tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post113992707413642696..comments2024-03-27T17:31:58.315-07:00Comments on Home Living: Daughters at HomeLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140748680335856432006-02-23T18:38:00.000-08:002006-02-23T18:38:00.000-08:00Oh my goodness!I have been praying and praying for...Oh my goodness!<BR/>I have been praying and praying for peace and reassurance about my role as wife and mother...and then I stumbled upon this web site! I know nothing about blogs and I just did a general search for moms, or something. I don't even remember how I got to this blog. But my point is that it is really quite beautiful and divinely inspired. Our good Lord has turned me right back Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140664113156501942006-02-22T19:08:00.000-08:002006-02-22T19:08:00.000-08:00This is a beautiful post. Very touching.This is a beautiful post. Very touching.Sherri Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12302450859487021833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1139997154281228632006-02-15T01:52:00.001-08:002006-02-15T01:52:00.001-08:00Very well said, Lady Lydia! This post was such a b...Very well said, Lady Lydia! This post was such a breath of fresh air to me. I am a stay at home daughter of 20, and have never worked a secular job or gone to secular college. My father is a pastor, so I work with him at the church a lot...doing all sorts of odd jobs as a secretary. I am also going to a small Bible college to increase my "theological" studies--which I love! :) <BR/><BR/>I have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140202311602817712006-02-17T10:51:00.000-08:002006-02-17T10:51:00.000-08:00Very nice post. I am curious about something: do t...Very nice post. I am curious about something: do the Bible-believing evangelical churches you are familiar with actually preach about the role of the wife and mother(being a homemaker)? <BR/><BR/>I am Romanian. Over here they don't (at least from what I've seen and heard and from Christian women's reactions when you tell them what the Bible really says about women's role as a homemaker). PastorsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140207046414875992006-02-17T12:10:00.000-08:002006-02-17T12:10:00.000-08:00If the lady with the "unmotivated" daughter could ...If the lady with the "unmotivated" daughter could get her to read this article:<BR/><BR/>http://www.boundless.org/2005/articles/a0001217.cfm<BR/><BR/>-- it might help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140191724119328232006-02-17T07:55:00.000-08:002006-02-17T07:55:00.000-08:00I would kindly remind the mother that in order to ...I would kindly remind the mother that in order to teach diligence in the home, she should also be there. If she is out working, the daughter cannot observe and pick up her good habits in homemaking.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140145097290575112006-02-16T18:58:00.000-08:002006-02-16T18:58:00.000-08:00Lady Lydia, thank you so much for this post. I'm a...Lady Lydia, thank you so much for this post. I'm a 15-year-old girl who dreams of being a wife, mother, and homemaker when I'm older, and am striving to be an obedient daughter to my parents in the meantime to practice. My 'work' time is spent in studies and chores about the house, and my free time in music, reading, or little rambles in the woods. I have never once regretted living in such a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140151696315216992006-02-16T20:48:00.000-08:002006-02-16T20:48:00.000-08:00This article and the comments of others brought te...This article and the comments of others brought tears to my eyes. I've been discussing this with other ladies this past week and many of them think that I'm off my rocker. <BR/><BR/>I'll be 19 next month and I stay at home. That is so much looked down on in this culture and then when you get Christian mom's who believe in being stay-at-home mom's saying how ridiculous it is to pursue that route Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15550437311011626624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140176338369876842006-02-17T03:38:00.000-08:002006-02-17T03:38:00.000-08:00To the "LIVE-at-home" daughter:I would, if you ple...To the "LIVE-at-home" daughter:<BR/><BR/>I would, if you please, beg to differ on a few facets with Mrs.Sherman's and your opinion about college. While I do agree that college education has little to do with helping a girl develop into a complete woman and empower her to undertake her responsibilities towards her husband, heirs and hearth, I think that it is a case of the college system being Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140178090441646112006-02-17T04:08:00.000-08:002006-02-17T04:08:00.000-08:00Forgive me for getting political, but an idea occu...Forgive me for getting political, but an idea occurred to me which I would like to share: How would it turn out if the women of a community got together and started an educational system of their own? <BR/><BR/>They could, with the help of their husbands, formulate a cirriculum that everyone would support. And they could help each other with the teaching tasks that followed. For example, a lady Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140190906875066952006-02-17T07:41:00.000-08:002006-02-17T07:41:00.000-08:00To the person ready to throw her teenaged daughter...To the person ready to throw her teenaged daughter on the mercy of the world - was she raised to be self-centered and lazy? So many young people are taught that they are the center of the universe these days because of the modern notions of childraising (obsession about self-esteem, belief that structure and manners are damaging to a child's imagination and feelings of self-worth, the oft Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140123845645482332006-02-16T13:04:00.000-08:002006-02-16T13:04:00.000-08:00We are enjoying our dd in this very way!!!! She i...We are enjoying our dd in this very way!!!! She is a stay at home daughter just like I am a stay at home mom. She takes care of the grocery list, the menu and the cooking AND the cleaning of the kitchen. She gave up doing laundry so her younger sister could do it! She writes articles, makes jam for her dad, quilts, makes doilies, crochets rugs out of sheets, has a recipe book filled with thingsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140132083932953652006-02-16T15:21:00.000-08:002006-02-16T15:21:00.000-08:00I like the article. I'm 20, and while I cannot co...I like the article. I'm 20, and while I cannot consider myself a "stay-at-home" daughter (since I'm going to college full-time), I am a LIVE-at-home daughter. I may ramble quite a bit here, so bear with me.