I don’t own a smartphone. And I share a cell phone with my husband. Oh…and we still have a landline! (Gasp!) My teenagers share one “activity phone” that they take when they are away and it has no data. We also don’t have video games and here we are! Not only surviving, but ...
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Speak Highly of Your Kids (Without Being Annoying)
Okay, Moms! True confession: I am so fearful of sounding boastful about my “perfect” children that I rarely speak highly of my kids. Yes, that is a problem. Truthfully, I speak positively about them with those closest with me, but why on Earth am I more prone to sharing the ...
REscue–(I will rescue you)
Sometimes, it’s hard to sit back and watch our children falling, or failing, and not rescue them before it happens. We are tempted to rescue them before they even need rescuing. I’ve spoken to this matter before—that it’s important to allow our children to fail sometimes. There is a flip ...
How to Ditch Permissive Parenting and Become Authoritative
It’s time to have the talk about permissive parenting. Don’t worry! I’m not here to scold you like a mother-in-law about your parenting style! But I do want to help! Permissive parenting is a real problem—for kids, for parents, and for other people who have to deal with kids from a ...
5 Ways to Show Respect to Your Teenage Son
We know that children need to respect their parents, but lately, I have learned so much about the needs my teenage sons have for respect. You have probably heard of Dr. Emerson Eggerichs’s book, Love and Respect. Thousands of married couples have benefited from the advice given in this ...
Four Essential Roles of Parents
There are four essential roles parents need to fulfill--well, four that we're going to discuss today. I have four children. Sometimes, I feel like all I do is referee. And sometimes, it’s not just between my children, but between my husband and my children. The year that we adopted ...