I’m going to give you four super simple things to do to start discipling your kids and being their spiritual leader…even if you are legitimately clueless. If you feel like you have no business teaching anyone anything about spiritual things, help has arrived! SO many of you have told me this is where you are. Let’s take a quick look at that first…. View Post
Why do we bother disciplining our kids at all? Our goal is to correct bad behavior, right? To make our kids better people with stronger character. We’re trying to instill our values in our kids by drawing lines they can’t cross…or else. Or…because it’s wildly embarrassing to have “that” kid at Target. (This post contains one affiliate link with Amazon. If… View Post
Is there anything more daunting–or humbling–than the task of staying connected to your teen. Or getting connected to your teen in the first place? Just when you thought you knew what you were doing as a parent, whammo. Adolescence. Hormones. Friends’ influence. Pulling back. Independence. You’re in the belly of the beast, my friend. What the heck are you supposed to… View Post
So, you have your hands full with your kiddo at the age they are right now, and the teen years feel a million years away. The whole thing is so abstract, most of us don’t give much thought to preparing now for the teen we’ll have then. But that child finger painting today is a teen-in-the-making. If you lay some… View Post
My post What We’re Really Doing When We Think We’re Raising Kids seems to have hit a nerve! Apparently, raising independent kids is on a lot of our radars, and becoming a high priority. As I see this among Christian parents, I’m convinced the Spirit is preparing the next generation for some big challenges and some big wins. Isn’t that… View Post