Often I get questions from moms asking how to get their kids to respect them. I hear the anguish in their voice as they talk about the disobedience, the yelling, the consequence, and then more yelling. I absolutely can relate. I’ve been there too many times myself wishing things had not gotten so out of control. […]
Pokemon took the world by storm in the late 90’s with kids everywhere getting sucked into the vortex. I remember well the debate in Christian circles of whether or not we should allow our kids to participate. It was a time when mainstream churches tended to be black and white. It was either good […]
Sitting in a local coffee shop with my son, I asked him a question that totally caught him off guard. I was having one of those mom moments when I wanted to make sure we were connecting. He was at that stage in life where manhood was just around the corner–the threshold […]
As a parent I have been known to take detours that lead me down a path that is in desperate need of repair. You know the ones I’m talking about. Maybe there is a rule in your home where you’ve outlined a consequence, and just once you forgot to enforce it. What happens? The whining […]
Tony was notorious for wanting to stay up later than his bedtime allowed. At 12, he started a full-court press on Jennifer trying to get her to change his bedtime complaining that he was being treated like a little kid. “Mom, you just don’t get it! Other kids my age don’t even have a […]
Sitting on the back patio in the early morning savoring the spring sunshine and cup of coffee, Sally was still in her PJ’s. Their backyard was private enough that she loved going out there to spend quiet time with God. Her teens were already at school and Alex, her twenty-three year old son was at […]