Mark Twain on raising teens
Mark Twain said, when a child becomes a teenager, you should “put him in a barrel and feed him through” a hole in the lid. When they turn sixteen, Twain said, “Plug the hole!” If you have challenging teenagers, you [...]
It’s impossible to win arguments with teens.
Can I be blunt? Teenagers aren’t always very logical. Some can argue the color of the sky. It can be frustrating. But, if you’re like me, the passion begins pouring out, and before I know it—yep, I’m yelling. That’s when [...]
What happened to my compliant child?
It happens. You wake up one morning and all of a sudden your son or daughter thinks you’ve lost your mind. Over night you went from the smartest person they know to the dumbest person on the planet. How does [...]
My daughter can be so frustrating. Teenagers!
It’s 7:30, and you’re getting ready to leave for work. You have a tight schedule, and any delay is going to make you late for that important meeting. Your 17-year-old daughter is still in bed. Do you wake her up [...]
My wife and daughter fight all the time.
An 18-year-old daughter was acting entitled. On top of it, she was treating everyone in the family as peons. While Dad was away on a business trip, it all hit the fan. So, when he got home, he turned her [...]
It’s Sunday. We always go to church on Sunday.
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 [...]
It’s like he’s not even thinking. What am I going to do?
I was a teen driver once. Right after I got my license, I had to drive in a light snow. Not a big deal in Michigan. But I wasn’t cautious enough. Long story short, I scratched the entire side of [...]
Mark Twain on raising teens
Mark Twain said, when a child becomes a teenager, you should “put him in a barrel and feed him through” a hole in the lid. When they turn sixteen, Twain said, “Plug the hole!” If you have challenging teenagers, you [...]
Jesus is really the only way.
Today, we’re looking at the last reason why three in five young people fifteen and older are leaving the church.1 Do you know many young people “wrestle with the exclusive nature of Christianity”? In fact, “younger Americans have been shaped [...]
Sexuality. It’s hard to talk about.
Today, we’re looking at the fourth reason why three in five young people fifteen and older are leaving the church (according to Barna research).1 Number four is “young Christians’ church experiences related to sexuality are often simplistic, judgmental.” With sexuality lived [...]