Often, from mainstream culture, I hear references to adolescents and teens who “hate” their parents or don’t want to be seen with them. Then I think of how it was in my family growing up. We experienced none of the antagonistic “You-have-your-life-I-have-mine” attitude that seems to be a sort of normal in contemporary parent-teen relationships. […]
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A couple of months ago, I received the following letter (edited slightly) from a blog reader. It was titled, “Would love to hear about parenting in the Plain Mennonite community” and reads in part: I have overlapped significantly with the Plain Mennonite communities through farm work and church experiences back in Pennsylvania and sometimes wish
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For a long time I thought I was not broken. I was happy. I had a good home, a good-enough job, plenty of material things to keep me satisfied, the ability to travel, the ability to help others, hope and possibility tucked up under my breast bones as snug as a brooding chicken settled into
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I think a lot of things, actually. But I don’t feel particularly qualified to say them. The world is broad and experience varies widely. What do I have to qualify me to share an opinion but a single lesbian friend and the questions and confusion I waded through as a young person? That’s why, when
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When I became friends with Charlene, I did so for two reasons: I was intrigued by her and wanted to know her better. I viewed her as needy and wanted to help her. While both can be legitimate reasons to start a friendship, the second reason, when misused or mishandled, can end up damaging the
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