Parenting Archives - Universal Life Church Monastery Blog
August 13th, 2020
There's a growing movement in America to ban circumcision: They call themselves 'Intactivists'. But their movement is in direct opposition to Jewish and Muslim faiths, which mandate circumcision as a religious rite.
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April 30th, 2020
As most parents are homeschooling the rest of the year due to the quarantine, old questions about homeschooling are being asked again. Primarily, who's more responsible for a child's education, the parents or the state?
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April 27th, 2018
California parents were outraged to learn they were barred from pulling their kids out of a robust new sex-ed course that some found objectionable. They're accusing the school district of trying to use the “LGBT agenda” and ideas of social justice to “indoctrinate” their children.
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June 30th, 2016
Since kids are rarely told "no", they expect to always get their way. This trend is characterized by an "I want it, and I want it now" attitude which seems to be more prevalent than in generations past.
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February 18th, 2016
A national survey shows that a majority of men and women in the US find spanking to at least sometimes be a proper method of disciplining an unruly child. There's a long tradition of it, but is it good for kids?
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