7 Foundational Principles Of Tried-and-True Discipline
For a tried-and-true approach to disciplining your children, try these 7 foundational principles.
Your Child’s Gifts
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 […]
3 Ways to Fight Conflict in Your Marriage
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 […]
3 Questions to Quench Marital Bitterness
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 come quickly. The lead killed him slowly and quietly—one little bit of poison at a time.
Angry Birds and Happy Marriages
How can couples stand strong together when foes invade their relationship? The popular game, Angry Birds, can teach you some valuable relationship lessons.
Riding the Roller Coaster
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 […]
5 Surefire S’s of Successful Parenting
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 […]
10 More Things You Can Do for a Single Parent
Being a single parent is really hard. The parent has to work to let their family survive, but being away from home is a cause for stress. The single parent has to worry about who is going to be there to watch their kids while they are at work? Single parents need consistent reliable […]
The Bachelor and Love
What was it that millions of Americans witnessed on prime time television when the bachelor gave out the final rose? Was it true love or something else? Many people don’t understand what true love is really all about. Here are some thoughts that might help bring clarity to the greatest, yet most misunderstood and […]
