Category: parenting
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Why I don’t want my kids to be successful
I turned on the TV for a couple minutes last night to see Bear Grylls and Nick Jonas try to conquer a mountain. Nick gets a rat put down his pants. I let my kid play Marvel Lego Superheroes on the TV at this point. But not before Bear and Nick had a conversation. Bear […]
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Accidental parenting genius
My parents are great. Loving, affirming, invested, they were great. Not perfect though. They were still annoying, out of touch, awkward and all those things that good parents are required to be by some strange law of nature. Take for instance my dad. Dad doesn’t go to movies, but he likes to watch them at […]
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3 things that Great parents teach that good parents don’t.
3 things that great parents teach that good parents don’t. Loving your kids is what average parents do. Caring for your kids needs is what average parents do. Appropriate physical affection is what average parents do. (Give your kids hugs. Its not rocket science, though it is simple, good science. ) Grounding your kids in their […]
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And Open Letter to all the Bad Moms on Mother’s Day
To all the bad moms out there The mom’s who lost their temper Who yelled, and didn’t always get it right To all the mom’s whose cooking wasn’t like grandma’s, Or mother in laws And whose advice wasn’t always the best. To all the mom’s who didn’t know what to do And still don’t. Who […]
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3 things my son lost with his disability
Recently, our son began needing a wheelchair. It’s a journey thousands face. In this process, we’ve received lots of love and support from friends and family. Yet at the end of the day, we often feel like people don’t know what to do with Joshua because of his disability. Here are three things we’ve noticed […]
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Dead Dreams and Godly Visions
The first chapter of Life Cartography, the Book, is “Don’t follow your dreams.” Here is a piece my wife wrote about dead dreams. I think its worth your time. It first appeared on FB here. Dead Dreams and Godly Visions
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An open letter to dads of terminally ill children
Dear Dad Welcome to the club. In your worst nightmare, this club isn’t a club you’d want to join. You are a no deadbeat dad. You are a great dad. You’ve been there, and you plan on being there. At all the ball games. All the extra curricular events. Every major event. Except now you […]
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5 gifts every father can afford and can’t afford to not give his children
note: First delivered as part 5 in a Series of lectures at the Ocean International Community Church in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. #Blackfriday came and went and I purchased nothing. Ziltch. Nada. I had the commercial pressure to define us by our stuff. Having been broke many times, what are gifts that I could give […]
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A great post on teaching children to apologize
During our 40 life lessons before 40, I wrote about why the way you apologize is wrong, or the anatomy of a good apology. In the current vein of parenting tips, I ran across an article by a teacher who taught her class a 4 step method for apologizing and restoring relationships. Here it is. […]