Elementary (K-5th)

4 Questions to Ask When You Notice a Shift in Your Child’s Behavior | Parent Cue Blog

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4 Questions to Ask When You Notice a Shift in Your Child’s Behavior

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Sometimes shifts in behavior are clear as day; other times they’re more subtle. We can rail against these changes. We can check out. We can pretend they aren’t happening and avoid them altogether. Or we can be brave and lean in.  Read More
You're Not As Cool As TikTok But You Can Be Just as Influential | Parent Cue Blog

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You’re Not as Cool as TikTok, but You Can Be Just as Influential on Your Child

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As she gets older and moves from one phase to the next, my influence in her life will inevitably decrease. But it doesn’t have to go away. Read More
What to Do When You Notice You Kid Struggling Socially

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What to Do When You Notice Your Kid Is Struggling Socially

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And while we’d love to take a magic wand and make all of their struggles disappear . . . we can’t. However, we can take action in helping our children grow by instilling practical truths into their social lives.  Read More
The Question Your Elementary Child is Asking

Elementary (K-5th)

The Question Your Elementary Child is Asking

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Parenting is hard. Just when you think you understand your child, everything changes. And then you have to get re-acquainted and figure out a new way to parent. It might be helpful to know that every kid at every phase is asking a unique and fundamental question. How... Read More
How to Be Okay When Your "Baby" Goes to School

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How to Be Okay When Your “Baby” Goes to School

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When my oldest child started kindergarten . . . I’ve never had my whole life flash before my eyes, but that morning, when we pulled up to the school for the first time, his whole life flashed before my eyes. His baby fuzz and wrist rolls suddenly gave... Read More
The Humility of Connection

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The Humility of Connection

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Connection takes humility. Connection takes work. And connection takes time, cultivated in many invisible acts. Read More

Elementary (K-5th)

The Question Your Fourth or Fifth Grader is Asking

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This has been adapted from the Phase Series  Parenting is hard. Just when you think you understand your kid, everything changes. And then you have to get reacquainted with them and figure out a new way to parent. It might be helpful to know that every kid at... Read More

Elementary (K-5th)

The Questions Your K-3rd Grader is Asking

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(This is an excerpt from the Phase Guides) Parenting is hard. Just when you think you understand your child, everything changes. And then you have to get re-acquainted and figure out a new way to parent. It might be helpful to know that every kid at every phase... Read More
The Right Way to Have "The Talk"

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The Right Way to Have “The Talk”

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I remember getting “the talk” from my stepdad when I was 12 years old. I could tell by his efforts and timing that it was thrown together at the last minute. He fumbled and stumbled his way through the 30-minute awkward conversation and in the end, we were... Read More

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Helping Your Elementary Kid Understand How God Made Them

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One of the bottom lines of parenting is not just raising obedient, or even happy kids, but rather raising responsible adults who love God, love others, and love themselves. In fact, the way your kids love God has a profound effect on everything else. It will impact how... Read More