The Big Picture Moving your child from obedience to responsibility Part One: Back to the Basics How do you navigate the tricky middle years and move your child from obedience to responsibility? How do you transfer freedoms? In this three … Read More
If You’re Going to Throw a Fit, Make it a Bene-“fit” Have you ever felt held hostage by your child? It can happen anywhere: in our homes, malls, and grocery stores. When children throw temper tantrums it can … Read More
Have you ever considered that being late is a form of stealing? Can it get any clearer than that? You shall not steal. (Exodus 20:15) Sandwiched right there in between not committing adultery and not bearing false witness against your … Read More
He drove away. Just himself and whatever he could fit into his old two-seater car. Did nearly 21 years pass by already? His goodbye was sweet. My tears were plentiful. He is the last to go. The house is silent. … Read More
Tips for Parenting Children Close in Age Part Two In Part One of this series, we looked at four lessons I’ve learned along the way while raising my children who are 8.5 months apart. We saw that: Parenting multiple … Read More
Did you ever wonder why the Lord designed it such that a baby grows inside the mother’s womb for 40 weeks (9 months)? Of course, there is something very holy about 40 weeks. Yet I believe God might have also … Read More
Question: My child is only three years old but in a recent conversation with some other moms, the question of children stealing came up. Is there a way I can be proactive in teaching my child that stealing is wrong? … Read More
How Not To Be a Thief All of us have been victims of a thief at one time or another. Some of us remember having our lunch stolen in elementary school. Maybe you were getting ready to pull into a … Read More
Is it really necessary to correct your crawler/toddler? If so, why? And what does it look like? Ultimately, our desire for our children is that they would leave the quiver of our home and fly straight to the target that … Read More
Are boundaries really necessary for children? Most parents would give a resounding, YES!! How to implement those boundaries, though, can be the dilemma. When my son was two years old, he had a habit of grabbing everything he could see … Read More