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Do You Love Family Travel? (Or Not So Much?!)
If you love family travel time, we want to share some ideas that will both deepen your love of family travel AND your familyโs faith and values. But maybe you donโt always love it so muchโฆ We get it. Sometimesโฆ
A Powerful New Perspective for Parenting | Ep. 89
What do you think of when you hear the word discipline? Maybe itโs just to get your child to behave. Or bring peace to the chaos and gain some control as a parent. This is a totally natural parenting impulse!โฆ
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Hereโs How to Seize the Opportunity When Your Child Feels Distant
โMy daughter is distant from me.โ How often have parents repeated these words? Or maybe itโs your son that is emotionally distant these days. The truth is, all relationships hit low points at times. For some kids, distance is theirโฆ
Why We Think “Showing Kids What’s What” Doesn’t Actually Work
Rick was feeling impatient with the way his wife was dealing with their children’s misbehavior. He shared his thoughts with me during a recent conversation: “I’ve always been the kind of dad that likes to get things done efficiently. Whenโฆ
The Critical Cry of Every Child to Their Parents
I love baseball. Before I ever even thought about marriage,ย I dreamt about the day I would teach my own children to play baseball. The first time I went into the backyard with three-year-old Daniel to teach him the game, Iโฆ
Why I Love the Huge Dent in My Floor
In our kitchen, there is a huge dent in the floor. I see it every day. It is a reminder to me of the day in which I learned something important about myself when it comes to discipline. ย It wasโฆ
Stay Committed to Your Parenting Goals with One Simple Reminder
Parenting is a beautiful gift. It can also be some of the toughest work youโll ever do. As we work to โtrain up our children in the way they should go,โ sometimes itโs hard to keep focused on theโฆ
Why You Don’t Need a New Parenting Strategy
John was fed up. He told me that everything he’d tried had failed. No matter what consequences or logic John put in place, his 6th grade son Ben just wouldn’t take responsibility for getting himself up and moving and out theโฆ
Tired of Not Feeling “Christian” Enough? This is for You.
โYou will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heartโ (Jeremiah 29:13) I remember the sign on the menโs dorm wall during my freshman year at a Christian college. A spiritual disciplines checklist was postedโฆ
Getting the Best Out of Our Kids
The way to get the best out of people is to orient people toward others. Think about it. When are you at your best? It’s almost always when you are contributing to the welfare of others. Certainly there are thoseโฆ