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Tangles and Not Some days our kids tangled. Some days they played like the princes and princesses they were not. I’ve got proof in my file drawers of both kinds of days. In cleaning out those file drawers recently, I’ve laughed so much at the papers I found that I cried. Yet, I also recognize…
When parenting is especially hard and you’re not sure what to do with a defiant child, consider granting mercy¹. Do it, not because he deserves it, because mercy isn’t deserved. Do it because we have been the recipients of mercy. As God grants us mercy when we least deserve it, we can model that to our…
Part Two: Building Blocks of Parenting When you’re frustrated with parenting, here are some things you can do to help sort through the advice and information you’ve heard or read. Sometimes we’re not sure about discipline and consequences. Sometimes we think the method we’ve chosen isn’t working. Sometimes we wonder if there’s a better way…
Part One – Building Blocks of Parenting When it comes to discipline or teaching children responsibility, one of the hardest things for a parent is to be consistently consistent. Equally difficult to remember is that being a parent does not require that we are always our child’s friend. Easier said than done, I know. How…
The playing field of home can be fraught with frustration, especially when the coaches disagree and the players are uncooperative. It is rare to find parents who agree on how much discipline or what kind of discipline should be divvied out to their offspring. More often than not, one of the greatest disagreements comes from…
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