As your children become adults, a new chapter in your parenting life begins. To help you along this journey, I’d like to share some guidelines I’ve learned along the way. First, be involved but not intrusive. This may mean giving your grown kids general advice rather than specific solutions. In this way, they’re able to grow in making their own decisions. Second, be caring but not crowding. Often, we find...
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The answer? No, yes, and sometimes. There are times when a double standard in parenting is wise and times when it is damaging. To know the difference, here are 3 categories to think about. First, you should not have a double standard when it comes to the birth order of your kids. When we have our first child, we’re in control, fresh and ready to go. But as we have more kids over time, we begin to loosen that...
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When we were kids, we all liked to play “Tag, You’re It.” Once a person was tagged to be “it,” they had the responsibility to tag the next person and so on. My wife, Susan, shares 3 ways the game of tag can apply to parenting. First, play on the same page. Tag team parenting begins with being on the same page as our spouse so we don’t give our kids conflicting answers. Second, we must play from different...
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CEO Warren Buffet recently offered a one billion dollar prize to the person who could create the perfect bracket for this year’s March Madness basketball tournament. While the odds are astronomical, people still hold onto the hope of winning. In the same way, against all odds, parents still pursue that perfect family bracket…a perfect spouse and perfect kids. To avoid being discouraged by an imperfect family...
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For all the awesome moms out there, I have a challenge for you. Over the next month, I encourage you to learn one way, every day to be a better mom. The 30 Day Mom Challenge from our iMOM program provides daily tips to inspire and strengthen women in their parenting walk. Here are some of the tips this 30 Day Mom Challenge will give you. On the first day, ask your child, “What can we do together this month?” ...
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You’ve probably noticed by now that each child is very unique. And that means that you need to uniquely discipline them when they’ve disobeyed you. Each child responds to different forms of discipline. Having said that, there are 4 foundational principles of discipline that always apply when you correct your child. First, be unified. Make sure you and your spouse agree on how you’ll discipline your kids. ...
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The day my daughter pulled away from holding my hand as I walked her into school surprised me. My little girl was growing up and holding my hand in public was a bit embarrassing to her. That night, my wife gave me some wise advice on how to handle this season of life with my child. Here is some of that advice and 5 things to do when your kids don’t want to be with you. First, don’t take it personally. ...
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