Tag Archives: Love
Important Parenting Tip: Teaching Your Children Forgivness
I recently had a member of our congregation ask, “How do I teach my children to forgive?” What a great question. A couple things need to be differentiated here. First, there is the notion of forgiveness, the idea that forgiveness … Continue reading
Important Parenting Tip of the Day… Your Skin and your Soul are Connected
Not much to add to this little article. It is an excellent counter to our society’s tendency to promote the material as the end all of being. Teach your children that they are more than “ugly bags of mostly water”**. … Continue reading
Important Parenting Tip… The weight of honor and the temptations that come with it.
This was adopted from a letter I wrote my son as he enters into his senior year of high school: What will you do with the honor given to you? The accolades, the positions of influence and responsibility, the leadership … Continue reading
Parenting Tip of the Day… Teach the Difference Between “Can Do” and “Ought Do”
There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death… so says the wise. Your children are growing up in a culture bent on self-destruction masked as self-fulfillment or self-actualization. That way … Continue reading
Parenting Tip of the Day… Teach Your Children About Bad Death.
Teach them that to die alone, this is bad death. Isolation not only causes death, it is death. In The Great Divorce, CS Lewis said, ““There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, … Continue reading
Important Parenting Tip of the Day… Letter to my son.
So, I wrote a letter to my son as he was entering the 11ths grade and in part, gave him this advice: “Your respect and honor for the young women in your life is also pleasing to me. You do not … Continue reading
Important Parenting Tip of the Day… Temptation and Opportunity
Sexual Temptation and Opportunity are closing vectors on your child’s age continuum. The lines tend to cross at about 16, when he gets his driver’s license.
Important Parenting Tip of the Day… Parents as friends
You have probably heard it said, “You are not your child’s friend, you are his parent.” While I understand the sentiment I must respectfully disagree. You SHOULD develop a friendship with your child. The problem is we have lost what … Continue reading
Important Parenting Tip of the Day… Celebrity Parenting
Have you noticed how people gravitate to celebrity pastors? They are much better than my pastor, more loving, better teachers, friendlier, no bad breath (at least from what I can tell via the internet). Why oh why can’t my pastor … Continue reading
Important Parenting Tip of the Day… Running into Traffic
A child with no restrictions is an unhappy child, no matter the joyful expression on their face as they run into traffic.
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