Comments on: Ignatian Parenting http://ignatianspirituality.com/4504/ignatian-parenting/ Prayer, Spiritual Direction, Retreats, and Good Decisions Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:47:56 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Denise http://ignatianspirituality.com/4504/ignatian-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-241 Denise Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:53:20 +0000 http://ignatianspirituality.com/?p=4504#comment-241 Thanks, Dr. Muldoon! This is a great perspective. My teen daughter is in a very intensive college-preparatory high school program. It is difficult, at times, to teach her to marvel in the "process" and look at herself as a child of God, first and foremost. I shall prayerful continue to help her do that though, instead of obsessing over grades. Grades are temporary, eternity is not. Thanks, Dr. Muldoon!
This is a great perspective. My teen daughter is in a very intensive college-preparatory high school program. It is difficult, at times, to teach her to marvel in the “process” and look at herself as a child of God, first and foremost. I shall prayerful continue to help her do that though, instead of obsessing over grades. Grades are temporary, eternity is not.

]]> By: Michelle http://ignatianspirituality.com/4504/ignatian-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-240 Michelle Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:07:25 +0000 http://ignatianspirituality.com/?p=4504#comment-240 This makes me think of the meeting I had with the school psychologist, who was reporting on the tests my oldest son had been given. She hemmed and hawed, and I waited for bad news. Her worry? That I would be distressed that my son (both parents and all four grandparents are scientists) was better verbally than he was with math. To which I replied, "I know." (He has a shirt that says, "I have a 160,000 word vocabulary and I'm not afraid to use it!") It's hard to resist making your kids over in your own image, but there is also great delight for both sides when they discover who they are that we are not. Thanks for reminding me to keep looking for it in my my sons! This makes me think of the meeting I had with the school psychologist, who was reporting on the tests my oldest son had been given. She hemmed and hawed, and I waited for bad news. Her worry? That I would be distressed that my son (both parents and all four grandparents are scientists) was better verbally than he was with math. To which I replied, “I know.” (He has a shirt that says, “I have a 160,000 word vocabulary and I’m not afraid to use it!”)

It’s hard to resist making your kids over in your own image, but there is also great delight for both sides when they discover who they are that we are not. Thanks for reminding me to keep looking for it in my my sons!

]]> By: Dave http://ignatianspirituality.com/4504/ignatian-parenting/comment-page-1/#comment-238 Dave Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:17:47 +0000 http://ignatianspirituality.com/?p=4504#comment-238 Tim, Thanks for these thoughts. It is so easy to fall into the tendency to push our kids in one direction or another, if only out of fear. It's so important instead to reflect and respond, to celebrate and to trust. Your reflection has special resonance for me, as our son, too, is adopted. Tim,
Thanks for these thoughts. It is so easy to fall into the tendency to push our kids in one direction or another, if only out of fear. It’s so important instead to reflect and respond, to celebrate and to trust. Your reflection has special resonance for me, as our son, too, is adopted.

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