Tag Archives: children

In part one, “Babies: God’s Second Chances,” I looked at how adorable babies are—regardless of how expensive it is to raise them. But then, they grow up. The decorum of today’s generation heavily depends on parents’ efforts during the early years. Case in point, when I was a child I ...

The Battle At Hand: There is a war taking place inside the four walls of our comfy homes. Regardless of whether the children are living in a well-rounded Christian home or not, they are relentless in their excuses and are finding ways to either avoid or not follow through at all ...

Mike Matheny, manager of the St. Louis Cardinals Major League Baseball team, has been gaining headlines recently for his new book The Matheny Manifesto: A Young Manager’s Old-School Views on Success in Sports and Life.  That’s a long book title with a simple, yet heart piercing message for today’s parents. ...

The house looked forgotten after 30 years sitting empty; a heap of ruins against the  afternoon sky.    Screens loosed from the front porch windows waved to us in the breeze, and  man-sized holes caved in parts of  the roof. Junk rested tiredly against the sides of the house. The beehive ...

For every parent who’s raising a teen, the occasional shaking of the head in confusion and frustration is understood. What could they be thinking?  Why did they make that decision? Didn’t they consider the consequences they would face? But the adolescent brain is especially vulnerable to an inability to think ...