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Below, a request from CM readers researching a spiritual pet book: – Do you consider your relationship to your pets(s) sacred and spiritual? – Do you count furry, fishy, or flying friends as part of the family? – Are there any family events, experiences, prayers or blessings that you share with your animals? – Is…

“Movie Mom” Nell Minow, my favorite online film critic, recently wrote a great piece for the Chicago Tribune about her reaction to seeing parents plop a DVD player in front of their daughter so the youngster could watch a Disney film while they all dined in a restaurant. Check it out here.

Much as I’d like to say, “My kids play their cellos every morning and are partial to Bach,” they actually play computer games on Saturdays, Sundays, and some vacation days. I held off on these until the oldest Chattering felt socially stigmatized, two years ago at the age of nine. We gave him a game…

“One lamp–thy mother’s love–amid the starsShall lift its pure flame changeless, and beforeThe throne of God, burn through eternity–Holy–as it was lit and lent thee here.” —Nathaniel Parker Willis
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