My Biggest Discipline “Aha!”
“Would you just behave?” I must admit that there are a lot of times when I would prefer that my kids would simply do what…
“Would you just behave?” I must admit that there are a lot of times when I would prefer that my kids would simply do what…
“Mom, will she make me go under?” I was trying to think fast. It was day six of swimming lessons, and my newly three-year-old daughter…
“Most of our frustration with God is that He’s not making life as easy as we think it should be.” I had to give that a big, “Amen.”
My three-year-old girl wears her play tutu about three days a week: sometimes under her dress (she loves dresses, too), sometimes over; sometimes to the…
Firstborns often know how to please adults. They can be used to being the center of attention. And for second-born children, it can feel like being in a race they can never win.
Control is an illusion. Health is rarely appreciated until it is gone. There is little hospitality involved in a hospital stay. And yesterday was one…
Do you have one of those children who continually seems to be active? Talks constantly? Always has questions? Wants to know, “What are we going…
If someone would have told me six months ago that I would have moved 2,000 miles away and adopted a baby girl in a very short…
I stood there amazed. My one-year-old wailed wordlessly in his highchair, clearly incensed at my inability to interpret whatever he wanted. He was steamed. And you…
Sporting a spanking stick in her left pocket and a frown on her brow, my usually happy-go-lucky friend asked, “Aren’t you afraid your children will…