March 31, 2011 Posted By: Mark Merrill

7 Foundational Principles Of Tried-and-True Discipline

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For a tried-and-true approach to disciplining your children, try these 7 foundational principles.

March 30, 2011 Posted By: Mark Merrill

Your Child’s Gifts

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  What are your child’s gifts or strengths? If you really want to find out, you have to be a student of your child. When you were a student in school, what did you do?  You paid attention to your teacher, you listened to them, you took notes so that when you were tested, you …

March 29, 2011 Posted By: Mark Merrill

3 Ways to Fight Conflict in Your Marriage

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  Accepting conflict When did marriage conflict start?  When did husbands and wives start pointing fingers and blaming each other? When Eve ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.  Who did she blame?  The Serpent.  Who did Adam blame?  Eve. What causes marital conflict?  A root cause of marital conflict is …

March 25, 2011 Posted By: Mark Merrill

3 Questions to Quench Marital Bitterness

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  When Beethoven died, the cause of death was unknown.  Reportedly plagued with a variety of unpleasant symptoms, he was chronically irritable, depressed and often suffered from abdominal pain.  Some two hundred years later, chemical analysis of  hair clipped from Beethoven’s head the day after he died revealed the culprit—lead poisoning. The end did not …

March 24, 2011 Posted By: Mark Merrill

Angry Birds and Happy Marriages

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How can couples stand strong together when foes invade their relationship? The popular game, Angry Birds, can teach you some valuable relationship lessons.

March 23, 2011 Posted By: Mark Merrill

Riding the Roller Coaster

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  My son, Grant, and I got stuck in the airport and had to stay overnight instead of going home as planned.  Other times, I might have gotten irritated, but this time he did. “This is really annoying,” he barked out. My response? “Grant, it’s like being on a roller coaster. You can either ride …

March 22, 2011 Posted By: Mark Merrill

5 Surefire S’s of Successful Parenting

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  Do you know what your children’s needs are? Sure, they need the basics like shelter and clothing, but what about their emotional needs? In his book, Five Needs Your Child Must Have Met at Home, Ron Hutchcraft discusses the 5 critical needs of every child.  I’ve taken that information and boiled it down to …