Godly Parent
Helping you become the parent your kids deserve
How to Bless Your Child With the Gift of Thankfulness
Have you ever encountered this scenario in your home?... Your kids go into the kitchen for a snack. They open up the cupboards, move around all the boxes, bags, and cans of food trying to find something to eat, and then make this amazing declaration, “There ain’t...
Knowing Your Child’s Current Niche & Why It Matters
Like any normal kid, I was "into" a lot of different things growing up. As a 7 or 8-year-old, my uncle gave me a massive 3-ring binder stamp collecting kit. And so for a couple of years, I was a stamp-collecting champion trying to fill that impossibly-sized binder. I...
Your Kids Will Get Your Attention—The Question is How
Kids today are facing an attention dilemma. They crave attention from their parents and leaders, and they will often get it one way or another through various means. This could mean seeking attention in the right ways or demanding it in the wrong ways. Jesus knew how...
The Multi-Generational Parent
Proverbs 13:22 A good man leaveth an inheritance to his children's children. Question: Is it possible that we are in a sense parenting our grandchildren and great-grandchildren by the way we parent our own children now? Is it possible that our life and the decisions...
3 Keys to Tapping Into the Power of Self-Awareness
You've probably noticed how easy it is to identify other people’s problems. For most of us it's a natural gift. We can start picking people apart at first sight without ever even having met them. What talent! 😉 So why is it so hard it is to accept when other people...
5 Examples That Lead Your Kids Toward a Lifetime of Happiness
There's an old Chinese proverb that says: If you want happiness for an hour - take a nap. If you want happiness for a day - go fishing. If you want happiness for a year - inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime - help someone else. Happy parents most...
The Godly Living 21-Day Challenge
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. John 13:17 Feeling motivated? Have you ever woke up feeling a burst of super motivation to buckle down and get healthy again, to get back on track spiritually, to start treating the people you love the most like...
How to Save Your Child From a Victim Mentality
It's no secret that we live in an ever-increasing victim-mentality culture. Everyone thinks they've been done wrong, while accepting little to no responsibility for their own personal actions or outcomes. It's always a whole lot easier to blame others for the way...
5 Reasons You’re Struggling to Say NO to Your Kids
I’m a firm believer in saying “yes" to my kids whenever possible, especially when they make requests for my time and attention. However, one of the biggest struggles for many parents is that they have a hard time, or are simply unwilling, to tell their children no. ...
5 Reasons You’re Struggling to Say YES to Your Kids
Have you ever found yourself bombarded with questions from your kids asking you to do things with them? Rhetorical question, right? Kids naturally ask a ton of questions, and especially requests for your time and attention. “Dad, will you come and play this game with...