Protecting Your Children From The New Boyfriend
Navigating the complexities of co-parenting after a divorce is challenging, especially when your ex-partner introduces a new boyfriend into your children’s lives. As a father,…
Category: Fatherhood
10 Ways to Teach Your Children to Make Wise Decisions
At the end of every night, we have our kids clean up their rooms. If there were a competition for the slowest cleaner, my daughter…
4 Things to Teach Our Daughters About Boys
As both boys collapsed in laughter, my daughter couldn’t believe what she’d seen. Across the living room, one brother had wrestled the other to the…
4 Long-Term Benefits of Being a Dad
Several years ago, I wrote an open letter to men who hate being dads. I was a little shocked about how mad guys got about it. Just check…
Why You Should Fight Your Most Important Battle on Your Knees
Every day, life is a battle. We have to constantly fight for humility over pride, for patience over anger, and for love over selfishness. But…
25 Fun Would-You-Rather Questions to Ask Your Kids
I worked in youth ministry for over 10 years. While working with teenagers comes with very few certainties, I know for certain that asking questions is…
5 Ways to Help Your Child Navigate Being Picked On
When my kids were young, I was a bit naïve. I had forgotten, or perhaps intentionally put out of my mind, how even good kids…
5 Things You Say That Make It Hard for Your Kids to Respect You
Everything had changed so quickly. Moments earlier, Margo and her sisters had been sitting in the living room having a tea party laughing with Gru.…
5 Reasons Why Your Teen Is Rebelling
Teenage rebellion is nothing new. Rebellious children have been around since the first children inhabited the earth. Remember Cain and Abel? So, what should you…
4 One-Liners That Emotionally Stunt Our Sons
My mom suddenly passed away when I was 10 years old. My emotions were all over the place. A few weeks later, an adult snapped…