If you are a parent, you’ve most likely heard your kids utter the words, “It’s not fair”. That sinful nature comes out without a thought as if it is an automatic response ingrained in their being. After all, so much of what we learn about ourselves and others is a result of looking at what […]
As our kids move into the tween and teen years, we as parents need to be thinking more about allowing natural consequences be our kids’ teacher. Consequences help our kids become better critical thinkers while helping them own their choices. Our job is to create an environment where our kids will want to come […]
Most of us would do anything for our kids. We want them to be happy. We want them to say we were always there for them. We want them to be successful in school, in sports, and in relationships. Our desire is for our kids to be the best they can be and compete at […]
A friend of mine sent me a text this week –“She is crazy in love with the baby, but slow on the ‘adulting’.” A 20-something shows up at my house with no socks for the weekend, “Oh, I haven’t done laundry for over a month.” And a high school junior looks at mom and says, […]
I well remember when my kids were little. They would skin their knee and I would kiss their boo boo, give them a hug, and help wipe their tears away. These were tender moments of connection letting my child know that I would always be there for them when things hurt. And then they’d go […]
I remember one of my kids coming home feeling defeated several years ago. It was over a Latin test that she had failed. I knew it had to be hard switching from one school to another between Latin I and Latin II–different text books and different teacher. But she was determined to finish, even though […]