December 20, 2019

Not Yet a Man

December 20, 2019

I know these pains and pangs of growing up are not red flags but rites of passage. Knowing it and living through it are two different things.

Carrington Cunnington

February 13, 2018

Parent/Child, Parenting

Becoming Wallpaper

Carrington Cunnington

February 13, 2018

Parent/Child, Parenting

I am a beginning for my kids, but I was never meant to be the end. I am a jumping off point, a place to come back to, and an observer of all within my view.

Carrington Cunnington

June 1, 2017

Parenting, Parent/Child

Admiring a Masterpiece

Carrington Cunnington

June 1, 2017

Parenting, Parent/Child

Our kids ought to know that they fill us with wonder and awe. They ought to know that they truly are God’s gift—not to the world, but to us, their parents.

Carrington Cunnington

May 17, 2017

Parent/Child

Parenting The Kids Who Are Not Like You

Carrington Cunnington

May 17, 2017

Parent/Child

To put it simply, it is my privilege to parent her well even when, even though, it may not come easily to me.

Carrington Cunnington

April 12, 2017

Parent/Child

No More Beating Around the Bush

Carrington Cunnington

April 12, 2017

Parent/Child

I felt the realness of my connection with my girl when I sat down to read to my kids that night before bed. Intimacy begets intimacy—what a profound principle to remember.

Carrington Cunnington

April 5, 2017

Parent/Child

For the Parent Who Disappoints

Carrington Cunnington

April 5, 2017

Parent/Child

There is no pain so deep as pain endured alone.

Carrington Cunnington

February 8, 2017

Parent/Child

A Long String of Firsts

Carrington Cunnington

February 8, 2017

Parent/Child

Isn’t that, after all, what childhood really is? A marathon string of firsts tied together over years and years as our kids grow and encounter an ever more adult world?

Carrington Cunnington

January 18, 2017

Parent/Child

What A Boy Needs From Mom

Carrington Cunnington

January 18, 2017

Parent/Child

To respect our boys—to admire them, be proud of them, esteem them for who they are and how they think and what makes them unique and stunning and brave and wise—this is a need stemming from the deepest parts of their souls.

Carrington Cunnington

November 22, 2016

Parent/Child

Course Correction

Carrington Cunnington

November 22, 2016

Parent/Child

Daring to be vulnerable, daring to love and ask others to love us, these are not undertakings for the faint of heart. Do them anyway.

Carrington Cunnington

November 15, 2016

Parent/Child

Tell the Children

Carrington Cunnington

November 15, 2016

Parent/Child

Dispensing lessons to our kids about adult issues before they are mature enough to absorb them does not help them, it confuses them. It scares them.