Parenting From The Source

Twenty-one smiling faces greeted me that morning. They eagerly waited to see what the new teacher would do. Would she make their world a good place the seven hours a day she spent with them in the sixth grade? From that classroom of twenty one would come a banker, an engineer, two farmers, a nurse, [...]

In my last post, I wrote about younger siblings who become rebellious when faced with the challenge of being as good as an older sibling. See Younger Sibling Rebels Rather Than Compete. Often rebellion takes the form of overt misbehavior such as acting out in class, destroying property, or being aggressive toward others. A Passive [...]

Use Story of Noah’s Ark to Talk to Teen When talking to your teen son about peer pressure, read the story of Noah and his family. (Genesis 6-8) Then, say to your son, “Think about having to build an ark on the high plains of Texas, an area much like the Holy land. How do [...]

The Marines made the news this week for reasons less than honorable. I have a high opinion of Marines. They embody the best of the best. This week four of them (actually five since someone took the video) did something less than honorable. There will be consequences that leave a lasting mark on these young [...]

For the first few years of their lives, we control our children’s selection of friends. They are often the children of our own friends or children from our church or neighborhood. In late elementary, that begins to change. As they meet more children at school, their group of friends expands. That’s great, until one of [...]