by Rhett Smith | Jun 16, 2016 | Marriage, Podcast
In my time on staff at the Hideaway Experience doing marriage intensives, my co-therapists and I had a few rules that we would often write out for the 4 couples on the their first day of intensive work. We found that having some guiding principles (rules) made the...
by Rhett Smith | Apr 19, 2011 | Parenting
A few weeks ago I taught a parenting class at Highland Park Presbyterian Church where I made the claim that many of the anxieties that children experience are due to issues within the family and marital unit at large, rather than just in the individual kid. This...
by Rhett Smith | Nov 10, 2009 | Parenting
[image by Zieak] Something I have been torn over for a while is the question of “How much of my daughter’s life do I share online?” With blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and other services it’s more convenient than ever to post photos, share...
by Rhett Smith | Oct 19, 2009 | Parenting
[image by Schantzilla] One of the things that I vividly remember from growing up was my father’s voice calling out encouragement from the sidelines of my athletic events. It didn’t matter if I was a good or bad player, or whether or not I even got in the...
by Rhett Smith | Feb 10, 2009 | Marriage
McLuhan and Twitter via John Dyer This is a post I have had in the making for a while, but when I read John Dyer’s post Tools for Tech Thinking: McLuhan on Twitter, and well, he unknowingly gave me some inspiration to post some of my thoughts on this issue. Read...
by Rhett Smith | Aug 6, 2008 | Marriage
Now that I’m a parent I am obviously thinking about the issue more, especially since I have a baby girl. It’s amazing to me how early little girls are being sexualized in advertising and culture. Here is the book mentioned in the interview: So Sexy So...
by Rhett Smith | Jun 23, 2008 | Marriage
My great friend and former co-worker RO Smith always “complements” me for being a co-nurterer of my daughter along with my wife. RO will make comments about us as a typical “postmodern family”, defying traditional and stereotypical role playing...
