The moments you have with your teen right now are moments you won’t always have. Because of this, I’d like to encourage you to be strategic in how you spend your time. As Susan and I watched our five kids grow up, we were intentional about setting aside evenings and weekends just to be there for our teens. Here are 3 ways to help you be available for your teens. First, be selective in your socializing. Make...
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With technology advancing, you can find an app to teach you just about anything. But there is one thing no app can teach your kids: character. You are the only one who can build lasting character in your children. Here are 4 ways to teach character to your kids. First, be intentional. Teaching character to your child requires laying a foundation and building on that foundation over time as you do life...
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When our kids are young, we enjoy being “in control” parents. We control what they eat, where they go, and even who they spend time with. But all kids grow up, right? So how can you slowly let go of the steering wheel and prepare them for the future? Move from being an “in control” parent to an “out of control” parent in 3 steps. First, when they’re really little, you drive everything. Second, as they mature...
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My three daughters know my voice. When they were younger, they listened to my voice as I read bedtime stories and cheered them on at their soccer games, piano recitals, and school plays. As they grew older, my daughters began to notice other voices in the world…voices from people and sources that would never love them like I do. So my job was to make sure my daughters heard my voice above all others. Here are 8...
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A friend of mine with three teen boys once said they never get into fights. Wow! I can’t relate to that. My mom and dad did a good job encouraging me and my two brothers to love one another, and we’re best friends today. But we still had brotherly brawls and beat each other up on a few occasions when we were kids. Now, I’m not advocating that, but sibling conflicts do occur. So try not to get down about it. ...
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Susan and I knew there would come a day. That day has now come. Our five children have grown up. They are no longer living in our home full-time. I didn’t just cry when our youngest child left, I cried each time one of our kids left the nest. But even though our nest has changed, it’s not empty. Here are a few reasons why. First, we have each other. Because we intentionally focused on our marriage as our...
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One of the biggest challenges for men today is living a life of integrity. Integrity is what you do when no one else is looking. Secret temptations and addictions in a man’s life can damage that integrity and keep him from being the leader he was designed to be at home, at work and in life. So how can a man guard against those temptations and addictions? Be open for inspection. For example, my wife knows my...
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