Will they EVER move out?
Being a parent of a young adult isn’t always easy, especially if they moved out to go to college, now they’re back and you don’t see any movement to get out on their own. How do we get them to [...]
Being a parent of a young adult isn’t always easy, especially if they moved out to go to college, now they’re back and you don’t see any movement to get out on their own. How do we get them to [...]
My two cents, life isn’t fair! But thirteen year old Hannah is irritated “that my brothers who are younger than me have the exact same bed time that I do. I am older and sometimes do homework or when we [...]
A Parent Minute parent emailed me telling me that her daughter had graduated from high school. She didn’t know what to do. She was scared. She didn’t have great grades, didn’t want to go into debt, didn’t want to fail, [...]
You’re new parents. You have these fantasies that your firstborn’s going to be PERFECT. Calm, just moments of crying, sleep—it’s shorter, but regular. You had NO idea that’s ONLY a dream because your situation’s a nightmare. Your baby isn’t happy. [...]
Our kids’ high school days are FULL of activities. Athletics, clubs, student council, music, and the list can go on and on. At church, there’s youth group, small group, worship team, babysitting, and more. It’s easy to lose those intimate moments [...]
Cara, a friend of mine, posted (in part) on Facebook the following: “Dear summertime moms. Perhaps your kids live in a perpetual state of fighting. When you try to leave them for 5 seconds, they play with saws, drills and [...]
Perfectionism. It's common for our kids to feel pressure to excel in academics, sports, and social relationships. All these things WILL fade away though. We can help by reminding our teens that they’re fearfully and wonderfully made by God, and [...]
You’re new parents. Just home from the hospital. You have these fantasies that your firstborn’s going to be PERFECT. Calm, just moments of crying, sleep—it’s shorter, but regular. You had NO idea that’s ONLY a dream because your situation’s a [...]