OVERWHELMED BY MY BLESSINGS

I witnessed it again last night while I was shopping. A mother, with two young daughters was talking with a friend, and the girls started mi...

I’ve been doing a little reading about dating/not dating. Like I told you yesterday, it’s an area we’ll be discussing with our boys this yea...

We’ve all said it at one time or another. “My kids are driving me crazy!” Guess what? Our kids aren’t driving us crazy. God is using them to...

When my daughter, Ali was about 4 years old, she began having night terrors. The scariest thing for me? I didn’t know what was going on. The...

Me: You know, the Bible tells us not to lie. (instructing voice) Child #5 or 6 (at approx. age 8-10): It does ? (amazed voice) Me: Yeah, you...

The loss of privileges and reaping consequences is usually an effective method of training. After all, life is a series of choices, and tho...

You have Miss Bossypants at your house? Or Mr. Know-it-All? Listen to his bossiness carefully. You have an opportunity to learn about your c...

It starts with picking. It moves on to bickering. From there, with the right buttons pushed, mom has been brought in on the scene. If you ha...

Sassing. Talking-back. Back-talkin’. Mouthing off. We’ve done it, we’ve experienced it. It’s a behavior that needs to be stopped quickly and...

A tattle-tale shares information that is not his to share, or sets himself up to police a situation. For us big kids, it’s called gossiping ...

Thanks for your comments yesterday . They were written with passion and great understanding. Take the time to read them. This is an issue ne...

Recently at a parenting class I attended, there was some discussion on discipline methods and “what works”. So, we defined “works” in refer...

Dirk and I each grew up with one sibling. In our homes, things were usually evenly divided between each child. If one of us got new clothes...

A couple of weeks ago, Dirk and I headed the motorcycle out to Lake Overholser in west Oklahoma City. We came upon a new park, Route 66 Par...

If you’ve ever spent any time with me, you’ve probably heard me offer the words, “Don’t be so hard on yourself.” See? I know about this stat...