I know, you didn’t raise your kids that way. You’ve heard the joke—the only reason you let your children survive is grandchildren. Well, now you have your grandkids, but now your kids aren’t living the way they should be. They’re [...]
Mom, have you ever wished your kids would tell you what they want? It was especially true when they were babies, but now it’s easier, isn’t it? Sometimes, though, you fail to ask. This week we’re featuring ten common-sense things [...]
Author Dr. Gary Chapman has written a book called The 5 Love Languages of Children. In case you’re not familiar with those love languages, they are physical touch, words of affirmation, quality time, gifts, and acts of service. I don’t have to [...]
We as parents need to influence the behavior and character traits of our kids. But personality, well, that’s different. For example, my youngest daughter—she is a planner. She’s got to know what’s going on. She also is a little sarcastic. [...]
If you’re a grandparent, you have a name that every time it’s said by your grandchild, you just melt. Is it Mimi? How about Oompa? I’ve got the coolest grandpa name: it’s PaYo. Not sure about you, but just about [...]
The common thing to say is, “Pray, Sammy, that God will give you the power over your sin and that He will help you make the right choices.” Hasn’t Jesus already done that? As Christians, didn’t Christ’s death on the [...]
Neil Postman wrote, “Children are the living messages we send to a time we will not see.”1 He’s right. As we invest in our kids, they’re actually taking a part of us with them into the future—a living time capsule, if [...]
Motivating our kids to get up on Sunday to get to church can be pretty difficult. Teens especially are more interested in sleeping till noon than getting up “early” to get to church. It hasn’t been easy for my family, either—until [...]
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 [...]
As followers of Christ, our highest calling is leading our kids to Christ. Unfortunately, many parents and even churches today are encouraging our kids to be morally “good” people. They’re placing emphasis on doing something. In other words—“Do these ‘good’ [...]