Parent conversations: How do I keep my kids busy this summer?

Kids approach summer very differently than parents do. For kids, summer symbolizes freedom, laziness, lack of structure, and all the best vices—staying up late, sleeping in, and consuming a ridiculous…

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Parent conversations: What are your New Year’s resolutions as a parent?

True confession: I don’t make New Year’s resolutions. It’s not that I don’t think that self-assessment and reflection can be good or that resolutions can be helpful. It just has…

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Parent conversations: Parenting failures–and how to recover: Dad edition

In the October issue, we heard from three moms who shared some of their “mom fails” and how they handled them. (Visit forwardinchrist.net/mom-fails to catch up on those.) This month,…

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