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Category Archives: Character

Attitude, Character

A look at Critical Race Theory

Author Par Donahue Date July 1, 2021
Yesterday I put up a new post on my Podcast: A look at Critical...
Tagged Critical Race Theory, Patriotism |
Character, Church, discipline, Family, God, Parenting, Parenting teens

Character and civilization

Author Par Donahue Date February 23, 2019
Some argue that teaching character traits in public schools is teaching religion and therefore...
Tagged Character, Community, Constitution, Public schools, Religion | 1 Comment |
Abortion, Character, Church, Dads, Family, Fathers, Love, Marriage, Parenting, Pediatricians, Religion, Schools, Sex Education,Sexual assault,, STDs, Teens, TV, Values, Virtue, Youth violence

Sexual assault = Shame on us!

Author Par Donahue Date August 10, 2018
Another front page article in the Tennessean last week about how colleges are not...
Tagged colleges, feminists, movie, Porn, Respect, Sexual assault, Ten Commandments |
Character, Death, Family, Friends, Love

A man to emulate

Author Par Donahue Date April 12, 2018
    A couple of years ago Mary and I spent the weekend in...
Tagged compassion, Devotion, emotions, Men to emulate | 4 Comments |
Caring, Character, Christianity., Christmas, Church, Dads, Fathers, Forgiveness, God, Holidays, Jesus, Judging, Love, Miracles, Parenting, Pets, Puppies, Religion, Vanderbilt

A confession, an apology, and a new look at Christ

Author Par Donahue Date December 23, 2017
Some time ago Mary and I hired a man to help us with a...
Tagged Best gift ever., Christmas, Christmas Trees, coton dogs, Face of God, Father's Day, gratitude, Holy people, kids, Nativity, pets, See God, teenagers | 6 Comments |
ADHD, Character, discipline, Family, Fathers, Military, Parenting, Pediatricians

Parenting Matters, or Does It? (Part one)

Author Par Donahue Date October 5, 2017
Last week I had the honor and privilege of speaking to the Irish and...
Tagged Foster Care, integrity, love, Marines, Tough love, trust, William Wordsworth | 2 Comments |
Abortion, Babies, Character, civil rights, Crime, Culture of death, Family, God, Human sacrifice, Parenting, Planned Paarenthood, Pregnancy

Child Sacrifice

Author Par Donahue Date May 19, 2017
Like most other readers of the Tennessean, I was horrified by the article regarding...
Tagged Americans, child sacrifice, Death sentence, gods, Human sacrifice, Life style, Planned Parenthood, Roe v Wade, spirits, Supreme Court | 3 Comments |
Attitude, Character, Education, Family, Parenting

7 childhood lessons for growing adult success

Author Par Donahue Date January 30, 2017
Many of you know that I am not a fan of the fist-pump or...
Tagged Changing tires, Communication, Curiosity, Finances, Fist-pump, Hand shake, Hi-five, Job, Volunteer | 4 Comments |
Character, Dads, Fathers, Parenting

Happy New Year!!!

Author Par Donahue Date December 31, 2016
After the very “interesting” 2016 most everyone is excited about the New Year. As...
Tagged Army, Character, Dad, Father, New Year |
Abortion, Character, Christians, Church, Justice, Love, Parenting, Planned Paarenthood, prayer, Pregnancy, truth, Values

RADICAL TRUTH

Author Par Donahue Date October 3, 2016
This post is written by Olivia, a Junior at Seattle University. Hope you enjoy...
Tagged Catholics, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Freedom, Passion, Pro-life |
Attitude, Character, Forgiveness, Love, Military, Parenting

A teenager’s rules of life

Author Par Donahue Date June 11, 2016
The young men and women who join the military and volunteer to put their...
Tagged Bible, Ephesians, Forgiveness, foster homes, Jimmy Wayne, Rule of life |
Character, Culture of death, Dads, Family, Parenting, Teens, Youth violence

Youth Violence Epidemic

Author Par Donahue Date April 18, 2016
We have an epidemic of youth violence in Nashville, not as bad as many...
Tagged Church, Eulogy Character, Resume Character, Ten Commandments, Violence, Youth violence |
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Character, Christmas, Coaches, Dads, Education, Family, Parenting, Parenting teens, Teens

Merry Christmas

Author Par Donahue Date December 25, 2015
Merry Christmas and may God bless you, everyone! Last week I received my first,...
Tagged Character coach, Football |
Abortion, Character, Planned Paarenthood, Politics, truth

All lives matter!

