In this area where I am living today, two schools have reversed a decision they had made to replace Mother’s and Father’s days with “Parents’ day”. The idea behind this decision is that the country is invaded by the belief that a person alone can choose his own gender.I do not want to go into ...
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Parenting
One of the Greatest Gifts
Every mother is love. I am telling of a Swiss mother who was my neighbor on the plane that took us from Geneva to the far country. This journey lasted about eight and a half hours. The mother was holding her nine-month-old daughter in her arms, with perfect patience and attention. Her eyes were looking ...
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Destroy my remembrance before you let me see a child trembling from his parents’ screams. What have we to do with living life close to anger. That our children settle down in peace is far more precious than to have anyone remember that we were ever here.
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Yesterday I was standing with a friend of mine in front of a school in Beirut. We saw a hand extend from one of the school windows and throw out an empty bag of some kind of food. I cannot tell if the hand was that of a child or a boy, male or female. ...
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