<BR/><BR/>First of all, Lady Lydia, you consider college degrees to be "over-rated". I'm not surprised if that is so. I was initially pursuing an Associate's degree, but have had to put thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140110119470493972006-02-16T09:15:00.000-08:002006-02-16T09:15:00.000-08:00So what does one do with a daughter who does not w...So what does one do with a daughter who does not want to go to school (18 almost 19) and does not like or want to cook, clean, etc.? She has no hobbies and spends the day watching TV or shopping (while I am at work). She is required to do laundry and dishes but she does the worst job possible. I will be home full time within a few months and I am ready to throw her out on the mercy of the world Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140065594483964382006-02-15T20:53:00.000-08:002006-02-15T20:53:00.000-08:00That was a nice article. I grew up wanting to be a...That was a nice article. I grew up wanting to be a housewife and mother, but when I hit 23 and was still single I let myself get pushed into going to college after being told "well, you don't have anything else to do." even though I didn't really care to go and I was already working at a job I loved. I think that's why it took 8 years to get a 4 year degree that is now just collecting dust. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140077999591791302006-02-16T00:19:00.000-08:002006-02-16T00:19:00.000-08:00I just wanted to thank you for this beautiful stor...I just wanted to thank you for this beautiful story about your daughter's upbringing. I only wish that I and so many other women could have had that sort of guidance, love and security as children and young adults.<BR/><BR/>You are so correct about college degrees being overrated in America! I was forced against my will to attend a university by my parents, though I desperately did not want to.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140032377308593822006-02-15T11:39:00.000-08:002006-02-15T11:39:00.000-08:00I will tell you the truth about sending your daugh...I will tell you the truth about sending your daughters to college or work. It exposes them to all kinds of things that break down their innocence and harden them to the good things, the sweet things, the tender things of life. It ruins their interest in the home and family. It breaks into their privacy. It makes their lives public. I remember a woman who was already grown, whose husband Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140029362058984132006-02-15T10:49:00.000-08:002006-02-15T10:49:00.000-08:00Dear Lady Lydia, It is such a pleasure to read y...Dear Lady Lydia,<BR/> It is such a pleasure to read your blog, and all the posts that have responded. I look back on my life, I looked forward and hoped to be a godly wife. I spent many hours in prayer in my teen years praying for wisdom in my choice for a husband and praying for help in development of my character. It wasn't easy. In my own way, I did what I could to prepare for being a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140024473121125642006-02-15T09:27:00.000-08:002006-02-15T09:27:00.000-08:00If you get a degree and want to be a housewife, mo...If you get a degree and want to be a housewife, more often than not, a husband will want you to use that degree. He will say that it is a waste of your education and a waste of the cost of that degree. There will be some resentment there, believe me. If you do get a degree, however, there is no guarantee that it will open any doors for you. The market changes so rapidly and by the time you getLydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140022248871728382006-02-15T08:50:00.000-08:002006-02-15T08:50:00.000-08:00I think an experience like this would have been ve...I think an experience like this would have been very useful to me. My mother taught me how to cook, clean, sew, etc., but she also wanted me to go away to school and "have a career" (I wanted to stay home). I left home at 11 and spent the next nine years in prep school and college UNlearning household routines, instead of solidifying my housekeeping abilities. I'm still trying to relearn Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11902801770024218442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140021362193150242006-02-15T08:36:00.000-08:002006-02-15T08:36:00.000-08:00I remember a true story I heard about this: a sta...I remember a true story I heard about this: a stay at home daughter was asked to come and look after a woman who was having difficulty recovering from a cold she had all winter. The girl was 17, and she came in, took over the household, preparing meals for the woman's husband and sons. After a few months, one of the sons proposed to her and they are married today. This was a perfectly Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140021248373814202006-02-15T08:34:00.000-08:002006-02-15T08:34:00.000-08:00Flexibility: yes, this is one great reason for dau...Flexibility: yes, this is one great reason for daughters to be at home and be available. I know several young women at home who are caring for their elderly grandparents instead of allowing an institution to care for them. It makes a lot of sense to me: why not hire someone who loves, rather than a stranger. The same money spent on a nursing home or care center can be given to the Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1140020970644968212006-02-15T08:29:00.000-08:002006-02-15T08:29:00.000-08:00If you are fairly sure your comments were posted p...If you are fairly sure your comments were posted properly, you don't need to try again and again. The reason for the delay of the comments appearing, is that in order to get rid of the advertisers, the comments have to be moderated first. I try to post them once a day, so if yours isn't on right away, they will eventually be posted.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1139966515322127142006-02-14T17:21:00.000-08:002006-02-14T17:21:00.000-08:00Enjoyable post - and similiar to how I grew up. My...Enjoyable post - and similiar to how I grew up. My parents have three daughters, one son and homeschool all of us. My baby sister and I have really enjoyed homeliving. We would take turns cooking, enjoyed sewing (clothes for her, quilting for me) and also grew productive gardens. <BR/><BR/>I lived with my parents until I married my one and only love at 21 and now at 23, I enjoy being his wife. I Leah Spencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16063458621042037769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-1139997154840939552006-02-15T01:52:00.000-08:002006-02-15T01:52:00.000-08:00Very well said, Lady Lydia! This post was such a b...Very well said, Lady Lydia! This post was such a breath of fresh air to me. I am a stay at home daughter of 20, and have never worked a secular job or gone to secular college. My father is a pastor, so I work with him at the church a lot...doing all sorts of odd jobs as a secretary. I am also going to a small Bible college to increase my "theological" studies--which I love! :) <BR/><BR/>I have Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com