{"id":254,"date":"2005-10-10T07:54:43","date_gmt":"2005-10-10T14:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=254"},"modified":"2005-10-10T07:54:43","modified_gmt":"2005-10-10T14:54:43","slug":"a-good-read","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=254","title":{"rendered":"A good read"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.intent.squarespace.com\/journal\/2005\/10\/5\/parenting-by-the-book.html\">Here is a post by a mom who&#8217;s walked my path.  I definitely appreciate what she has to say here!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>She ends her post with this paragraph-and it&#8217;s my wish too (emphasis mine):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I used to be harsh and critical of parents who couldn&#8217;t seem to control their kids.  That was before God humbled me.  <strong>Please, please have grace for struggling families.<\/strong>   None of us can really know what is going on behind the behaviors we see.  The method that produced wonderful children for one of us may prove disasterous in another family.  There is no formula.  Instead of assuming, pray; smile and give a listening ear.  There is a handful of people in my life who have done that for me, and they are cherished.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=254\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D254&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=A%20good%20read\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=254\" data-text=\"A good read\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"A good read\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=254\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=254\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20A%20good%20read&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D254&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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