue
On Thursday, March 7, Trinitas will be hosting Keith McCurdy as part of the Spring Vision Series. This free event is open to the public but tickets are required and available here. In preparation for the event, we are sharing four interviews with Keith on various topics recorded and made available by BaseCamp Live. These are great resources for all parents as they navigate the challenges of raising children in the modern world.
Topics: Blog Posts, Parenting, Classical Education, Christian Education, Christian Living, Parent Involvement, Social Issues, Virtue
Excellence vs Perfectionism: Helping Our Students Avoid Idolatry
To graduate students who can think clearly, discern wisely, and articulate winsomely classical, Christian schools must have high standards. This means that there will be a striving for excellence in all that we do. With this, we need to be very careful to pay attention to the temptations that come along with this kind of atmosphere. One such temptation that our students may face is setting up idols of perfectionism and putting their worth in their achievements.
Topics: Blog Posts, Parenting, Classical Education, Christian Education, True Education, Social Issues, Grades, Virtue
Of Pigs and Pupils: Fast Food, Modern Education, and the Growth of Classical (Christian) Schools
The classical school approach offers a fundamentally different vision of education that families fed up with a factory approach to learning find compelling.
Alexandra Desanctis, recently wrote in the National Review of the exponential growth of the classical Christian school movement. What accounts for the growing popularity of these classical and classical Christian schools? Why are so many families opting for a return to an older way of educating their children? Strange as it may seem, I believe this classic Chipotle video helps explain the reasons for the rapid spread of these schools.
Topics: Blog Posts, Classical Education, True Education, Secular Education, Social Issues