Negative Sideline Behavior
Earlier this summer, a television station in Des Moines, Iowa ran a report about how unruly parents were causing issues for umpires at youth baseball games. It seems that over the course of one weekend in June, umpires had to…
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Episode 154: Teaching God’s Plan for Sex and Gender at Home and in the Church
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here. RSS FEED – click here. Access from iTunes. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Kyle Hoffsmith (website) (church) Jessica Van Rees (church) Layne Hedden (Instagram)…
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When to Talk to Kids About Sex
“When should I talk to my kids about sex?” That’s a question I hear all the time. Usually, the parent asking the question is hoping for an answer on the higher end of the number scale. . . like “when…
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The Proper Parenting Posture
I sometimes think there are only three basic postures we can assume as we approach the task of parenting teens. The first posture is what I call the “Unrealistic Optimist.” This is the parent who ho-hums over the teen years,…
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Teaching Kids to Think
One of the hardest things I’ve had to learn as a parent of teens is to stop my tendency to think for my kids. I have a tendency to jump in, tell them how it is, issue an instruction or…
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Major on the Majors
Today we conclude our week-long look at Dr. Ted Tripps wonderful advice to parents regarding the common communication pitfalls that all too often characterize our communication with our teens. Dr. Tripp reminds us of a very helpful approach when he…
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