Parents Must Pair the Imperatives with the Indicatives
Parents love imperatives. I know I do. Just take a close look at the parenting vocabulary and you’ll find it riddled with imperatives: “Eat your broccoli.” “Don’t hit your sister.”…
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4 Truths for the Discouraged Parent
Parenting is hard. But there is truth for our hope and encouragement today.
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The One Phrase That is Helping Me Embrace the Cost of Relationships
Every relationship you’re in is going to cost you something. If you’re a parent, you know it’s true – your relationship with your children is going to cost you some…
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The Courageous Choice to Stay
Sometimes the most courageous thing you can do is to stay right where you are.
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4 Ways to Help Our Children Learn to Deny Themselves
We help our children deny themselves in the same way we learn this discipline ourselves – through small, everyday choices.
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