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Parents, It’s Your #1 Job to Get in Your Kids’ Way at All Times. Kids Do Not Deserve Privacy.

I am an assistant principal in a middle school (grades 6-8). When I have to search a student's cell phone, I often get sick to my stomach at what I find. It gets worse and worse every year.

5 Ways You Are Ruining Your Child’s Life Without Even Realizing It

There are five parenting traps that many well-intentioned modern parents fall into without even knowing it.

13 Things Parents of Mentally Strong Kids REFUSE to Do

Raising a mentally strong kid requires parents to avoid the common yet unhealthy parenting practices that rob kids of mental strength.

Brie Gowen

Brie Gowen is a 30-something (sliding ever closer to 40-something) wife and mother. When she’s not loving on her hubby, chasing after the toddler or playing princess with her four-year-old, she enjoys cooking, reading and writing down her thoughts to share with others. Brie is also a huge lover of Jesus. She finds immense joy in the peace a relationship with her Savior provides, and she might just tell you about it sometime. She’d love for you to check out her blog at BrieGowen.com.

When My Stay-at-Home Husband Asked Me for a Favor After My 12-Hour Work Day

"I was currently on my fourth, 12-hour shift in a row, and he knew this full well. But factor in more like thirteen at the critical care patient bedside, and it felt like a 72-hour shift. Point being, yeah, I was tired."

If Dads Only Knew

"A girl’s first and true Prince Charming was always the man who raised her. How many woman have a hole in their heart where the love of a father was meant to go? Sadly, a lot. They attempt to fill that place inside them with the love of a man. Any man."

The Four Men I Have Loved Before

"It took a few tries, and I don’t count them all as failures. I see them as seasons of growth, seasons to fall, seasons to bring me to where I am today."

He Loved Me Anyway

"He loved me while I sat in strip clubs, and He loved me when I woke hungover from another night of binge drinking. He loved me while my marriage fell apart..."

Dear Christians, Put Down Your Pitchforks. You’re Not Getting the Whole Story on Chick-fil-A.

"A recent story emerged in the media about Chick-fil-A stopping donations to anti-LGBTQ Christian charities, and like the good, obedient children we are, we slurped up what the angry masses were serving. How dare Chick-fil-A back down from their Godly principles for the sake of money?!"

When People Hurt You: A Biblical Perspective on Pain and Healing

"You cannot save yourself. Your family cannot save you, nor your friends. They will let you down. Remember that the next time you lash out. No one can fix you, and you can’t fix anyone. Only Jesus."

Can My Mom See Me From Heaven?

People would say things they thought were comforting like, “Your momma is looking down on y’all smiling,” but I would find no comfort there. Not really. I just couldn’t believe that such a thing was so.

What John Crist’s Fall From Grace Really Tells Us

"This isn't just about the fact that we are all sinners that will fall at one time or another. There’s so much more. You see, I think we are witnessing a well-played hand. I don’t believe in coincidence."