Parents want to raise confident, well adjusted children that create a good life, love God and do good things. But if we aren’t careful,  there are things we can do to prevent this process from happening. First and foremost, stop reinforcing a victim mentality. Constantly telling your children they can’t, or you can’t do things because of…

Caution: The baby is this photo is politically incorrect. Her gender is stereotyped in pink. Stories now abound in the news about parents who” bravely” decide to raise their children gender neutral. They don’t reveal the gender of their child to anyone and they don’t teach their children to associate their body parts with either gender.…

Parents, are you living vicariously through your children? Do you want them to fulfill your unfilled ambitions? Maybe you feel like a  friend of mine who said, “I want to give my children the life I never had.” It’s a caring sentiment, but sometimes parents can take this idea too far. Sometimes, our desires to give our…

Are you looking at your nineteen-year-old and wondering when he will start “adulting?” He needs to wash his own sheets and go to bed before 11:00p.m.! And he definitely needs a full time job. You think, will he will ever leave home? A part of you likes seeing him at family dinners and another part is…

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