The Power of Parental Example
After thirty years of living in our current house, we finally decided to put a shed in our backyard. This allowed me to begin the long-overdue process of cleaning out our garage by moving things into our new shed. After…
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The Dangers of Helicopter Parenting
One of the most frustrating realities facing college administrators and faculty is the rise in helicopter parenting. It seems that more and more parents are hovering over their college-aged children, running interference for them if they are unsatisfied with a…
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The Most Important Parenting Priority
Parents, today I want to challenge you with this thought: Always be ready and willing to drop everything. Let your kids know that there’s nothing you aren’t willing to put on hold if they need you. Of course, you want…
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Parenting Practices that Facilitate Spiritual Nurture
The Book of Proverbs reminds parents that we are to train up our children in the way they should go. As we read the Scriptures, we realize that the way they should go is in the life of discipleship. Recently,…
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Four-Year-Olds and Gender
Late last summer, some very alarming news came out of Scotland that serves as a sign of our times, and as a warning for what’s trending in terms of beliefs and behaviors related to gender. Newsweek reports that Scottish children…
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