Category Discipline
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 withย the power to dominate their childrenโs relationships with each other. In other words, if we wait forโฆ
Michael Phelps’ Secret… and What It Tells Us About Parenting
Michael Phelps is now the most decorated Olympian in history. Winning 19 Olympic medals has made himย — according to many — โthe greatest Olympian everโ. So what is Phelpsโ secret? Well, it could be his high-altitude sleeping chamber. But weโฆ
How to Avoid Combat with Your Kids
When your kids act up,ย Stop and Breathe. Breathing clears your mind and calms you down. When you don’t breathe, your brain stays in fight or flight mode and you can’t think clearly. You usually charge in and start a battle.โฆ
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
ย 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 — when asked — with no whining, complaining,โฆ
A 3-year-old Broke Our Hearts
Eli and his single mom Kari lived with us for 3 ยฝ years. We took them in, believing that God could use us to strengthen and prepare them for lifeโs next chapters. Though raised in a Christian home, Kari struggledโฆ
Connection in Correction (Love No Matter What!)
Our belief is that what makes a discipline technique effective is not what parents do, but how they do it. This is where the most effective technique we’ve ever seen comes in. We call it “Connection in Correction”. Itโs a way ofโฆ
Solving a Childโs Big Spiritual Problem
As parents who care for our childrenโs spiritual well-being, we try to teach them right and wrong and help them tackle whatever spiritual problems they encounter. However, other than the fact that theyโre born into sin, it may well beโฆ
What You Really Need for Motherโs Day
Hint: It’s not flowers, or chocolates, or a day at the spa! Motherโs Day. The one day a year when we moms are officially recognized for working our fannies off to be โall things to all people.โ The other 364โฆ