Reprinted with permission from Protect Young Eyes, a leading digital parent education website. Original post can be found here.
"What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, kindness, patience, humor, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies."– Rudolph Giuliani
Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing. Denis Waitley
When my kids...
Many of us survive our children’s teen years by faith. We search the Scriptures, ask for wise counsel, and spend lots of time on our knees.
I recently got a smart phone for my 11 year old son. Yep! I crossed over to the dark side...I'm that parent.
When our oldest entered middle school, our church decided to host a youth group in our church basement, after a few years of not having an organized youth group,. The group was open to all middle school kids in our church and in the...
The world is changing, and technology is changing even faster. The choices we have can feel overwhelming! What devices do we allow and when? How much time is excessive? Are we letting the kids be kids?
My heart rate quickened and I knew something was not right about this social media post. My mommy radar lit up. I texted my friend. Is everything okay with your girl? What is going on? Because of our friendship, my friend was aware of a...
There are few memories from junior high that sting as much as one awful moment in seventh grade.
I don’t know about you, but boredom isn’t restricted to summertime in my home. While some days we have homework and dinners out and sports and hang out time with friends, other days my kids come home and immediately have nothing to do. Which...