5 Ways to Fight Entitlement in Our Kids
Like most parents, you feel this terrible tug. On the one hand, you want to provide your child with every advantage. On the other hand, sometimes it feels like when you do that, you’re feeding an incredibly unhealthy characteristic in our culture. For whatever reason, we’re living in... Read More
Character and Values | Family Life | High School (9th-12th) | Imagine The End
A-List Prayers
A couple of months ago, I attended a beautiful ceremony to celebrate a friend who decided to commit her future to missions. At a certain point in the celebration, my friend’s mom made her way over to where I was sitting. We small-talked for a bit, and then... Read More
Character and Values | Imagine The End
How to Raise Obedient Kids – For All the Wrong Reasons
Obedience will no longer be something you want from them to make a problem go away, it will be something you want for them to solve a problem themselves. Read More
Character and Values | Family Life
10 Ways to Tame your Temper
Here are 10 tips from the Mayo Clinic to help you control your anger: 1. Take a timeout. 2. Get some space. 3. Once you’re calm, express your anger. 4. Get some exercise. 5. Think carefully before you say anything. 6. Identify solutions to the situation. 7. Use... Read More
Just Trust Me
Liam and I had hit the pool at the local YMCA for his first round of swim lessons. It was one of those parent/child swim classes, and it seemed like everyone else’s child had jumped to their parent’s open arms. Except mine. Liam just stood there with that... Read More
Character and Values | Make It Personal
Entitled Parents
It’s one thing to work on helping your kids fight an attitude of entitlement like we talked about in an earlier post, but let’s face it, to some extent, they learned the behavior from us. If that’s true, what can you do to fight entitlement in your own... Read More