What lengths would you go to?
What lengths would you go to to enable your child to meet their real-life, modern day hero? Four years ago I wrote this blog post. Next Sunday, Matey’s hero back Continue Reading →
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Our talk becomes their self-talk
Did a parent or teacher ever make a negative remark to you that you can still remember? “You are stupid” “You’re ugly” “You’ll never amount to anything” “You’re dumb” Words Continue Reading →
Discipling our Children part 2
Basically, we desire for our children to not just know about God but to know God intimately. How can we most effectively accomplish this? As discussed last week, it is Continue Reading →
Discipling our Children part 1
A mother of three gorgeous young children was recently chatting with me and asking me how to go about discipling her children in the Christian faith. As I was sharing Continue Reading →
Helping your children develop conversational skills
I believe that, within reason, I need to model to, and encourage, our children in how to initiate conversations with strangers. This is a great social skill, especially when they Continue Reading →
Acts of Kindness – school holiday fun
It’s school holidays here in Australia and that can raise a whole lot of emotions in both parents and kids. Now my kids are teenagers, it is a whole new Continue Reading →
Too Many Choices
Before breakfast in most homes today, children have already made many choices. Choices like what to wear, how to wear it, what to look at as they get ready for Continue Reading →
What do you want your child to be doing at age 16?
Saturday morning and we had a relatively ‘free’ day without anything much planned. Quite unusual in our busy household of 2 adults and 2 teenagers. Both kids had beaten me Continue Reading →
Does Parenting Get Any Easier?
Throughout my parenting years, especially when the kids were babies, there have always been people willing to give me advice, even if I haven’t asked for it. If I listened Continue Reading →
Easter – communicating Easter values with our kids and teenagers.
Easter is this coming weekend. What do your preparations look like for Easter? In the last few years, I have been determined to not let the biggest and greatest event Continue Reading →