self-knowledge
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The Imperative of Moral Improvement
We all do wrong in our lives. We then live with guilt until we can unburden ourselves. One of the essential social functions of the Catholic Church across the West was to provide the faithful with an inviolate space to deal with secrets in a manner that fostered improvement and absolution. With the ugly rise… Continue reading
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It’s Good To Grow Up
A good parent provides direction and orientation to their children so that they will have a coherent maturation process. All but the best parents seem to not understand this and so they leave things to chance. They assume the public schools will provide the direction. They figure if they just go with the flow, they… Continue reading
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The Intergenerational Importance of Validation
One of the primary things children need is validation. From a parent, this is the stance that what the child has going on is important and worth paying attention to. While every child needs this, it is also just logically true from the parent’s point of view. After all, is it the child who will… Continue reading