Getting Your Kids Interested In Reading
Looking for ideas on getting your kids interested in reading? Then make it a family activity. Here are 5 ideas from The National Book Foundation: 1. Incorporate books into standard family games. For example, play charades with book titles. 2. Have family outings to the library and allow every family member check out one book. 3. Start […]
“Dad, I’m watching you.”
In Today’s Family Minute, I talked about being there for your kids at crucial times during the day. It must be a priority for us as parents to make time to be there for our children. We must prove to be great examples of what truly loving parents should be. Because, as the video below […]
Husbands, are feeling like chopped liver?
Ok, this is a touchy subject, but here it goes. It’s no secret – a lot of husbands feel like chopped liver. When you get married you feel like you’re the apple of your wife’s eye. Then, kids come along and the world naturally revolves around them. Pretty soon mom is almost always busy […]
Punishment or Discipline?
In a recent meeting I had with my good friend and Chick-fil-A founder, Truett Cathy, he shared with me a story about when a trio of young vandals trashed his Florida residence to the tune of $30,000 in damages. These misled youngsters got more than they bargained for – mercy. Though the 87-year-old entrepreneur could have pursued charges […]
Shape the Future
Jonathan Edwards Max Jukes Today’s Family Minute was about shaping the future. We mentioned that your link to the future wasn’t in a time machine but it was right in your own home… your children. You can shape the future by helping to shape your children. Because our children are our future. In other […]
Unconditional Love
In today’s Family Minute we talked about how many marriages appear strong on the outside but in reality they are in danger of falling apart. We talked about a few things that would keep that marriage from capsizing and eventually sinking. One of the things we mentioned was unconditional love, and oh how important it […]
Sowing and Reaping
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Throwing Around The “D” Word? Bad Idea.
Today on the air you heard me talk about when couples use the “D” word. “Divorce” that is. As I said today, you may have said it when you were fighting with your spouse, and it slipped out and you couldn’t get those words back. You may have really meant it once. That once […]
Living Life in the DASH
On the air today, I talked about the “DASH.” I mentioned that when you look at a tombstone you see a name, something nice about the person, the year they were born and the year they died… and a small dash in between. The dash is what we do with our lives. It’s who we […]