Author Par Donahue Date November 4, 2015
Sometimes I wonder where our country is going. This government is funding abortions against...
Tagged Abortion, Character, Death, Funding abortion, Funding Planned Parenthood |
Character, Christians, Education

Seven Blunders of the Modern World

Author Par Donahue Date June 15, 2015
Each Saturday the Tennessean publishes an opinion from a local pastor or other religious...
Tagged Blunders, Christians, commerce, conscience, growing, humanity, knowledge, loving, morality, Pleasure, sacrifice, science, Violence, Wealth, Work, worship |
Character, Dads, Parenting

Which parent are you?

Author Par Donahue Date March 27, 2015
Last week I saw two young men (boys really) who were planning on joining...
Tagged Character, kids become us., Parenting teens, Respect, sons |
Character, Self-esteem

How can I improve my kid’s self-esteem?

Author Par Donahue Date March 20, 2015
In a word, you can’t! Only your child can improve his or her self-esteem!...
Tagged arrogant, Character, Entitlement attitude, Parenting, self-esteem,, Sports |
Character, Fathers, Parenting

How to be a parent books – why character is important!

Author Par Donahue Date February 22, 2015
In my last two posts I talked about how to parent books. Today I...
Tagged Baseball, Basketball, Brentwood, Brentwood High School, Coaching, parenting books |
Books, Character, Parenting

What’s wrong with how to parent books?

Author Par Donahue Date February 17, 2015
In my last post I quoted some horrible statistics and concluded that our current...
Tagged Character, How to be a parent, How to Parent books |
Character, Parenting, The Tennessean

Learning from my favorite chef!

Author Par Donahue Date February 24, 2014
  Last week “The Tennessean” featured a chef I wish I could meet.  When...
Tagged Character, Lying, Parenting, Teaching, The Tennessean |
Character

What makes a good sport?

Interesting that some colleges and high schools are discontinuing the rite of teams meeting...
Author Par Donahue Date October 15, 2013
Character, truth

Why Is Everybody Teaching Our Kids to Lie?

Author Par Donahue Date February 26, 2013
Yesterday I met a pleasant, handsome young man of 19 years. During the conversion...
Tagged Character, lies, truth, Uncategorized |
Character, Parenting

Why Is Parenting So Hard? Or isn’t it?

Author Par Donahue Date January 30, 2013
I posted this last summer, but this month is one year since Clay’s accident...
Tagged Character, faith., paraplegia, Parenting, Uncategorized |
Character

Do problems give us character?

Author Par Donahue Date August 29, 2012
I think it was Lombardi who said “Problems don’t give us character; problems reveals...
Tagged coping, optimism, paraplegic, pessimism, plastic surgery, problems, wheel chair |
Character

Avoid these parenting mistakes and help build your kids CHARACTER

Author Par Donahue Date June 7, 2012
Today I have asked Jean Tracy to let me post her blog. She is a...
Tagged Building self esteem, gifts, say "NO", Self-esteem monster |
Character, Parenting

A Raising Optimistic Children

Author Par Donahue Date November 17, 2011
Jean Tracy, a fantastic Parenting guru asked me to write a guest blog about...
Tagged Character, children, expert, Jean Tracy MSS, kids, Listen, optimistic, Parenting, Parenting Skills, success, tips |
Character

Building Character with Good Parenting

Author Par Donahue Date October 27, 2011
Young people, children and teens especially, are drawn to leaders who have integrity and...
Tagged charisma, expectations, integrity, motivate, Pope John Paul II, virtue |
Character, discipline

What The Heck Is Discipline?

Author Par Donahue Date July 30, 2011
So many people worry about how to discipline their kids; many books are written...
Tagged child experts, controlling, mentoring, punishing |
 
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