tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post3644480735522136908..comments2024-03-29T05:18:36.107-07:00Comments on Home Living: Three Rules for the HomeLydiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-20775966330781197762011-08-27T20:34:12.971-07:002011-08-27T20:34:12.971-07:00AMEN, AMEN AND AMEN. Beautifully written Lydia. I ...AMEN, AMEN AND AMEN. Beautifully written Lydia. I really appreciate your blog. Such things of beauty and truth. <br /><br />I agree with you 100%!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-21253728488828423442011-08-16T04:22:21.343-07:002011-08-16T04:22:21.343-07:00WOW! How refreshing to see this written! Excellent...WOW! How refreshing to see this written! Excellent! This is probably the best thing I have read in awhile. Just stumbled onto this site and really appreciate it already! Love the paintings too! I think I have found a kindred spirit in you...JEShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08300505126646960374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-25322380396559998662011-08-11T21:37:32.955-07:002011-08-11T21:37:32.955-07:00I hope many many families read this article and te...I hope many many families read this article and teach it. I am surprised there are not many more comments on it. This is a very important subject. Thank you for taking the time to write so concise a post on these basic rules. I thought this was a very special article! I still wish you would come out with a book containing as many of your posts as you can. SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-52311177586635218862011-08-11T12:24:23.963-07:002011-08-11T12:24:23.963-07:00I really love this post. It's all so true. I...I really love this post. It's all so true. If everyone followed these principles, what a better world it would be for all of us. Thank you, Lydia.Kelley Folsomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-6562678244420539382011-08-10T04:26:25.855-07:002011-08-10T04:26:25.855-07:00Such wise thoughts on being quiet and busy. I have...Such wise thoughts on being quiet and busy. I have enjoyed these past few years of hardship because it has taught me to be resourceful and busy at home. <br /><br />I'm sewing and teaching my girls sew. We have sold four quilts in the last three months. I enjoy conversations with my children that I never did before. Lessons of frugality and prudence are abundant. <br /><br />We have quiet Far Above Rubieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05090466984173332753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-20115116389668011342011-08-09T12:42:03.730-07:002011-08-09T12:42:03.730-07:00Thank you so much! And what a neat site that is.Thank you so much! And what a neat site that is.Margaret in VAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216056477533056199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-34923334713586590492011-08-08T07:47:57.559-07:002011-08-08T07:47:57.559-07:00In the Book "Maria" by Maria Von Trapp, ...In the Book "Maria" by Maria Von Trapp, she wrote of an incident in Austria where the teachers were replaced by government teachers who asked questions about the parents' beliefs. When the youngest child told her teacher, "My father does not believe in the new government," the teacher summoned the parents to the school to ask questions. Maria told the children not to Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-45515386654785241282011-08-08T06:25:23.762-07:002011-08-08T06:25:23.762-07:00My children attend public schools and the schools ...My children attend public schools and the schools are incredibly intrusive. One of the first things they do is have the littlest children keep "journals", where they write anything they please for the teachers and others to read. I was shocked at how many details of our personal lives were in the journals. Everything from what we had for supper to one child writing that she was "Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-63906491264082293872011-08-07T21:39:56.969-07:002011-08-07T21:39:56.969-07:00Grown-up children should also be quiet about famil...Grown-up children should also be quiet about family business. Just because their parents are aged doesn't mean that they cease to have feelings. Some of the stories that seem fun to tell about your parents may actually be damaging to them as it can get turned into gossip by people in town who love to "dig" into other's pasts. <br />Also doctors offices are now really careful notAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-64129790552606828872011-08-07T18:05:09.285-07:002011-08-07T18:05:09.285-07:00I have now slowly read through this post three tim...I have now slowly read through this post three times and will again I am sure. It contains so much meat for study. I was talking to a family prior to thanksgiving last year and the children were standing among us. I asked about the desert. The mother said the girls had that part of the meal. She left it completely up to them. The girls were 11 and 13. They said they had decided to make twoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-77605518759192086262011-08-07T16:24:24.177-07:002011-08-07T16:24:24.177-07:00Amen to minding one's own business! If people ...Amen to minding one's own business! If people did more of this, they'd be much more productive and content.Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12356420873078531863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-82879518469469212362011-08-07T12:45:18.048-07:002011-08-07T12:45:18.048-07:00Kathleen,
I agree with you: children should not b...Kathleen,<br /><br />I agree with you: children should not blab their family business all over the community or with friends. Family disagreements or times of guidance and discipline can be unpleasant and it is not wise to report it all over the world. Family finances or even financial trouble should not be broadcast. Families should be able to take care of themselves and not whine or beg. As a Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-39767084969669771702011-08-07T11:12:57.330-07:002011-08-07T11:12:57.330-07:00Lady Lydia, I loved this post. It echoed what my o...Lady Lydia, I loved this post. It echoed what my own parents taught me. There is one other point that I learned, and that was some things were "family business" and were not to be discussed outside the family. As I grew up, I was included in some "family business" discussions, but I was taught that these discussions were not anyone else's business, and not to talk about Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-795189545138610462011-08-07T08:07:18.653-07:002011-08-07T08:07:18.653-07:00I should go listen to Little Women online. I forgo...I should go listen to Little Women online. I forgot that was in there. I suppose it was advice from long before my own parents as it was the way they raised children, passing down their knowledge to the next generation.<br /><br />There is no need of nannies, day care, public schools or babysitters, if parents know how much they are needed at home to teach their children about life!Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-35965367105632937452011-08-07T08:05:50.409-07:002011-08-07T08:05:50.409-07:00On the upper left part of the side bar links, ther...On the upper left part of the side bar links, there is one that says "how to print articles" which helps you print from this blog. Anyone is welcome to print things out to add to their notebooks.Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530969871397361970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-38898512334973547232011-08-07T07:42:34.672-07:002011-08-07T07:42:34.672-07:00Lady Lydia,
May I print a copy of this? I'm m...Lady Lydia,<br />May I print a copy of this? I'm making a notebook for myself and for my daughter, often referring to different articles for us to read together and discuss. I think that you have this blog safeguarded against copying? If that is so, would you be willing to send it to me in an email? It is a most excellent article! Thank you.Margaret in VAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18216056477533056199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9186456.post-37862910956909645222011-08-07T07:35:13.720-07:002011-08-07T07:35:13.720-07:00Thank you for expressing this all so very eloquent...Thank you for expressing this all so very eloquently. I couldn't agree more. I was listening to Little Women on a Radio Theatre cd<br />whilst doing my ironing this week, and similar sentiments were expressed by "Marmee". I am inspired to reread the whole series I believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com