If you have millennials at home--the wisdom is the same. Often times, a millennial is just a teenager who never grew up. Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, there lived a lovely young damsel. As all great stories go, this fair maiden met her prince charming, and they were soon wed. It wasn’t long before they were blessed with the most … [Read more...]
Are You Robbing From Your Teen?
What does the average week look like in your home? Do you make all the meals, do the laundry, clean the house with little help from your teenager? If this sounds like you, you might just be robbing from your teenager. The definition for the penal code of robbery is: To take something by force or fear. When we steal hardworking opportunities from … [Read more...]
Teen Parenting Tip #218
Teenagers march to the beat of their own iPod. Each one is an electronic wizard that could put MacGyver to shame. Yet, surprisingly, they lack the intellectual prowess to tie up a bag of garbage and carry it to the curb.So, if you'd like to train your young adult with lightning fast results - the next time your teenage son or daughter … [Read more...]
Teenager for sale.
Why? Because we said so. How come? Because we love you. Why are you and Dad so strict? We're sorry you feel that way. Why don't you trust me? It's not you we don't trust. Brittany is going, why can't I? We'd tell Brittany “no” too, if we were her parents. You don't want me to have fun. Yes, that's it. You don't care about me. You've found us out. … [Read more...]
Searching for a Godly Spouse
Last week while I was cleaning my kitchen I brought in my shiny red laptop. I wanted to search for something interesting that would keep my mind off of my task of cleaning the tile-jam (that's toe-jam, except in between tile). I HATE TILE. But I digress. I'll bore you with that dark little secret another time.I found myself at the Focus on the … [Read more...]