Jim and Lynne Jackson
The Gift of Not Giving:
Have you noticed that Christmas aisles seem to be stocked earlier and earlier these days? Commercials for Black Friday โdoorbustersโ are rampant, and there is even controversy about some stores beginning their sales on Thanksgiving Day. The holiday materialism debate is not new: onโฆ
The Joy of Family Chores: A Tale of Two Moms
In a family, we all need each other. We are a team, and we share in the responsibility of the household. โGod has arranged the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them toโฆ
Why โAsking Too Muchโ Can Be a Good Thing
When Moses told the nation of Israel to follow Godโs commandments and โimpress them on your children,โ (Deut. 6:7) he was not speaking just to parents but to an entire community. He knew individual families were vulnerable. He knew thatโฆ
Your Child Is Not Your Report Card
As the school year begins, here are a few brief reminders about responsibility and report cards.
How to Turn Misbehavior Into Success!
Few watching Jonathan Horton faithfully anchor the 2012 US Menโs Gymnastics team would guess that, apparently, he was quite a squirrelly youngster! But โsquirrellyโ is definitely the right word โ as a commercial that aired during the Olympics describes, a youngโฆ
How to Help Your Kids Like Each Other
At times, children naturally enjoy each other. But conflict is inevitable. If parents allow it, isolated conflicts can turn into a persistent rivalry with the power to dominate their childrenโs relationships with each other. In other words, if we wait forโฆ
Michael Phelpsโ Secretโฆ and What It Tells Us About Parenting
Michael Phelps is now the most decorated Olympian in history. Winning 19 Olympic medals has made him โ according to many โ โthe greatest Olympian everโ. So what is Phelpsโ secret? Well, it could be his high-altitude sleeping chamber. But weโฆ
โWhy Canโt You Just Do What I Say?โ
Iโm often tempted to discipline my children with the goal of gaining immediate results. While this might get me what I want in the moment, it often leads to greater frustration later because I didnโt really teach the value behindโฆ
10 Screen-Free Ways to Have Fun With Your Kids
We have talked before about some โDOs and DONโTsโ of how to peel your kids off the screen. It may seem difficult to help your kids discover fun alternatives to their action-packed video games or TV shows, but it canโฆ
How to Peel Your Kids Off the Screen
Itโs halfway through the summer, and youโre finding yourself in power struggles over screen time with your kids. Why canโt they simply obey you and get off the TV/video game/internet respectfully โ when asked โ with no whining, complaining,โฆ