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, [...]
I don’t want to do it!
I’m sitting at my desk NOT wanting to write another Parent Minute. It’s one of those days where I just don’t feel like doing ANYTHING. Been there? Summer months are always a struggle in the nonprofit world financially, and we [...]
Did you leave a note?
Today, we conclude the ten obvious things kids want from Mom.1 By the way, you can find the other tips in our archives at ParentMinute.org. The second-to-last thing your son or daughter wants from you is to discipline them when [...]
Are you spoiling your “baby”?
A juvenile court judge wrote some time ago that he saw a large number of last-born kids getting in trouble. It’s easy to assume that the parents “spoiled” their “baby.” He says he now realizes that older brothers and sisters [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Want to know what your kids hate?
I asked one what they disliked most about their parents. First, she said, “Well, I like my parents.” Then she said, “But it does drive me crazy when they tell me we’re going to do something like go to an [...]
How do you get your child to plead guilty?
Do you have a child who won’t admit they’re wrong? Discipline can be tough. They HAVE to admit they’re guilty first. Suggestion: don’t ask, “Did you hit your sister?” It’s too tempting for them to lie. Ask, “What did you [...]
My kid is driving me crazy!
Discipline. It’s a part of life if you’re a parent. It’s the tool God created to help form our kids inside and out. Have your kids gotten so out of control that your discipline was done out of anger and [...]
My kids act like they HATE each other. What do I do?
It’s not easy watching our kids fight. While my older kids were growing up, the three of them couldn’t get along as a trio. It was always two against one. I’ve noticed that when there’s a huge age gap, kids [...]