Focusing on your child's strengths can be a challenge sometimes, but Brandon and Analyn Miller say it's important to do. The two are parents of 7 children. They say they've learned to play to the strengths of their kids instead of always focusing on the negative, which Analyn says can get exhausting. Brandon says parents should spend 70-80% of the time looking at your child's strengths and fi...
When our kids mess up, our tendency is to take something away from them. However, punishment shouldn't be the end goal of discipline. Restoration should be. Parenting in the 21st Century, Part 3: The Goal of Discipline // Andy Stanley
Rhonda Stoppe describes her early motherhood challenges of raising a son, which was intimidating to her. She found help through group of older women mentors (her “Mommy Club”). She urges moms to see their role as ministry in shaping sons to be good and godly men. Rhonda described her challenges of raising son Brandon, who has epilepsy, as well as her son Tony, whom the Stoppes informally “fos...
Moms and dads dream of a future where their kids become adults and still want to come home regularly to visit. As parents, there is something we can do to lay the foundation of that dream becoming a reality. Parenting in the 21st Century, Part 2: The Patient Parent // Andy Stanley
Rhonda Stoppe describes her early motherhood challenges of raising a son, which was intimidating to her. She found help through group of older women mentors (her “Mommy Club”). She urges moms to see their role as ministry in shaping sons to be good and godly men. Rhonda described her challenges of raising son Brandon, who has epilepsy, as well as her son Tony, whom the Stoppes informally “fos...
Linda Ranson Jacobs thought her life was going great – she and her husband were involved in their children and happily raising two kids. One day, without warning, her husband said he wanted a divorce and left. Linda went into shock – praying and begging him to return, but he didn’t. Linda was thrust into life as a single mom, feeling confused, scared and completely alone. Over the years, she ra...
