<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428527898229624350</id><updated>2011-07-28T19:06:34.665-04:00</updated><category term='motivation'/><category term='virtue'/><category term='education'/><category term='obedience'/><category term='Catholic'/><category term='choose'/><category term='K4J'/><category term='learning'/><category term='understanding'/><category term='discipline'/><category term='kids'/><title type='text'>Live Catholic Virtue</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://k4jblog.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3428527898229624350/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://k4jblog.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>kcbegins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17325486833999605570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MnlfffIkS0E/SrgFicSMUsI/AAAAAAAAAAM/zzUTaKAApMQ/S220/Cropped+Head+Kathy.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428527898229624350.post-7335274142293027328</id><published>2009-10-08T16:31:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-08T16:41:39.816-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='understanding'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='choose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='virtue'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='learning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discipline'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motivation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='K4J'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Catholic'/><title type='text'>Understanding Our Kids</title><summary type='text'>

I had a friend as a guest this weekend. My husband entered the house, sat down in the lazy boy, then said, “I smell smoke… like fire.” I was sitting at the kitchen table typing on my computer. The kids kept playing. My friend looked at me, shocked. She asked Don where he smelled smoke. She started running around the house and sniffing in all directions. Her eyes were like saucers as she finally</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://k4jblog.blogspot.com/feeds/7335274142293027328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3428527898229624350&amp;postID=7335274142293027328' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3428527898229624350/posts/default/7335274142293027328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3428527898229624350/posts/default/7335274142293027328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://k4jblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/understanding-our-kids.html' title='Understanding Our Kids'/><author><name>kcbegins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17325486833999605570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MnlfffIkS0E/SrgFicSMUsI/AAAAAAAAAAM/zzUTaKAApMQ/S220/Cropped+Head+Kathy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MnlfffIkS0E/Ss5L_g-5yiI/AAAAAAAAAEA/MFVUUdP-oMs/s72-c/mother+daughter+wearing+glasses.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428527898229624350.post-3958442307267862401</id><published>2009-09-29T20:31:00.030-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T11:54:05.958-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='obedience'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='learning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discipline'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motivation'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='K4J'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Catholic'/><title type='text'>Obey or Else!</title><summary type='text'>



Obedience from young children is the number one priority for most parents. After all, what is more humiliating than a kid flailing around the floor at the mall? Well, let me tell you from experience, not much. As my 5 year old threw himself on the floor, I wondered if this was just my fate or that of a million others. 


Now I know that most good disciplinarians will tell you this is </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://k4jblog.blogspot.com/feeds/3958442307267862401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3428527898229624350&amp;postID=3958442307267862401' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3428527898229624350/posts/default/3958442307267862401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3428527898229624350/posts/default/3958442307267862401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://k4jblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/obey-or-else.html' title='Obey or Else!'/><author><name>kcbegins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17325486833999605570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MnlfffIkS0E/SrgFicSMUsI/AAAAAAAAAAM/zzUTaKAApMQ/S220/Cropped+Head+Kathy.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_MnlfffIkS0E/SsKzwguiBQI/AAAAAAAAADo/ugFTkWiwSJQ/s72-c/Tantrum+kid.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428527898229624350.post-6913162463764948220</id><published>2009-09-21T21:00:00.024-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-30T11:50:07.413-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='kids'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='choose'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='virtue'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='learning'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='discipline'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='motivation'/><title type='text'>Virtue is Virtually New Again</title><summary type='text'>I was recently on a flight to New York and the gentleman sitting next to me asked me what I do. That is a dangerous question to ask since I could ramble on about K4J and what I do. But, I decided to take it easy on the guy. I just told him that I help create virtue education programs for kids. "Oh that is great" he replied, "I think virtual education is the way to go". Well, I was not sure if he </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://k4jblog.blogspot.com/feeds/6913162463764948220/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3428527898229624350&amp;postID=6913162463764948220' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3428527898229624350/posts/default/6913162463764948220'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3428527898229624350/posts/default/6913162463764948220'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://k4jblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/virtue-is-virtually-new-again.html' title='Virtue is Virtually New Again'/><author><name>kcbegins</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17325486833999605570</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='25' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_MnlfffIkS0E/SrgFicSMUsI/AAAAAAAAAAM/zzUTaKAApMQ/S220/Cropped+Head+Kathy.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
