Parenting

"I watched the woman in front turn around and snicker something at her children and all I could think of was 'you wait until this seatbelt sign comes off...'"

"The problem with thinking you’re smart is that I would almost guarantee that there is at least one of those apps you’ve never heard of. And if you aren’t on it, your kids probably will be."

"I heard what they said about me, those teenage girls. I heard every word. So did you."

"I could hardly make out anyone or anything through the tears. People were eating fast food around me, laughing, texting. I on the other hand was a wreck. I kept my face down, my face was drenched in tears. I kept telling and giving myself every reason to go through with this even though I did not believe in it."

I see women diminishing or suppressing other areas of their life because God has called them to motherhood.

I'm raising a Dollar Tree princess, who moonlights as Batman, likes to smell like Barbie, brush her teeth with ninja turtles, rock sunglasses of every color of the rainbow, buy bandaids like they are going out of style and break rubber bands like it's her job.

I see it over and over, these posts where a mom shames their child publicly on social media, toting the virtues of making your kid learn the hard way.

According to Barna Group, 70% of kids raised in Christian homes will walk away from the church after high school.