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Saturday, December 31st, 20111 Timothy 6:6: But godliness with contentment is great gain. Let me wish each of you a very happy New Year! As I look back on 2011 I am not sure I would want to relive this year. My wife and I estimate that I was sick for roughly half of 2011. As the year [...]
5 Steps To Keep Your Child Safe In the Changing Technology Landscape
Tuesday, December 27th, 2011I just read a major family ministries “hint” on how to keep your child safe online. Their hint – keep the family computer in a common area. What? That may have worked 5 years ago, but today’s changing technology landscape has brought new challenges demanding new strategies for parents living in 2012! iPods, iPhones, iPad, [...]
Boys Adrift – Book Review
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011Because I have been facing some health issues over the last few months I have been forced to trim my activities thus leaving more time for reading. One book I have recently read: Boys Adrift, The Five Factors Driving the Growing Epidemic of Unmotivated Boys and Underachieving Youn Men, by Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D. Dr. [...]
How To Make Sure Your Son Struggles With Pornography
Monday, November 28th, 2011This article on our sister site Cyber Safety Seminar continues to be a vital message for moms and dads! I urge you to read this if you have a son 9 or older! Please don’t assume that your son will be able to fight the temptation of easy, readily available pornography. Take a few minutes [...]
Picky Eaters
Sunday, September 25th, 2011It is the classic Mother – Child struggle. You know what your child should be eating, but he does not want to eat what you have cooked. My 80 year old father was a picky eater as a young child. A testament to the reality that this mom-child struggle has been going on for a [...]
Yelling In The Home
Thursday, September 8th, 2011On one of the Christian Parenting forums I keep an eye on, the following post caught my eye: “It seems like my house is so full of yelling. Just to normally communicate something like “May I have Juice” my 2 to screams it at unnecessary decibels. Then there’s the fighting where they both just scream [...]
10 Lessons Learned
Thursday, August 4th, 2011My house has been alive with my 2 ½ and a 1 ½ year old granddaughters for the last week. I honestly forgot what the constant motion and constant vigilance was like! I learned (or re-learned) 10 things: #1 – Never leave sharp knives in the dishwasher where little ones can get them. NEVER! #2 [...]
Effective Parenting
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011This short video was produced for Cyber Safety Seminar, but is helpful for all parents. Please take 5 minutes to view.
Be There For Them
Friday, June 10th, 2011Editor’s Note: This article is reprinted from October 2005 – it still touches my heart – I hope it will touch your heart. Ellen’s first post was on A Rewarding Perspective. In it she wrote, “Feelings of exhaustion can fog your perspective.” This week a teacher reminded me that feelings of frustration could fog our [...]
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