Category: children

  • Talking to Strangers

    An 8-year-old walks home alone for the first time and, after losing his way, asks the help of a 35-year-old man. That man turns out to be the very wrong person, and the boy is found dead. What parental nightmare tops this? Yet nearly every parent hears repeated pleas from their tween and pre-tween kids to allow them a chance…

  • Must-See TV

      I don’t watch a lot of TV anymore.  I can’t get excited about 21st-century sitcoms.  And today, most dramas are a series of beautiful people making a hash of it until after the last commercial break — and then doing it all again seven days later.  But I remember long-ago days of my dad growling…

  • Narnia: Why the Order Matters

       This week I bought my third complete set of the Narnia Tales.   I don’t buy every set of the Narnia Tales that I see, of course, but within seconds of seeing this one, I clutched it tight.   The books, you see, were in the right order.   The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Prince Caspian, et…