My kids HATE me.
I’ve thought that a few times. I did something that really made my kids mad. Sometimes I did it on purpose too. No, not to be mean, but maybe as a way to get a reaction so we could talk [...]
I shot myself in the foot again!
As a parent, I’m good at it. While most of the time I’m strategic in planning discipline, the comments that I make out of frustration do just the opposite. It can put me in a place where I’m violating Scripture, [...]
There are ways to say no.
There are a few parents whose favorite word is no—"no" this and "no" that. I was watching a first-time parent of a toddler who was all over the place. She was so frustrated. This little guy was into everything. Unfortunately, [...]
Saying no can be pretty hard
For some parents, it’s difficult saying no. For others, it’s TOO easy saying no. Well, what kind of a parent are you? I like saying yes, but unfortunately I say no a lot more than I’d like to. Are you [...]
Nobody’s ever told me I’m talented.
A friend of mine was telling me about a middle-school-age boy he was working with. The boy said nobody had ever told him that he was talented, even though he clearly was. After the compliment, you could see that it [...]