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If you’ve never heard of the parenting book Love and Logic, the popular text gets into what it calls the “Three-Legged Table of Self-Concept.” I know, I know. One more simple analogy that’s supposed to cure everything wrong in your relationships. But this one makes sense.Â
Your table is only strong when all three legs are strong. Or put it this way: Your table is only as strong as its weakest leg. And if that leg is too weak, your whole table will collapse. What are these legs we speak of? They are the implied messages that we give to our children.
This analogy is especially helpful when we’re talking about adult children. If you were raised in an environment where these legs (again, our implied messages) were not strong and stable, then you probably >> More..
Just this week I finally watched “Children of Men” with my husband. I know, I know, I’m a little late to see one of the greatest movies of the year, but I wanted to give my full attention to the movie and before now it wouldn’t have had my focus. (You’ll know this if you’ve been following my blog. You’ll know my twin girls just turned one and well, they do happen to be where most of my focus lies most of the time.)
It was well worth the wait! What a great story, and I promise, I’ll give you a “spoiler warning” if I start talking about something that will spoil the movie for you.
The plot of the story is no secret. The movie is set in 2027, but by the looks of things on the screen, you would think it was a movie based in the Depression era. Things were run down, dismal, gray, and depressing. But here we are in the year 2027 and the world has become infertile. The youngest child in the world is 18 years old.
One character turns up miraculously pregnant after 18 full years of infertility. She is kept a secret for 8 months, goes into early labor, and so…. Is the world changed now? >> More..
