A single mom needs help.
Yesterday, I answered a question from a single mom asking how she could teach her son how to treat a woman. I’d like to continue that thread today. Men, if you know a single mom with a son, reach out [...]
A single mom wants to know what to do.
A single mom asks, “How can a single mom teach sons the proper way to treat a girl since there isn’t a consistent example?” It’s tough being a single parent. You want your son to have a positive godly male [...]
Your child is a class clown.
A couple of my kids fit this category at one point or another. I remember one teacher telling me how much she enjoyed one of my kids but said it was difficult getting the class back in control. Bethany asks, [...]
I’ll never forgive them!
How many times have we heard this from our kids after they’ve had a fight with a friend or classmate? How do we encourage our kids to forgive and not hold a grudge? Unless we model this for our kids, [...]
I can’t take this whining!
Whiny kids. They drive us all crazy, don’t they? It seems like they go through a stage where it’s happening all the time. How do we stop it? That’s a great question. It’s going to be different for everybody, but, [...]
It’s just PG-13!
I don’t know where you stand on the movie ratings system, but I get pretty irritated by them. Let’s run down what they mean. G means anybody can go watch. PG means there may be some themes and words young [...]
I’m just being truthful!
There’s something to be said for somebody who doesn’t lie. There’s also something to be said about somebody who speaks the truth no matter how much it HURTS. Do we have somebody in our lives who’s just bold-faced honest? We [...]
Internet apps—are they good?
Kids today are connected to the internet so often that I think they’d die from withdrawal if it was taken away from them. Every day it seems there are new apps, software, or something like it coming out that kids [...]
You’re my best friend!
Have you ever been in a situation where one of your kids thought somebody was their best friend, only to find out later it wasn’t true? I’ve actually been there. I thought somebody was my best friend and confidant, only [...]
It’s a free country.
“You’re not the boss of me!” “I can say what I want. It’s a free country.” We’ve heard these words from our kids before, haven’t we? Kids are selfish, and they want their own way. I guess a lot of us [...]