In Galatians 5:22-23, Paul tells us, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control” (NIV). Today, kindness is the word we’re focusing on. I’m sure you’ve heard parents who have reached [...]
There are a lot of ways we can do that, isn’t there? The one thing I struggle with? I show displeasure regularly. I don’t want to, but often when I see or hear things that violate our rules, I get [...]
Recently, I had a mom tell me, “My kids care TOO much. They’re always pointing out flaws in people and wanting to fix it. Should I try to change this behavior? What kid likes to be ‘fixed’?” You know, sometimes “fixing” [...]
I was talking with a 10-year-old girl recently, and I asked her what frustrates her most about her parents. She said, “I really hate it when my mom embarrasses me in front of everybody, then laughs about it, rather than [...]
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 [...]