Posted on 12/25/2023 11:13:56 AM PST by ColoCdn
"The first time I encountered The Story of Holly and Ivy was when my Great-Aunt gave me the book in the 1980s. Six-year-old-me was enamored with the story. My dad read it to me every Christmas.
When I became a parent, I wanted to continue this tradition. However, reading this to my son and daughter was like reading science fiction to someone who only reads romance novels. My kids just weren’t interested. This is likely because the message of Holly and Ivy runs smack up against the safety guardrails that many children, including my own, have grown up with..."
(Excerpt) Read more at letgrow.org ...
My father used to say to me & my brothers was that the only thing he wanted to leave us when he was gone was the ability to take care of ourselves.
What else would one expect from an old leatherneck?
Despite a few bumps in the road, we have done just that. Ditto for our children.
I was asked what I wanted for Christmas so I said 25 euros on my Kindle would be good. Our daughter said she read 15 (fifteen) books this year and showed me this list on her app. I was impressed. This year I watched a lot of documentaries on YouTube and stuff. So I thought in the New Year I’d like to read more.
When I added the 25 euros to the account, I saw it already had 25 euros that I forgot about. Merry Double Christmas!
I just bought this silly book, you can read the first chapter for free as a sample. I read good things about it and something funny is good for a change... even though most everyone dies right in the first chapter.
Dungeon Crawler Carl: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure Kindle Edition
After I know if I like more from the series, next I am considering this:
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder (English Edition) Kindle Edition
Why would she think a boy would like a story about a girl and a doll?
People are people. Girls & boys both read stories about people. Most things in life do not directly relate to gender. It’s not about the doll.
Never heard of it will have to check i it out.
We had to stop our daughter from reading about a boy named Harry Potter half the night away when she was around 8. There was a group of classmates who read so far above grade level that they finished their textbook by Christmas so the teacher let them go to the library during reading period. Sadly, this caused the teacher to be fired. That group were in a part time church preschool together and all but one graduated HS with honors. Nope, can’t have kids excelling.
I constantly got chastised for letting our toddlers slide down a loooong slide down a very slow hill at the city park. It was so slow that they’d have to scoot themselves in a couple of parts. I also got chastised for letting them walk to grandma’s when they were in elementary. Down a country road We’re in the country and 500 yards with me standing in the road watching and them calling when they got to grandma’s - oh, the horror! We taught them life skills early.
A few years ago, we had our nephews visit and they were such whiney butts. Wouldn’t even go to the attached garage to see the newborn kitties. Wouldn’t help pick tomatoes in the garden right outside the back door. And certainly wouldn’t take any tomatoes to grandma’s house. Why? Because it is oooooh, outside!!!! No, the garage isn’t outside but too close to being outside........ sigh. They never played outside at their home in a nice neighborhood.
No, it’s not about the doll, but a little boy would not be able to see that. That was my point.
Your point?
God bless your dad! I firmly believe a parents and especially a dads job is to teach their children about Jesus and prepare them to be a productive member of society.
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