Whose Job is it to be The Spiritual Trainer of Your Kids?
Just how important is spiritual training in the home? What does God have to say about it? Does your family’s daily schedule align with what the Bible has to say about this?
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When My Son Respectfully Put Me in My Place
“If you don’t like children, why’d you have so many kids?” my college son asked me. Here’s the story and six principles about serving my family.
What does “Talking of God in Our Homes” Look Like?
This video contains some powerful truths that are life-changing. It’s about training our children… and talking of God in our homes so that the next generation knows God and the works He has done. What happened to the next generation – even after the previous one knew God and experienced His great works? Judges 2:10 “When all that…
Want to have respectful kids who know how to behave, even in new situations?
This one parenting technique may possibly be one of the most significant things you do in raising respectful children who know how to behave in all situations. Once you understand it, you’ll most likely be using this every day to prepare your children to be respectful in whatever situation is coming up next. See this…
Using Meal Time to Evaluate Your Kids’ Social Skills
The family dinner table is a place to be intentional to develop communication and people skills. Dine together often. It is extremely important that we take inventory of our own conversational skills and those of our children. Family album photo from 2001, kids range in ages from 1 – 12. Family Fondue Night… a longer…
Training Ahead: Keep the GOAL in Mind
When my oldest son John was two years old we were at a youth event at someone’s home. He spilled his drink on the floor in the kitchen. It amazed me that he quietly reached for a towel and cleaned up the mess all on his own. He’d been TRAINED AHEAD on how to handle…
The Out of Control Lady at the Drive Thru Window
Here’s a story of a woman in drive thru who gets the unofficial Doozy Award. What would you have done in this situation? Ponder on and share with your kids.
The Discipline Process: Specific Questions to Ask
Today, the sixth part of this series on stiff necks and rebellious hearts, I’m role-playing with you to show a specific list of questions that you can use when you are “dealing” with your child’s heart to bring about restoration. I refer to this as The Discipline Process. The purpose of discipline is none other than…
The Confident Older Sister vs the Overlooked Younger Sister
Our first ever Titus Two Tuesday. The question is asked about two sisters’ friendship where the older is outgoing and provided more opportunities and the younger is quieter and oven overlooked. What to do?
The Apology. Specific Wording our Family Has Used.
What does a specific apology look like in which the offender acknowledges her own specific behavior and how those actions respectively hurt the offended? Today in part 7 of this series on stiff necks and rebellious hearts, I’m sharing an apology with the exact wording our family has used for years. Twenty years later, I’d teach this…