Questions from the back of the card: Children

the interesting idea... the start of this project... the conversations to come

I'm a member of Post Crossing, the internet site for postcard exchange. I sent a card to another Post Crosser, Ilona from Germany. She asked that people tell her which magical power they would like to have. Her question really made me think!

In turn, I thought it would be an interesting project to ask people to pose Thought-Provoking Questions. I would do my best to answer with my opinion, and I would encourage others to add theirs.

And, so was born this blog! I hope that it will be the home for many interesting conversations in the year ahead!

Monday, May 30, 2011

Wishing and hoping and dreaming...

Our parents often have one plan for our futures while we have another. Aurora, from Switzerland, wonders

How can we balance our parents' wishes and our desires for the future?

I persist in the hope that if we are happy and healthy and doing what we love, that everyone should be fine. Maybe a little naive...

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Mom Always Like You Best!

Iris, from Germany, is either a parent or a child (certainly one, maybe both!) who wonders

How could you make your children realize that every one of them gets the same measure of love?

I guess, for a start, you have to give them the same measure of love... not necessarily the same TYPE of love, but the same degree of it. And then, you have to help them understand that there will be some days that you are not parent-of-the-year material, but that doesn't mean you love them any less.

Wise words, these, coming from someone who has no children!