Jim and Lynne Jackson
What Is the Goal of Your Discipline?
You CAN shift from managing behavior to mentoring belief.
My Child Doesn’t Care About Consequences
When your child shows no remorse, try this instead.
4 Ideas to Build a Growth Mindset as a Family
Start your year on the rock of God’s GRACE and TRUTH!
Greatest Hits of 2021
A list of our Top 10 articles and Top 5 podcasts from the last year
Finding Beauty in the Messes
Messes. Today and over the next 48 hours, you’ll likely be surrounded by a bunch of them. Piles of dishes in the kitchen. Wrapping paper on the floor. Tired and over-sugared children. Stressed relationships. Just like parenting, Christmas is both…
Receiving Unsolicited Parenting Advice?
4 Tips to Respond with Confidence
Giving Gifts at Christmas: Help Kids Discover the Joy of Giving
(And have a blast doing it!)
Self-Affirmation for Kids: A Fun Idea to Build Your Child’s Inner Confidence
The Simple Way We Taught Our Kids to Value What They Did Well
Thankful for the Connected Families Community
Since January 2021, Lynne and I have decided to end each day in our home by expressing gratitude. This has helped us keep dwelling on what is good, and pressing on with joy and peace. We spend around 30 minutes…
11 Ideas to Help You Stop Yelling at Your Kids
Ideas from Scripture and Science to Develop a “Gentle Tongue”