Positive parenting
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6 secrets to ‘eating out’ with children
The first time my wife and I took our newborn to a restaurant, time seemingly stood still. Sweet elderly ladies…
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3 things to teach your daughter about true beauty
My daughter Maggie is only 3 but she already knows what she wants to be when she grows up. A…
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Dad, I’m scared of the monster! (3 things to tell your kid)
It was a quiet evening at our house one spring evening when a voice of terror rang out from my…
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Will I love my biological child as much as my adopted ones?
The bright computer monitor in the hospital delivery room read 151, then 155, then 153. My wife and I traded…
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3 ways to raise modest kids (in an immodest world)
I’m not sure when parents began debating the so-called “sheltering” of children, but I’m pretty sure the conversation became far…
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‘Dad, who is Satan?’
Teaching kids the basics about God can be easy—at least compared to other subjects. For instance, even a young toddler…
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Playing favorites
My kids have been asking me, “Who’s your favorite?” One of them even gave me a picture frame with the…
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3 simple ways to teach kids to pray
Children were a focus of Jesus’ ministry. He used the loaves and fish from a boy to feed the 5,000.…
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4 ways to raise selfless kids
My youngest son is 3 years old, and he, like all of us, struggles to put others first. His selfish…
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Should you ‘let’ your child win in 1-on-1 games?
My biggest hobbies as a teenager were, in order: football, basketball, baseball, hockey … and any other sport that was…