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We parents often think of discipline in starkly negative terms: "Keeping the Lid on", "A necessary evil", "punishment", etc. But while discipline has its unpleasant aspects, it really is a positive thing. The word discipline comes from the same Latin word as "disciple" or an academic "discipline"...

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Bunnies, bonnets and baby chicks--the Easter Bunny brings into our homes a basketful of cultural traditions for celebrating Easter. If we let them, these traditions acan overshadow our family's celebration of the death-defying love of God and divert our children's attention from the Lord's resurrection. What's a parent to do? How can we help our children celebrate the true meaning of Easter when all around us are symbols and traditions that point our chidren in every direction but the empty tomb? We're often tempted to ignore the secular, cultural traditions and start some of our own...

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