Tag: Parenting

"I couldn't wrap my mind around it all. When parents seek to raise their children in a godly way, how can parenting still be so hard?"

"My son was just a casualty of another child learning and growing, and I’m A-Okay with that."

"I’m gross. I’m exhausted. If one more person touches me, I might lose it. I wonder if at some point it will seem easier to put in extra hours at work instead of coming home to an exhausted wife who seems to be barely holding it together?"

"To say as a parent, 'I’ll let them decide on their own,' sounds so enlightened. But it's the most dangerous thing a parent could say."

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

"In my 12 years as a family therapist, I’ve seen many well-intentioned parents mistakenly employing strategies that aren’t meeting the emotional or developmental needs of their children or families. I’ve also observed an increasing number of parents that are successfully mapping out new and healthier ways of raising children."

"If you say no, you better mean it. By changing your mind, your child has gained more than a piece of candy; they've gained the knowledge you can be broken down easier than a cardboard box."

"I was worshiping at the altars of control, success, convenience, and let’s just say it—reputation. But my son refused to bow down. And I was furious."