Adult Friends
I recently walked with two parents through some difficult circumstances involving a teenage child. Dad and mom were blindsided by the discovery of some ongoing habits and poor behavioral choices. As a difficult parent-teen confrontation loomed on the horizon, there…
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3 Ways To Parent
The Barna Group identifies three approaches to parenting being utilized today. Parenting by default is what Barna calls the path of least resistance. In this approach, parents do whatever comes naturally as influenced by cultural norms and traditions. The objective…
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Parental Desires
Parents, what do you value most when you think about your kids and your desire for their future. I’ve learned that as a parent, the idols of my heart are exposed if my greatest desires are to lead my kids…
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Sideline Parents
Perhaps nowhere is our questionable example more powerfully displayed than outside the white lines surrounding our kids’ fields of play. I’ve found the following directives to be helpful guides for being a responsible sideline parent. “Winning isn’t everything.” “Playing hard…
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