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Saturday, November 24th, 2007My father loved baseball and due to complaining about a lack of something to do, at age nine I was required to play little league. Three years later I found myself on a competitive team with a coach who had something to prove. This coach yelled and belittled his players. For example, speaking so those [...]
Parenting Isn’t For Cowards
Sunday, November 4th, 2007As a school principal, I meet with parents weekly who talk to me about their difficulties in parenting. Boys getting into punching matches while dad is away on business, girls sneaking online to post swear words on their friend’s sites, children stealing items from stores, and the list goes on. I listen to parents of [...]
School and Routines
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007In counseling with parents whose families are suffering from lack of routines, I have observed that they often believe the circumstances that lead to the chaos are outside of their control. While life’s circumstances occasionally force us to put aside routines for a time, typically those circumstances are temporary. It is often within our power [...]
Non Punitive Parenting?
Saturday, September 8th, 2007I have noticed a rise in websites and discussion groups where it appears young parents are proclaiming they have come up with a superior way of raising their children. The difference between this group and a very similar group from the 60’s – this group is using a few Scriptures and the “grace” theology as [...]
Is This Important Work?
Sunday, August 12th, 2007When our children were very young, my wife would sometimes look deep into my eyes and say “I think I am losing it! I need to speak to adults and remember how to hold a normal adult conversation.”
No wonder she would question her sanity. She was in hand to hand combat all day with two [...]
Your Child Can Do Chores!
Thursday, July 26th, 2007Hardly a month goes by where a parent will not comment to me that they find it very difficult to get their children to do chores. They know their child will reap many benefits from daily or weekly chores but they seem unable to make it happen. Here are a few thoughts to help make [...]
Training Teens on Financial Matters
Wednesday, July 11th, 2007As many of you know I not only write for this blog but I also own and contribute to ThriftyTimes.com. This site aims to promote contentment and wise spending among Christians.
There are three posts over on ThriftyTimes.com that are valuable to parents of teens. The first article has to do with the new [...]
Be Careful Little Eyes What You See
Sunday, July 8th, 2007Some have asked why we monitor what our children watch and why we are careful with what we watch ourselves. Well, here are a few Scriptures we think can speak for themselves.
Leviticus 20:23 (New International Version)
23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. [...]
Two Thrifty Times Articles For Parents
Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007As many of you know my wife and I not only write in the Colossians2 blog, but we try to minister to families by helping them make wise financial decisions on a site called ThriftyTimes.com. Here are two articles of interest for parents:
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Is Your Hope Deferred?
Sunday, July 1st, 2007Proverbs 13:12 “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.”
Do you long for your children to behave and act properly? Do you dream of the day when your children will treat each other nicely? Is there a hope for a day filled with joy [...]