One night I decided to write down the "Rules of Life" I intended to enforce in the morning (see also page 8). I soon recalled that someone already had done that--on stone tablets, with numbers. So I typed up those ancient words and taped them to the children's bedroom doors. My mother's ear hears much love in these Ten Commandments. I understand this language of a loving parent: "Don't hurt yourself, child. It will hurt me even more." But the ancient words aren't easy for children to understand. So I added practical illustrations of how each commandment might apply to the modern lives of my kids--and yours.
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