When You Need More Hope
It’s a learned ability to see a bigger picture. Life experience helps us look back and see it better from where we are standing now. Practice looking for the good that has come from the bad, and find hope for the future. And when your child hits a... Read More
3 Ways to Build a Kid’s Confidence in How They Are Made
Noticing and commenting on how they are made is crucial to their confidence. Kids need to know that they were made on purpose. They need to know that they have value apart from anything external—that they have value simply because they were made. But how do we do... Read More
Character and Values | Imagine The End
Helping Kids Come Alive
“Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.” That’s what Donovan sang way back in 1965. Sure—on the surface, it’s a sweet ode to his true love. But let’s be honest. He might as well have been singing about being a parent. I know I’ve... Read More
Character and Values | Imagine The End | Special Topics
Why Showing Kindness to Your Spouse Matters to Your Kids
My wife and I worked with teenagers for many years, and one of the skills we learned was to ask great questions, which often lead to great conversations. Now we work with married people; but we get to practice those same skills on our own kids, who are... Read More
Character and Values | Imagine The End
Celebrate Kindness: Random Acts of Kindness Day Ideas
What’s more important to you as a parent: How happy your kids are? How well your kids achieve? Or what about how kind they are to others? According to the Making Caring Common Project, 80% of youth in their study feel like their parents are more concerned with their... Read More
3 Ways to Teach Your Kids to be Servant-Hearted
As parents, we all want our kids to grow up to be compassionate, generous adults who serve others well. And if you watch your kids closely, you’ll see evidence of empathy in their nature – in how they kiss their stuffed animals, doctor your (fake) boo boos, and... Read More
Character and Values | Imagine The End
How to Cure the “Gimmees”
If there was an essential oil to cure “the gimmees”—the incessant greed and want my kids have for something more—I would buy it, sell it and be an essential oil advocate like you’ve never seen before. Because I don’t know about you, but in our house, greediness shows... Read More
Character and Values | Make It Personal
The Simplest Way to Teach Your Kids Self Control
One of the focuses for the the month at Parent Cue is teaching our kids “Self Control.” When I found that out I tried to skip this month. I asked if I could sit this one out because I’m so terrible at that particular virtue. But here I am.... Read More
Character and Values | Imagine The End | Make It Personal
Forgiveness Matters
Your children will be treated unfairly. They will be lied to. They will be betrayed. There is no question that someone will hurt your children someday in someway. The question is how will they survive? Choosing to forgive makes it possible for them to emerge on the other... Read More
Celebrations | Character and Values
What’s on Your Christmas List?
You probably have lots of vivid memories that come to mind when you remember celebrating Christmas as a kid. Read More