HERE’S AN IDEA FOR SOMETHING TO DO IN THE DARK
When my children were little, I really enjoyed playing with them. They loved building things with Lego blocks, drawing or playing the Mall Madness game. But it’s strange how the most favorite things did not happen the way they...
HOW DO YOU DEFINE TRUE WEALTH?
Last year I received an exciting little gift in the mail—a DVD with just under a thousand photos on it from before I was born to a few years ago. My sister, Joanne and her husband Charles painstakingly scanned...
Love Means Never Having To … What?
Recently I talked to a father who felt he had made a huge mistake with one of his children—he had accused his fourteen year old daughter of stealing in a Wal-Mart. The police called him to come to the...
THEY GROW UP SO QUICKLY
“Every cliche about kids is true; they grow up so quickly, you blink and they’re gone, and you have to spend the time with them now. But that’s a joy.” -Liam Neeson
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE ANGRY CHILD EPIDEMIC
Are your children angry? According to recent studies, children are becoming more and more angry with less and less control over their reactions.
WHY YOU NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON A TWO-HEADED CAMEL
You’ve probably heard that the only safe place around a camel is on its back. If you haven’t, you have now, even if there is no such thing as a two headed camel. But why?
AMERICAN FATHER
If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right. Bill Cosby
SUDDEN CARDIAC DEATH IN HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
Sports physicals are a matter of routine—most of the time. But what happens when they aren’t? The reason for performing sports physicals is to uncover medical problems that could present a potential risk during physical activity. What do we...
BUILD ME A SON
Build me a son, O Lord, who will be strong enough to know when he is weak, and brave enough to face himself when he is afraid — one who will be proud and unbending in honest defeat, and...
IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE — DON’T FORGET TO DO THIS
The most effective I have ever been at teaching my children anything is by how I’ve responded when I’ve made a mistake. Regardless of whether it’s a little mistake, like backing over the mailbox as my wife was saying,...