Mom and Dad, I’m moving!
Oooo, that’s a tough one. How many of us hope and pray our kids will never move across the country? I’m facing that situation right now. I certainly don’t want my daughter to move from Michigan to California. I'd miss [...]
They’re so far away from Christ—my heart’s breaking.
They grew up in the church. They KNOW the truth. They’ve heard the gospel time and time again. They can quote Scripture better than you can, sometimes, yet they’re far from Christ. Yes, Scripture teaches that if we train up [...]
I don’t believe the Bible anymore
In a Christian family this can be the most heartbreaking of things we’ll ever hear from our adult kids. You raised them having family devotions, praying, and pointing them to Christ at every turn but for whatever reason they’re rejecting [...]
My daughter is scared to death.
A Parent Minute parent emailed me telling me that her daughter had graduated from high school. She didn’t know what to do. She was scared. She didn’t have great grades, didn’t want to go into debt, didn’t want to fail, [...]
An empty nest? What am I gonna do?
It’s nearly Christmas, and you realize that next year your last child is going to be off at college and there won’t be anyone around. Decorating the Christmas tree is just going to be you and your husband—or maybe just [...]
My kids have graduated. Now what?
The ceremonies are over. It’s time now for the next season in life. College, meeting somebody special, marriage, houses, babies. You can’t wait. Um, that might not be THE plan. One thing I’ve learned? All four of my kids are [...]
My kids told me they’re divorcing.
I went to the gym this week. A gym acquaintance was there. But, this day was a little different. He was on his stomach looking at his phone and tears filled his eyes. “I know God doesn’t give us more [...]
My adult kids are just NOT living for the Lord.
This is tough. There’s nothing more heartbreaking than watching your adult kids fail spiritually. I know first-hand. You feel like a failure, even though you KNOW it’s not your fault. Many of us believe our kids are saved, but just [...]
Mom and Dad, you’re not fair!
If you’re anything like our family, there are wide gaps in our kids’ ages. My oldest son is 34. My youngest daughter is 17. I don’t treat my adult kids like I do my teenage daughter, and she reminds me of [...]
They grew up in church, but now—it’s just crushing.
As followers of Christ we want our kids to not only know Jesus, but follow Him, right? The reality is no matter how faithful we are to point our kids to Christ, there are no guarantees they’ll remain in the [...]