Complaining again?
Recently, I had a mom tell me, “My kids care TOO much. They’re always pointing out flaws in people and wanting to fix it. Should I try to change this behavior? What kid likes to be ‘fixed’?” You know, sometimes “fixing” [...]
That’s embarrassing!
I was talking with a 10-year-old girl recently, and I asked her what frustrates her most about her parents. She said, “I really hate it when my mom embarrasses me in front of everybody, then laughs about it, rather than [...]
Parents need guts.
One of the saddest parenting stories in the Bible is the one about Eli the priest in 1 Samuel 2. The Bible says his sons were scoundrels. They were greedy and immoral. What did Eli do? He talked to them. [...]
YouTube is drawing millions.
In 2005, the first YouTube video was uploaded by its co-founders: high school kids in California, Jawed Karim and Yakov Lapitsky. Now, little did they know their eighteen-second video at the zoo would attract millions, if not billions, of people. [...]
Rules or worship?
For outsiders looking at Christians, we’ve got a lot of rules. There are the Ten Commandments, Sermon on the Mount, how to treat people, what to do in a marriage, how kids are supposed to treat parents, etc. But according [...]
Communication filters. What are they?
Most of us have communication filters. It’s something in your head that prevents you from saying what’s on your mind because you knew if you did, it wouldn’t be good. You could offend somebody. It might be incorrect, requiring a [...]
Being right with the Lord is important.
Most of our broadcasts have focused on Christian parents. But you may not be one. When I write each Parent Minute, I try to focus on some biblical truth that can help us wisely raise our kids, but if you [...]
I love laughing!
Do you like to laugh? Some of my favorite moments in life are when I start laughing so hard that my stomach hurts. Those who know me know I love to laugh. I try making even the saddest people laugh. [...]
Discipline. It’s never easy.
Are you the disciplinarian in your family? My guess is you have to be at some point in time. I seem to be the guy in my family. Almost every time I have to do something punitive to discipline, I [...]
Afterthoughts—they have it rough.
My wife and I have four kids. They’re thirty-three, thirty, twenty-nine, and sixteen. Yep, sixteen. Yes, we planned it. Not an afterthought at all. But, because she’s adopted, she thinks we love her brother and sisters more. Why? In her [...]