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5 Ways to Encourage Your Kids to Tell The Truth

My grandmother used to tell me about a parenting strategy she used to us to get my mom and uncles to tell the truth when they were kids. If she suspected one of her children was lying, she would line them up and tell them that she was... Read More

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Innocent Little Liars

Karen Wilson 0 Comments

Your cute innocent little children have deceived you. They are not who they appear to be! If you haven’t already caught them in a lie, chances are you will. And more than once—as toddlers, as young children, and as teenagers. At first you might want to try to... Read More

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These are the Good Old Days

Carey Nieuwhof 0 Comments

Remember the good old days? What did they look like for you? For me, summer afternoons were spent heading down to the creek to play with some of my best friends. Every day I would ride my banana seat bike up and down our cul-de-sac road. There was a... Read More

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Falling Short

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My husband and I are short people. We knew long before each of our boys was born they didn’t stand a chance. Height was not in the cards. Several months ago the county fair was in town, so on opening night we headed out with our family and... Read More

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A Little Known Secret

Carey Nieuwhof 0 Comments

As we’ve already seen earlier this week, parenting can be emotional. I also think the combination of sleep deprivation and living in close quarters for years with several other people (an arrangement we call ‘family’) drive people to emotional depths and heights they didn’t know they had. The... Read More

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Bridging the Gap

Sarah Anderson 0 Comments

By Sarah Anderson The other day, by the time I walked out the door, I had already lived a thousand lifetimes. I had been awake for two hours, but was ready to crawl back in bed and request a do-over. It isn’t my favorite way to usher in... Read More

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Look Out Your Window

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by an Orange Parent As I continue down this crazy journey called “parenting,” I keep discovering that it isn’t just about me. Case in point, this year for Christmas I wanted to come up with something neat that my eight-year old daughter and I could do together to... Read More

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What Every Son Needs from His Dad

Carey Nieuwhof 0 Comments

I have sat down with a lot of guys in their thirties who are trying to piece together the story of their relationship with their dad. Many of these guys are successful, but there’s something missing inside of them. I’ll never forget one guy I’ll call Josh, near... Read More

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Five Ways to Fight Entitlement in Your Kids

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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

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Honoring People You Live With

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Isn’t it strange that it’s easier for most of us to honor someone we don’t know than it is to honor someone we see all the time? It’s easier to gather in a public forum to honor a hero we’ve never met who has come home from service... Read More

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