How to Help the Youngest in the Family Thrive I’ll never be better, faster, taller, or smarter. I’ll never get to do something first. If you have more than one child, chances are your youngest one has felt things similar to this at one time or another. It is like working at a company where [...]
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“…you’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem.” Eldridge Cleaver spoke these words in 1968, and while he wasn’t precisely referring to parents, his words are still true. If we are not doing more for our children, if we are just waiting for the schools to churn out successful children, we [...]
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In an Undignified World Changing dirty diapers, wiping mashed bananas from the walls, and crawling along the cracker-dusted floor like a crocodile with your preschooler probably doesn’t seem very dignified. But consider a different idea of what it means to parent with dignity, and how that approach can positive impact your children’s lives. The dictionary [...]
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Without an over-protective-parent-ninja approach Yesterday I wrote about the risk factors our kids face when it comes to substance abuse, and how drugs don’t care if our kids are on the honor roll or are star baseball players, and today I share some of the ways that parents can teach themselves about drug abuse and give [...]
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Keeping Our Kids Safe I grew up in the era where just say no was the policy response taught to children about drug use, and I grew up in a culture and community where a “druggie” was considered the guy who skipped classes to smoke a cigarette across the street. Now I am raising children [...]
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What are the worst things I have ever heard my children say? Anything that sounds like me in a bad parenting moment – the echoes of my own words. That impatient tone they get when frustrated with each other or the refusal to share a toy because “last time you lost mine”, I know somewhere [...]
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The Characteristics of Parenting for Success When you hear the word success, does you mind immediately go to money, status, and material items? The cheers from my old high school ring in my ears: S-U-C-C-E-S-S, That’s the way we spell success! Great – so we know how to spell it, but can we achieve it [...]
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This Detailed Graphic Provides Great Statistics On How Different Parenting Styles Will Affect Your Children In the Future.
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Ways to Develop Your Son’s Emotional Health Snips and snails and puppy dog tails might have been how I once envisioned boys as I ran from them on the playground and dreaded standing next to one particularly rude young man in Super Choir. That was when I was 9 years old. Perhaps it was a [...]
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Do you hear the term Christian parenting and think of rods and spoiled children, or parents using the Bible as a dogmatic force – shouting out the Commandment of Honor they Father and Mother? You are probably not alone if you do, but the ideas behind Christian parenting are really based on a foundation of [...]
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