The First First Day of School
And there he goes. Joshua is off for his very first first day of school. And I’m trying to hold it together. Both Jana and I though we wouldn’t be…
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Nothing Reveals Your Self-Centeredness Like Parenting
News flash, right? If you’ve got kids, you know what I’m talking about. But specifically, I am being reminded right now of my selfishness as we do what many parents…
Read MoreTeaching Your Children to Manage Money
We’ve been told that one of the skills a kid is expected to have as they go into kindergarten is an awareness of money. So we’ve been doing counting drills,…
Read MoreBrothers, We Were Made For This.
There is a huge difference in trying really hard to be something, and realizing suddenly that you are something. When I first got married, I found myself trying really hard…
Read More3 Reasons Why Discipline is Harder Than Punishment
The other day I asked a friend of mine who also has 3 young children how much time, as a percentage, he spends in disciplining his kids. “85%” was the…
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