How to Help My Kid Find Their Confidence at Every Phase
Developmentally, kids are wired to subconsciously wrestle with a specific tension. And how we resolve (or don’t resolve) that tension has the power to build or erode a kid’s confidence.
5 Things I Want My Kids to Know About Confidence
Thanks to social media, kids today are growing up in a world where it’s easy to compare their real life with someone else’s highlight reel.
When it Comes to Kids and Commitment: Show, Don’t Tell
It’s in the practice that we learn and grow and develop confidence. It’s through the repetition of hard work that things become easy. And it’s in those little steps—of daily practice—that dreams are realized.
How to Explain Confidence to a Child
Any time you feel confused, uncertain, insecure, or anxious—God desires to give you His confidence. All you have to do is ask!
No Room for Shame in the Suitcase
I was demonizing work. I was unknowingly teaching my kids that work was a terrible place that ripped you from your home and forced you to leave loved ones. We spend eighteen years teaching our kids that work sucks and then act surprised when they graduate from college and don’t seem eager to get a job.
What You and Your Kids Need to Know About True Confidence
I look at my pint-sized kid and wish I could instantaneously transfer forty-plus years of hard-won (though certainly not perfected) confidence straight into his heart and mind.
6 Truths for Any Special Needs Parent
What we grieve is the loss of expectations—the death of our unspoken dreams. We can give ourselves permission to grieve, because God does.
What I Want My Daughter to Know About Love
I’m not challenging you to look for perfection in someone. I’m challenging you to look for the progress they’re making on their own within themselves.
The Conversation I Wish Every White Parent Had with Their Kids
We have the chance to make the race conversation about what it should be—a true love for others.
2021 Mental Health Goals for Every Parent
if you found yourself worn down, worried or even an apathetic parent in the past few months, you’re not alone. We’ve all been there. But we don’t have to stay there.
How to Build a Bridge Back to Your Kid After an Argument
disagreements happen—especially with a middle or high schooler. As they are forming opinions about what they believe their world should or shouldn’t look like, sometimes it collides head-on into your own wisdom and experience.
It’s Not Just You: Making Other Adult Friends Is Hard
I never knew that it was hard to make friends, but I know that with some effort and consistency, there are many people out there waiting for a friend like me and you.