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Boy Mom Cracks the Code on Male Behavior: Jenilee Samuel

If you’re trying to figure out how the boys (and men) in your life operate,...

April 2025

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5 Quick Steps to Calm a Stressed-Out Child (Part 2)

Were you surprised last week to learn how important it really is to listen to...

April 15, 2025

5 Quick Steps to Calm a Stressed-Out Child (Part 1)

It’s so important to listen to what your child is saying and, more than that,...

September 2024

September 24, 2024

What Parents Need to Know About College Kids & Mental Health

I am delighted this week to introduce you to my Executive Assistant Amy Masaschi, who...

May 2024

May 13, 2024

How To Stop Being a Snowplow Parent – Part 1

This is Part 1 of a two-part series for those of us parents who just...

March 2024

March 12, 2024

Finding Contentment in the Everyday

What I discovered is what I hope you do, too: that contentment is available to...

December 2023

December 19, 2023

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August 29, 2023

What Every Empty Nest Parent Needs to Know (Part 2)

No matter how much great groundwork we’ve laid by nudging our kids toward autonomy in...

August 22, 2023

What Every Empty Nest Parent Needs to Know (Part 1)

So in the span of a few very short weeks or months, as our kids...

June 2023

June 22, 2023

Letting Dads be Dads – Even When it is Terrifying (Part 2)

Our online survey respondents really admire their men! Here’s a sampling of how respondents answered...

June 15, 2023

Letting Dads be Dads – Even When it is Terrifying (Part 1)

In honor of Father’s Day, this two-part blog is a follow up to an earlier...

April 2023

April 25, 2023

The Good Thing About Being the Bad Guy, Part 2

being the parent rather than the friend doesn’t mean swinging the pendulum of rules enforcement...

April 20, 2023

The Good Thing About Being the Bad Guy, Part 1

This is a two-part blog to encourage and equip parents of teenagers. In this part...

January 2023

January 31, 2023

This One Action Can Create a Competent and Confident Dad (Part 2)

New dads: Based on these recent findings, you can view early fatherhood as a crucial...

January 24, 2023

This One Action Can Create a Competent and Confident Dad (Part 1)

So the overall implication is clear for all the fathers out there: the more you...

September 2022

September 13, 2022

A Surprising Way to Encourage Your Kids’ Faith

Some time back, I met a mother and daughter at a conference where I was...

June 2022

June 13, 2022

Cheering Dads in the Daily Things

There is great power in trusting and cheering on your man in the little daily...

April 2022

April 26, 2022

Three Great Ways to Handle Drama

These are three super-simple steps that usually speak to the heart of a “dramatic,” upset...

April 05, 2022

A Different Perspective on Teens—and How to Talk to Them

Many of our kids, to some degree or another, have been hearing our warnings about...

March 2022

March 08, 2022

Simple But Powerful Relationship Lessons We Can Learn From Kids

Children can teach us some of the behaviors that are helpful for building healthy and...

March 02, 2022

Talking To Your Young Adults About the Ukraine Invasion

We need to be fervently praying for wisdom for our leaders and ourselves about how...

February 2022

February 22, 2022

We’ve Got 40 Hours

Commit to being present with your child. A guest blog by Katie Kenny Phillips.

January 2022

January 25, 2022

Let’s Bring Kindness Back! Here’s How To Start

These three daily actions make up the 30-Day Kindness Challenge and they are absolutely transformative...

August 2021

August 12, 2021

5 Things Every Parent Needs to Know as Kids Go Back to School This Year

In this back-to-school season, there are a lot of anxieties—and a lot of opportunities. Let's...

June 2021

June 24, 2021

What Daughters Need To Hear From Their Dads

Dads—you’ve been there for first words, first steps, first stumbles. We know how much you...

May 2021

May 25, 2021

How I Stopped Yelling at My Kids

Today we are sharing a guest blog from Crystal Paine while Shaunti is in this season...

May 20, 2021

This One Habit Will Be Game-Changing for Others … and Yourself!

Kindness is a superpower. It can improve relationships, make life better, and transform our culture....

May 06, 2021

All the Mommy Ladies: What You Said About Being a Mom

I once heard an exhausted mom say, “If God wanted me to really love parenting,...

May 04, 2021

When Your Triggers Get Tripped In Relationships

Ask yourself, what is the number one thing that is putting you over the edge?...

March 2021

March 23, 2021

How to Raise a Resilient Child and Why It Matters

Resilience is perhaps the most important quality a person can have, and, therefore, perhaps the...