10 Things I Never Say to Kids :: Why I Stopped + What I Say Instead :: Thing 02 Available Now

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This 10 Things Single is about using words to command compliance from children. As it turns out, this is a pretty effective tactic for keeping kids in line — right up to the moment when it stops working. From then on, all bets are off. 

Big Hairy Question: If your parents used words to overpower you, and if — once you saw what they were doing — you hated it, can you really expect a different outcome if you do that your own kids? 

This is one of 10 Things I Never Say to Kids :: Why I Stopped + What I Say Instead. It’s adapted from the book Ten Things We Should Never Say to Kids.

wash . rinse . repeat

I am thinking about this in the New York Times, and this in Christianity Today, when my attention is captured by the narrative in Mark 8 and 9 — especially the scene that begins with disciples of Jesus pretending they haven’t just been arguing about who among them is greatest. Jesus, in Mark’s telling, suggests they’ve missed every bit of the point. Then:

He took a little child whom he placed among them. Taking the child in his arms, he said to them, “Whoever welcomes one of these little children in my name welcomes me; and whoever welcomes me does not welcome me but the one who sent me.” — Mark 9.36,37

Which reminds me of this in Matthew 25.31ff.

Which leaves me afraid to look in the mirror for fear of who I’ll see looking back. Which reminds me of this in James 1:19-27.

Which leaves me thinking about this in the New York Times, and this in Christianity Today....

If I heard Mr. Mueller’s case on a grand jury...

After chewing on the Mueller Report for a month, it occurred to me to ask: 

"If you were seated on a grand jury and heard this case from prosecutors, how would you vote?" 

My answer is: 

"On the weight of this evidence I would vote to indict Mr. Trump for obstruction of justice."

10 Things I Never Say to Kids :: Thing 01

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