Helping Families Find Freedom
As soon as my first-born was old enough to toddle, people began asking what sports we planned on signing Michael up for. Because Bryan was born only 16 months after Michael, I didn’t even consider signing him up–not because I had a huge objection, but simply because it seemed like it would be read more…
Lately, I have been wanting to scream from a mountaintop to all the parents in the world, “Stop letting social media suck the joy out of your parenting!” Daily, I hear the insecurity in the voices of young moms who tentatively ask, “Am I a bad mom if…” I see dads screaming at 5-year-olds on read more…
After snapping the obligatory school photo of Michael this morning on the front porch, I suddenly realized–that’s the LAST picture. Ever. Thirteen pictures and my innocent six year old, who I was afraid would hear bad language on the dreaded school bus, is now literally an adult who drives himself to school. Seriously, that’s what happened to me–13 pictures read more…
I had all the boy’s physicals this month. It reminded me of this post from a few years ago. We were ready THIS year. Summer 2011 Yesterday Matthew (9) and Christopher (11) had their annual physicals. It has been awhile since we have had one for any of the boys so I had forgotten the read more…
I think the biggest reason that we have trouble saying “no” to our kids is because we are afraid of their reaction or because we don’t want to hurt them. But what if we KNEW that we weren’t hurting them and were actually helping them learn to be content and grateful for what they read more…
