5 Choices to Make When You’re Angry at Your Teen
It was not one of my better moments. I was yelling, she was crying. She stormed up to her room, and my wife asked, “Do…
4 Ways I’ve Grown From Listening to Critical Feedback
Ken Blanchard said, “Feedback is the breakfast of champions.” I’ve learned from experience that feedback helps you grow. The people who grow often do so…
Teaching Your Kids How to Have Hard Conversations
If we want our kids to become stable, healthy, well-adjusted adults, we need to do a good job of teaching them to have hard conversations…
5 Decisions That’ll Change Your Life
Theodore Roosevelt was on his way to deliver a campaign speech on October 14, 1912 when, according to History.com, a man by the name of…
Responding Well in Hard Times
My boss asked me to step into the conference room to talk. The last seventy-two hours had been both a blessing and excruciating. Several days…
How to Raise Happy Kids: 3 Surprising Things That Steal Their Joy
We all want to know how to raise happy kids. We work long hours to make more money so they can do all (or at…
How to Deal With Parental Alienation
By far, one of the greatest hardships a parent could ever undergo is to be alienated from his or her children. Parental Alienation Syndrome (PAS),…
Why Are Teen Girls Struggling With THIS More Than Boys?
There are some recurring statements I’ve been hearing from parents lately when talking about their daughters. “She can’t handle any more.” “We’re working on her…
3 Times Your Kids Need Brutal Honesty
On the way to the flea market, my daughter, Ariel, shared an “incredible” job opportunity she had been offered by a vendor there. I was…
The War on Fathers: How Biased Courts Endanger Our Children
For decades, a dangerous myth has poisoned our family courts and endangered our children: the idea that a father is inherently more dangerous than a…