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Encouraging Parent Led Education

What I Learned at TeenPact New Mexico 2019

2/9/2019

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By Mona Koerner
This week in Santa Fe I watched the political machinations of what many called the "most extreme" abortion bill in the nation[1].  I read the bill[2], I read the existing law that the bill is repealing[3], I read the other abortion law that remains on the books[4], and I read the New Mexico Supreme Court ruling that grants a woman a right to a “medically necessary” abortion under the Equal Protection Clause of the New Mexico constitution[5].
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I saw the TeenPact participants reaction to this bill and the mobilizing of people to oppose the bill.  I read the rhetoric on both sides (all inaccurate and inflammatory). I spent 20 minutes in the Governor’s office listening to the secretary answer continuous calls opposing the bill. I received urgent messages via group text and Facebook to act to oppose this bill.  I emailed and spoke to my representative.  I discussed the issue with other moms.  I saw the polarization of the people around this issue.  And I prayed.  And I really felt that God was telling me – “don’t waste your energy, this is not the battle I'm calling you to fight”. 

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A Time to Listen, A Time to Speak

5/25/2018

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By Nancy Lauser
​It begins when they are babies. Someone will approach you to admire your baby. “Ooooh, isn’t she cute? How old is she?” Mom has to do the talking because baby can’t. Sometimes, mom will talk as if she is the baby. “I’m 8 months old!” “I have my daddy’s eyes”. When they are toddlers, we explain them to people. “He’s tall for his age”, or, “She’s shy”. Is this wrong? No! This is a time for speaking. But it can develop a habit of talking for them that we don’t even recognize. Some of us never outgrow this, even when our children are perfectly capable of speaking for themselves.
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If we haven’t learned to let our children speak for themselves by the time they are say, 4-5 years of age, the habit will be even more of a problem to break later. As moms, it is extremely challenging to stand back and let our students do their own talking. What if they don’t say the right thing? What if they use bad grammar? What if they say something embarrassing? 

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