I’m in Boise, Idaho working with Unity Media Group (www.iquestions.com) on a new premarital curriculum. Dennis Mansfield was gracious enough last night to pick me up from the airport at around 12:00 a.m. and take me to his home to crash for the weekend while we work on our project together. Dennis is like a [...]
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Parenting teens is hard, but not impossible
Parenting teens is hard, but not impossible | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press.
Couples With Children With ADHD At Risk Of Higher Divorce Rates, Shorter Marriages
ScienceDaily (Oct. 22, 2008) — Parents of a child with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are nearly twice as likely to divorce by the time the child is 8 years old than parents of children without ADHD, the first study to look at this issue in depth has shown. read more
Spiritual and Biblical Insights about Sibling Rivalry
Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob. Genesis 25:28 * Since sibling rivalry is rivalry over the approval, praise, and attention of parents, when parents favor one child over the other, very bitter sibling rivalry can ensue. * No example in the Bible shows this more clearly that [...]
Spiritual and Biblical Insights about Sibling Rivalry
Isaac, who had a taste for wild game, loved Esau, but Rebekah loved Jacob. Genesis 25:28 * Since sibling rivalry is rivalry over the approval, praise, and attention of parents, when parents favor one child over the other, very bitter sibling rivalry can ensue.Â
Are you dysfunctional? Of course you are!
You need to read this article I found today: Tim and Susie are seeing a marriage counselor. You might assume it’s because they had big problems. But you’d be wrong. Tim Martin says, “ Dysfunctional people go to a counselor, and everyone’s dysfunctional, none of us can get out of that one, none of us [...]
De Vine Insight
“I am the Real Vine and my Father is the Farmer. He cuts off every branch of me that doesn’t bear grapes. And every branch that is grape-bearing he prunes back so it will bear even more. You are already pruned back by the message I have spoken. “Live in me. Make your home in [...]
New kids movie desires to have children kill God
It appears the mass personal email campaign against the new kids movie, The Golden Compass, is catching fire among Christian parents. I must say that normally I totally ignore mass emails like the one I received, but I thought it important enough to do some checking on my own and feel like they all might [...]
Keeping an eye on your kids – literally
Do you ever worry about what your kids are doing when you’re not home? Do you wonder if the new babysitter just hired is the right person for your children? No you can actually answer these two questions and many more through HomeCamera.com. It is truly a cool site and service, and for Beta testers, [...]
Helping a child with a bad temper
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (4.7MB) | Embed The question is “How do I handle an 11 year old child who is always angry and has a mean attitude towards siblings and is also short tempered towards parents?”