Elementary (K-5th) | Family Life | Fight For The Heart | High School (9th-12th) | Middle School (6th-8th)
The Humility of Connection
Connection takes humility. Connection takes work. And connection takes time, cultivated in many invisible acts. Read More
Elementary (K-5th) | Middle School (6th-8th) | Social Life
The Right Way to Have “the Talk”
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… Read More
High School (9th-12th) | Middle School (6th-8th) | Special Topics
The Suicide Talk
Most parents know when they have kids that at some point they’ll have “the talk.” The one about the birds and the bees that incites awkwardness. Or some parents will leave a book with confusing anatomical drawings. (Thanks Mom.) Even still, there… Read More
Fight For The Heart | Middle School (6th-8th)
10 Tips to Connect with Your Teenager
Time flies fast from elementary to college age, so get ready to change your parenting habits. Every child seems to move in warp speed toward the teenage years. I was caught by surprise when a new declaration of personal independence was automatically… Read More
Middle School (6th-8th) | Special Topics
Four Things You Can Do to Start The Conversation on Suicide with Your Middle Schooler
I was 20 years old when I lost someone I loved to suicide. He was a close member of my family, someone who had been living in our home for years before he passed. I still remember exactly where I was sitting… Read More
Fight For The Heart | Middle School (6th-8th)
7 Undeniable Characteristics of Middle Schoolers Parents Should Know
If there is one common theme that surfaces every time I talk with parents of middle schoolers it’s this: it’s really confusing and really hard. Why? Because change is what marks this phase of life, and change isn’t easy for anyone. I… Read More