Along the Way with Your Daughter
Imagine strolling along a country road on a cool evening with your daughter. The sun warms your back and a brook zigzags along beside you. Your conversation is easy and you both wear contented smiles....
View ArticleGive Your Kids a Morning Makeover
I love a good makeover show. A couple buys a run-down house with good “bones.” They gawk at the paneling and turn up their noses at the overgrown yard. The keys to the house go to a capable team of...
View ArticleBack to School Tips from a Finished Mom
For the first time in approximately 3700 years, I realized last fall that I did not have to care about when school started. Or ended. Or did basically anything at any time, except as it pertained to...
View ArticleBack-to-School Advice from a Former Teacher
New shoes, new backpacks, new teachers—same attitude? Most kids are excited about returning to school, even if they don’t want to admit it. Each year has a unique set of accomplishments and...
View ArticleA Back to School Prayer [Video]
The first day of school can be bittersweet. It means freedom for mom, but it also means another year has come and gone. In this video, the Skitzy Chicks share a prayer for our kids as they head back to...
View ArticleRaising Our Kids to Be Disciples
Yesterday we drove almost two hours up to Tulsa to see a neurologist for my seven-year-old. Our son developed a tic last month, and the appointment was a sobering reminder that we are powerless as...
View ArticleParenting Through a Child’s Depression
Something happens to kids between elementary and middle school. You know, besides all that biology. I’m not sure what it is, but I’m pretty sure it’s also science. You hear about it. You’re given...
View ArticleThe Prodigal Returns—to School
It was my first day to teach school and the other teachers had decided it was best if I figured it out myself. I’m not sure they got that right, but I think God did. I lined up my class to walk them...
View ArticleEncouraging Teachers with a Back-to-School Surprise
Does your child know that she can encourage her teacher(s)? 1 Thessalonians 5:11 says, “Encourage one another and built each other up.” Why not have your kiddo help create a back-to-school surprise for...
View ArticleBack to Blahs, Blues, and Bullies Too
Back to school advice is often about returning to an earlier schedule, adjusting to new classes, and breaking in new shoes. Once school has started and the new has worn off, a few other issues can...
View ArticleHappy-Go-Lucky Moms and Their Serious Kids
When the apple falls far from the tree, life can suddenly become very uncomfortable for a mom and the child she is raising. After every parenting talk I give, a line forms of moms with questions to...
View ArticleSix Proven Ways to Get Your Kids Talking After School
The van door glides open and the kids tumble in. Your knee-jerk reaction is to say, “Hey, kids! How was your day?” Typical response: “Good.” “Yea? Tell me about it!” “I don’t know.” Really? You don’t...
View ArticleThoughts about Today’s Educational Dilemma
For he issued his laws to Jacob; he gave his instructions to Israel. He commanded our ancestors to teach them to their children, so the next generation might know them— even the children not yet born—...
View ArticleSchool: A Reminder for Parents to Have Faith
For many families, the prominent theme of Fall is back-to-school. My social media stream has been brimming with photos of smiling students, full of hope for what lies ahead. For me, it feels...
View ArticleTeach your Children Compassion
Do you know the best way to teach your child compassion for others? Let them see hurt. Tell them about pain. Explain to them that not all people have the privilege of going to school, living in a safe...
View ArticleDiscipline That Connects with Your Child’s Heart (Excerpt)
Imagine if every time we disciplined our children we kept these powerful teachings at the forefront: “I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s...
View ArticleHelp! My Christian Kid Wants to Listen to Pop Music
We missed Miley’s rise and fall. We narrowly escaped Bieber Fever. My kids didn’t become Swifties or Directioners. Then, it finally happened. My middle schooler became a victim of pop music fandom for...
View ArticleHow to Raise Agents of Redemption
David Webb is worth more than a billion dollars, yet I’m pretty sure you don’t know who he is. Webb is also a calculating killer and rogue CIA agent whose every move has been documented in print and on...
View ArticleParental Preferences for Kids’ Personal Finances
Did you know there is an entire website devoted to providing the most current value of a lost tooth? According to theoriginaltoothfairypoll.com, the current going rate, at the time of this writing,...
View ArticleHow We Talk to Our Kids about Race
It is often said that kids do not see color, that noticing race has to be taught. I have not found this to be true. From the time my three kids were preschoolers, they have asked questions about skin...
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