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Practicing her mill circle on bars at a gymnastics meet

The Relationship of Happiness and Competence

December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 Tad (ScientologyParent) 0 Comments competence, fatherhood, gymnastics, parenting, scientology, skiing, the way to happiness

“The ingredients of competence include observation, study and practice.” – L. Ron Hubbard, The Way to Happiness My wife and

At the new Church of Scientology of Salt Lake City, Utah

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Why I Brought My Kids to the Grand Opening of the Church of Scientology of Salt Lake City

February 20, 2018February 20, 2018 Tad (ScientologyParent) 2 Comments church, david miscavige, grand opening, ideal org, parenting, ribbon cutting, salt lake city, scientology, utah

This past weekend, I got up early with my kids, and made the quick flight from Portland down to Salt

Growing up in Scientology Parenting

Should You Let Your Small Children Swing Axes?

January 30, 2018January 30, 2018 Tad (ScientologyParent) 7 Comments chores, free-range, helicopter parenting, kids, parenting, safety, scientology, work

You might find it controversial, but my wife and I let my 8-year-old daughter swing an axe. The modern, over-protective,

My 8-year-old Photographing Mt. St. Helens

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A Father to Daughter Heart-to-Heart About “Growing Up”

July 14, 2017July 14, 2017 Tad (ScientologyParent) 1 Comment conversation, daughter, father, fatherhood, growing up, l. ron hubbard, parenting, scientology

My oldest is just eight years old, but the father/daughter conversations we have are sometimes much more incisive and profound

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The Relationship Between Workplace Stress, Sick Kids, and a Chaotic Home

February 1, 2017February 1, 2017 Tad (ScientologyParent) 2 Comments dvd, film, over-stressed, parenting, problems, problems of work, scientology, solution, stress, trouble, work

One thing that gets overlooked all too often, is the inextricable inter-relationship between one’s relative level of success and stress at

“A parent may believe that a child learns to use a napkin, knife and fork merely because he is told that if he doesn’t use them properly, he will be spanked. By test, this inhibits the natural learning, putting an artificial command under the natural ability to mimic. The common result of this is to cause the child to revolt. If the child is permitted to observe, without coaching or coaxing, adults eating with knives and forks and using napkins, the child, unless badly aberrated, will, by test, struggle and fumble to mimic. And it will come up at last with manners, better manners than those forced upon it, providing the parents themselves know how to use table silver and napkins properly.” — L. Ron Hubbard

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The Importance of Setting a Good Example

January 26, 2017January 26, 2017 Tad (ScientologyParent) 0 Comments dianetics, example, l. ron hubbard, LRH, parents, quote, scientology, setting a good example, siblings, way to happiness

Personally, I’ve always found that clean, effective communication and setting a good example go much further toward getting kids to

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Raising Children: Rewards & Penalties

January 17, 2017January 17, 2017 DianeNorgard 1 Comment children, l. ron hubbard, mace-kingsley, parenting, penalties, punishment, raising, rewards, scientology

Today I want to write about the idea of rewards and penalties. As a child moves from the developmental stages

Babies Interviews Parenting

Carry the Future’s Cristal Logothesis on Scientology and her Family

December 12, 2016December 13, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 1 Comment carrier, carry the future, Child, cristal munoz-logothesis, family, interview, middle east, refugees, religion, scientologist, scientology, story, syrian

Cristal Munoz-Logothesis is the Founder of a charity called Carry the Future which has been featured on Today, Huffington Post, and number of

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Interview with a Scientologist: “I would not have a family of my own had I not found Scientology”

December 9, 2016December 17, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 5 Comments ccint, celebrity centre, ethics, family, ot, purif, purification, relationships, scientology

Here is an interview done with Renee, a Scientologist and mother of three, on what Scientology has meant for

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Interview with a Montana Scientologist on Scientology & Family

December 5, 2016December 6, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 0 Comments 3rd-generation, dianetics, equestrian, family, montana, mother, motherhood, relationships, scientologist, scientology

I interviewed Anna Sanders, a Montana Scientologist whom I first met (curiously) when my family was moving cross-country to Oregon. She’s

General Information Interviews Parenting

A Brief Description of Scientology from a Scientologist

November 28, 2016March 9, 2018 Tad (ScientologyParent) 0 Comments auditing, explanation, parenting, religion, scientologist, scientology, what is scientology

A writer recently wrote me, and asked me to summarize for her a few things about my beliefs and what

Growing up in Scientology Parenting

My Scientology Baby Naming Ceremony

November 21, 2016July 14, 2017 Mariah Nagangast 0 Comments baby, christening, clearwater, flag, florida, naming ceremony, parenting, scientology

I did a Naming Ceremony at the Church Of Scientology in Clearwater Florida, for my daughter Layna. The purpose

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Knowledge, Responsibility and Control

November 21, 2016November 22, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 0 Comments arc triangle, control, definition, knowledge, krc triangle, meaning, responsibility, scientology

Something I want very much for my children, is for them to be active, competent, participants in life. I want

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Our Family Trip to Los Angeles for Scientology Services

November 21, 2016February 13, 2018 Tad (ScientologyParent) 0 Comments asho, auditing, counseling, family, pacifica bridge, religion, scientology, what is scientology

My family recently returned from a trip to Los Angeles, a trip we took primarily for the purpose of doing

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Parenting & Patience

November 21, 2016November 30, 2016 Tad (ScientologyParent) 0 Comments

When you’re a working parent at your wit’s end on keeping the house together, kids in school, meals on the

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Cultivating a Love of the Outdoors

November 14, 2016July 14, 2017 Tad (ScientologyParent) 1 Comment devices, games, outdoors, outside, parenting, scientology, screen time, video

I don’t think it’s ever been more important to cultivate in our kids a love of the outdoors. “Normal” life

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Our Baby’s Naming Ceremony at the Church of Scientology Portland

January 10, 2016February 26, 2018 Tad (ScientologyParent) 0 Comments christening, church of scientology, naming ceremony, parenting, portland, scientology

It’s a tradition in many cultures to have a ceremony whereby new additions to the family, and to the community,

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Are You Experiencing Your Kids from Behind Your Cameraphone?

September 2, 2015February 9, 2017 Tad (ScientologyParent) 0 Comments attention, children, communication, ignorning, over-sharing, photography, scientology, smartphones

What’s more real – getting to see something in the here and now, or sharing it digitally with your

Going Clear Interviews Parenting

Scientology Helped Us Deal with Our Daughter’s Battle with Cancer

April 15, 2015January 21, 2018 stephc 3 Comments auditing, bone cancer, chemotherapy, clear, family, going clear, grief, Rotationplasty, scientology

Stephanie and Russ are parents to three beautiful girls, and make their home on a farm in Texas. Adversity

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Was my Life’s Goal to Be a Mother Going to End in Despair?

April 3, 2015January 21, 2018 Tad (ScientologyParent) 1 Comment anger, anxiety, auditing, birth, feelings, fighting, going clear, goingclear, irrational, postpartum depression, pregnancy, scientology, self-doubt

How would you say going Clear has affected you as a parent? I’d like to give you a full answer

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