Parenting adults can be a challenge. When do you help and when do you step back? What actions empower and which cripple? I have more questions than answers these days. This is a new dance and I am still learning the steps. But I have experimented with some ideas about how to keep lines of communication open and conversations flow.
Read MoreHere is some hope for the weary parent. Using lessons from a VERY BAD DAY, see how God creates, forms, and programs strong-willed kids for His purposes. Though sin corrupts the design, it still isn't mistaken. It just needs constant prayer.
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As my last child enters high school I am acutely aware that I must hold on to these last days with their sacred, fleeting opportunities. I can't wast a single moment being distracted because I have a holy commission to invest in their lives while I have the chance.
Read MorePerhaps our permissive and entitled culture has contributed to a generation of kids who have lost the ability to see right from wrong and to rule themselves. If I hadn't told my kids no, how would they have grown up with the ability to tell themselves no?
Read Morehat if my "deficiencies" are the exact things God will use to make people ooh and awe over the beauty He is going to create? When He does that, He gets all the glory!
Read MoreTHIS POST IS FOR WOMEN 50 AND OVER...Seriously...All men, go away. Women younger than that, I am warning you- you are reading at your own risk. It may be beneficial to your happiness...
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I raised my kids to go. I never wanted them to be unadventurous. I desired them to dream big dreams, slay mighty giants, and conquer the land. But is it still too much to wish they came home for dinner?
Read MoreHomeschooling is never easy, but avoiding these detours will help the year go more smoothly.
Read MoreAs we plan our next school year, what are the most important ingredients to help make it successful? Here are the factors I find the most important.
Read MoreAll methods, post Garden of Eden, are flawed. They are all either a long list of rules or a rejection of rules or a picking and choosing of the rules. And every method involves from 2 to 6 sinners. So EVERY method is fundamentally flawed, just like the people involved are fundamentally flawed.
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