Truth As I said in the introductory post to this series, because we believe that our children are on their own individual journeys with God, we do not punish them. In a way, parents prepare their children for relationship with God – children who had very terrible relationships with their fathers, for example, often struggleContinue reading “Practically Parenting Our Equals: Discipline”
Author Archives: Nikki Holland
Practically Parenting Our Equals: Settling In
This introductory post is part of the series inspired by the reader request: I’d love for you to write about the practical working out of viewing your children as equals. Perhaps even a contrast from how you parented before! Disclaimer The first question you might have if you’re reading this to get ideas for your ownContinue reading “Practically Parenting Our Equals: Settling In”
Love Doesn’t Erase Women
This is a post my friend Ginna Baker and I wrote together, imagined as an interview, based on a Facebook conversation she started. Nikki: So Ginna, I saw a post on your Facebook page this week asking your friends about their relationship to feminism: “Was there a first moment when you thought, ‘Maybe thoseContinue reading “Love Doesn’t Erase Women”
My Experience with Baby Wise
If you have read my post about our parenting paradigm shift, then some of this will be familiar to you. This post is a detailed account of my experience with the parenting book On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep. Please note: I have several friends whom I deeply admire asContinue reading “My Experience with Baby Wise”
Egalitarian Parenting: Our Transformation
I’d love for you to write about the practical working out of viewing your children as equals. Perhaps even a contrast from how you parented before! This amazing reader request, after my post about the equality of children, has inspired several posts. In this post I talk about how my family’s parenting philosophy was transformed. OurContinue reading “Egalitarian Parenting: Our Transformation”
A Church’s Response to Abuse Part II: The Safety Plan
In response to our post from my friend who was abused, Sara Marie Forrest de Jaimes, a Christian midwife who has extensive experience in helping domestic violence victims, has written this two part series about how churches can respond to abuse. In Part I of this series, Sara offers ideas for how to approach aContinue reading “A Church’s Response to Abuse Part II: The Safety Plan”
How Egalitarian Marriage Affects Parenting
I was discussing freedom in Christ with some close friends a few weeks ago and one of them, a friend who was brought up in one of the most strictly hierarchical homes I know of, wrote this: “We are all equals… Even our children. I am not their ruler, their owner, their master; theyContinue reading “How Egalitarian Marriage Affects Parenting”
A Church’s Response to Abuse Part I: The Approach
In response to our post from my friend who was abused, Sara Marie Forrest de Jaimes, a Christian midwife who has extensive experience in helping domestic violence victims, has written this two part series about how churches can respond to abuse. As Christians, we have a responsibility to share God’s love with other Christians fromContinue reading “A Church’s Response to Abuse Part I: The Approach”
Just Married
It was my husband’s birthday this week, so I got to spend some time thinking about what a huge blessing Brian is to me. And it reminds me of one of the most common remarks I hear about him from other women: “You’re so lucky.” Especially when our twins were babies and people saw himContinue reading “Just Married”
Trapped
Abuse comes in many forms. Physical, emotional, mental, spiritual. Unfortunately it is also pretty common among Christians, even ones who go to solid, Spirit filled churches. This post is pretty disturbing to me. It was written by a woman who wishes to remain anonymous. But I know her very well. I know that this isContinue reading “Trapped”
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