Category: Parenting

Raising Men: Prepare for War, Part II – Teach Your Son How to Fight

In Part I of Prepare for War, the emphasis was on teaching sons to believe the truth about who they are in Christ and to know they have the power to stand because of Jesus Christ. Understanding and believing what is true is critical because if that piece is missing and we believe something false…
Raising Men: Prepare Your Sons for War, Part I

Prepare Your Sons for War Part I If a country faces a determined enemy, it’s only a matter of time. The soft targets will be hit first. It doesn’t much matter if that country wants an enemy. It has one. It doesn’t matter if that country doesn’t want to go to war. War is coming.…
Does Your Child Take You at Your Word? Or Has He learned Not to Trust What You say?

Most parents are not lacking for good intentions. We always intend to follow through when it comes to what we told our kids, don’t we? Does that describe you? Always positive about the things you intend to do with your kids? Always looking to tomorrow for the time when you will follow through on what you…
Raising Men: Show and Tell Your Son How a Man Should Treat a Lady

{This is part 4 of the ongoing series “Raising Men”. You can read part 1 Here, part 2 Here, and part 3 Here} In Minnesota and many other places around North America, girls are allowed to play on boy’s sports teams (yes, football, too) but boys are prevented from playing on girl’s teams. You know,…
Raising Men: Prepare for War, Part III – Give Your Son a Vision of the Man He is Becoming

{This is Part 3 of Raising Men. You can read Part 1 HERE and Part 2 HERE} You have a son but, are you raising a man? If you are like many dads, you might have flinched just a little at this question. So effective has the culture been at defacing the idea manhood, we often lack confidence and…
Why Christian Kids Should Save Kissing (and other things) for Marriage.

Get a group of Christian teens together and sooner or later the subject of all things physical prior to marriage is going to surface . . . What should you tell them? “How far should we go?” or “Is kissing okay?” Here’s what’s not okay when it comes to the subject of premarital anything: Parents…
Daddy, Teach Me While My Heart is Tender

It was one of those moments when you look at your little child and stare in disbelief. I can’t believe that just came out of your mouth. Have you forgotten you’re seven years old? In the face of mounting pressures and priorities, have you ever felt that the kids will just have to wait for…
I’m Not Raising Girls: I’m Raising Loving Wives, Devoted Moms, and Women Who Fear God

Marine, Firefighter, Supreme Court Justice, Tire Mechanic, Doctor, Lawyer, Truck Driver, CEO, President of the United States . . . There is no field closed to women these days, at least not in advanced Western Cultures. Which raises an interesting question for Christian Dads and Moms: Are you training your daughter to aspire to be…
Raising Men: Teach Your Son to Give You His Heart

{This is Part 2 of Raising Men. You can read Part 1 Here and Part 3 Here} WHO HAS YOUR SON’S HEART? Indoctrination – sounds like a bad thing – like a communist “re-education” camp. Indoctrination of children . . . that’s really over the line . . isn’t it? No, it’s not. It’s a very good…
Dad & Mom . . . Are We Raising Men or Boys?

{This is Part 1 of Raising Men. You can read Part 2 HERE and Part 3 HERE} Are we raising men or boys? As Christian dads and moms, we have to get our heads in the game – to get focused on the business of one of our most important missions in life: Raising our boys to become godly, mature…
I’m Watching You Daddy & Mommy {What We Teach by How We Live}

It’s the one thing no parent can avoid. Thoughtful fathers do it. Deadbeat Dads do it. Neglectful moms are actively involved in it. Loving mothers do it. If you’re a parent, you’re doing it. You are discipling your children. Many parents might be tempted to look over their shoulder wondering if this reference is for…
20 Daddy-Daughter Dates {Invest the Time to Win Her Heart}

Every young girl (and a lot of older girls, too!) has a place in her heart that asks a question: Does Dad think I’m special? Many dads are head-over-heals about their daughters. Ask them. They’ll tell you. My little Karen is an amazing . . . . You should see Chloe when she .…