5 Ways People Pleasing Can Undercut Your Parenting
Ever been called a people pleaser? If you think you have no people pleasing tendencies, just remember how you felt the last time someone criticized you. Not fun, is it? Even those of us who don’t think we’re people pleasers feel the pressure to want to please people... Read More
Dear Discouraged Parent: Read This Before You Implode
Dear Discouraged Parent, You’re not alone. Parenting is difficult at times. In fact, if you’re really working at parenting, there’s rarely a season that isn’t filled with challenges. After seeing too many parents struggle with discouragement, I felt like I needed to write this note. Here’s the bottom... Read More
Why Kids Should Always Ask Why
Your kids are back in school for another semester, and you’re resolved once again to help them excel. You want them to learn. To grow. To master knowledge. If you bring things back to their simplest form, knowledge often answers the question: “What?” What do I need to... Read More
How to Help Your Kids Live Out Their Story
Every family’s got a story. When my dad was sixteen, he left home. It sounds strange by today’s standards, but he actually wasn’t running away. Just the opposite. He was running into his future At sixteen, he left his small town in North Holland for the big city... Read More
No Matter What
Over the last week, we have talked about the 3 habits to prove to our kids that we LOVE them over time by Showing up, Knowing Them, and Never Running Away. Sarah Anderson illustrates this last habit by reminding us how important it is that our kids know... Read More
Letting Go
By Sarah Anderson The day before my youngest, Pace, turned one, he was checked into the children’s hospital to get tubes put in his ears. This surgery is common and uncomplicated. But I was a wreck. So, my husband was the parent we designated to be with Pace... Read More
Raising Superman
Last weekend, I went to see Man of Steel with my oldest son. I’m a big superhero fan, especially DC comics superheroes—Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, The Flash. We’ve been superfriends since my childhood. As I was watching the movie, wearing my Justice League shirt that my brother-in-law bought... Read More
The Next Generation Is at My House
I’m 48 years old, and this year something is happening that I really didn’t expect. It’s happened before, but not recently. In fact, the last time I think I felt like this was about nine years ago. I miss my Mom. She passed away eleven years ago. I... Read More