Mark Twain on raising teens
Mark Twain said, when a child becomes a teenager, you should “put him in a barrel and feed him through” a hole in the lid. When they turn sixteen, Twain said, “Plug the hole!” If you have challenging teenagers, you [...]
Are you building or tearing down?
It seems like every family has at least one kid that’s a challenge. How did I handle it? Sometimes poorly. While the experts say it’s important to point out the positives in our kids, when you’re mad, it isn’t easy, [...]
Mark Twain on raising teens
Mark Twain said, when a child becomes a teenager, you should “put him in a barrel and feed him through” a hole in the lid. When they turn sixteen, Twain said, “Plug the hole!” If you have challenging teenagers, you [...]
Are you building or tearing down?
It seems like every family has at least one kid that’s a challenge. How did I handle it? Sometimes poorly. While the experts say it’s important to point out the positives in our kids, when you’re mad, it isn’t easy, [...]
I HATE reading!
How many times have you heard THAT one? Well, that was me when I was a kid. I’d much rather be outside, riding bikes, playing baseball, or just hanging out with my friends. Should we MAKE our kids read? NOPE! [...]
Can’t they control their kids? This is a restaurant.
As we get older and more experienced, it’s easy to look at other families and say things like that. What you may not know is these kids could be autistic or challenged in other ways. Maybe the littles ones are [...]
I don’t WANT my picture taken
As parents, we’ve all been there. You’re trying to get that perfect family picture, but Junior wants nothing to do with it. This photo session is just an obstacle in his life preventing him from running, playing with his light [...]