{"id":3226,"date":"2015-12-20T23:12:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T23:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/?p=3226"},"modified":"2015-12-20T23:12:53","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T23:12:53","slug":"kid-approved-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/shalominthecity\/2015\/12\/kid-approved-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"Kid-Approved Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Kidapproved.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3227\" src=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Kidapproved.jpg\" alt=\"Kidapproved\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When I started blogging five years ago, my kiddos were littles, 8, 5, and 4, to be exact. \u00a0Their stories were all cuteness and adorable antidotes. \u00a0As they grew older\u2014they\u2019re now 13, 10, and 9\u2014 my stories about motherhood have became more complex as I help them process\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/2014\/10\/16\/open-when-you-are-confused\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">race<\/a>,<a href=\"http:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/2015\/06\/06\/shalom-in-the-waiting-when-your-child-is-not-ready-to-follow-jesus\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> faith<\/a>, \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/2015\/12\/02\/santa-doesnt-visit-the-moore-fam\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">social faux pas<\/a>, and complicated family dynamics. \u00a0My best inspiration comes from my mothering, so I want to give my kids a new level of ownership of the stories on the blog.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m constantly calling one of them over to my computer \u00a0to hear my posts. \u00a0\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Is this ok?\u201d <\/em><strong>I ask. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cCan I include this detail?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhat do you want me to take out?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDo you mind if I say\u2026\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This blog is as much theirs as it is mine, so whenever I write about my kids you\u2019ll see one of these images.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tysonapproves.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3255\" src=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Tysonapproves-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"Tysonapproves\" width=\"900\" height=\"635\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TJapproves.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3256\" src=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/TJapproves-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"TJapproves\" width=\"900\" height=\"635\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Trinityapproves.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3257\" src=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Trinityapproves-1024x718.jpg\" alt=\"Trinityapproves\" width=\"900\" height=\"631\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Whenever you see one of my kid\u2019s endorsement at the end of a blog post, you\u2019ll know that whatever personal details, whatever conversation, whatever ah-ah moments I share, they are ok with it living on the blog.<\/p>\n<p>Kid-Approved Shalom,<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3904 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/shalominthecity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/osheta-3-e1451754412959.jpg\" alt=\"osheta\" width=\"200\" height=\"80\"><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 When I started blogging five years ago, my kiddos were littles, 8, 5, and 4, to be exact. \u00a0Their stories were all cuteness and adorable antidotes. \u00a0As they grew older\u2014they\u2019re now 13, 10, and 9\u2014 my stories about motherhood have became more complex as I help them process\u00a0race, faith, \u00a0social faux pas, and complicated 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