How to Keep & Deepen Your Relationship With Your Teen Son My 6-foot-tall son lumbers into the room and sinks onto the sofa. “So, I’ve been thinking about Chapter Two…” he says. I pause what I’m doing and we talk. We talk about fictional conflict, inciting incidents, and motivation—what the character wants more than anything…. [Continue Reading]
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An Unexpected Life
Growing up I liked to imagine what my future would be like. I imagined living in the small, California town that I grew up in. I pictured getting married, having a few children, and teaching elementary school. None of that came true. Not even close. Growing up I liked to imagine what my future… [Continue Reading]
3 Things Teens Wish Their Parents Remembered
3 Things Teens Wish Their Parents Remembered Remember what it was like to be a kid? Take a few minutes and think back. It may help your parenting in ways you never expected. One of my favorite childhood memories is from Christmas when I was 12. I don’t remember many elaborate gifts. In fact… [Continue Reading]
Why Your Older Kids Fight Your Teaching (And How To Fix That)
Why Your Older Kids Fight Your Teaching (And How To Fix That) I’m a mom of six children. I’ve been homeschooling eighteen years, and with three preschoolers, I have another eighteen years of homeschooling to go! Three of my children are adults. Cory is twenty-three years old, married, and he and Katie have a baby… [Continue Reading]
Teens’ Bad Raps (And What You Can Do About It)
Teens’ Bad Raps (And What You Can Do About It) A few years ago I helped a family member purchase a money order to mail to her daughter who lives out-of-state. It seems her boyfriend kicked her out, and she’d been staying in a hotel. Unfortunately, she ran out of money, and her boss from… [Continue Reading]
Four Tips to Stay on Top of Things with Your Teens | Guest Post by Nicole O’Dell
As I was preparing this post for Tricia’s blog, I considered what you all might like to hear about. You see, Tricia and I, in a lot of ways, are very similar. I have six kids, I’m a busy author, I’m running a busy ministry, and I’m parenting littles and teens at the same time…. [Continue Reading]
Podcast: Living Inspired: Peyton Jones | Ginger Ciminello
Living Inspired ~ Thursday 3CT (10/17/13) To listen to the interview: go here and click on the player in the upper right corner of the screen. This week on Living Inspired, please welcome Peyton Jones, author of book Church Zero (David C. Cook, 2013) and Ginger Ciminello, author of book Forget the Corsage (Westbow Press,… [Continue Reading]
How to Deal with Disappointment
Dealing with disappointment is one of the hard things that comes from life. Seeing our kids deal with disappointment is even harder. Yet we know that in every person’s life there will be struggles, and the older our kids get, the bigger the problems. Ugh! John and I have always felt that one of the… [Continue Reading]