In the Trenches Is Classical Education Just a Vibe?
Jan 31, 2026
Keith McCurdy, a licensed counselor and marriage and family therapist, and author of Raising Sturdy Kids, shares practical parenting and marriage insights. He discusses misplaced priorities in family life. He explains how work, attention, and love fit into a healthy order. He offers simple shifts to protect couple time and cultivate lasting relationships.
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Value Order Shapes Behavior
- Sin and disorder often come from loving good things in the wrong order rather than loving bad things.
- Correctly ordering loves (Ordo Amoris) guides how to raise the next generation.
Protect Your Marriage First
- Don't put your marriage on the shelf when you have children; actively cultivate it first.
- Prioritize nurturing the primary relationship that will sustain parenting challenges.
Common Order Versus Biblical Order
- Many families spend most time, energy, and money on the world and kids, leaving marriage and God as leftovers.
- Genesis implies the reverse order: relationship with God then marriage, then family, then the world.