Category Archives: Parenting

Eliminate Tattle Taling [INFOGRAPH]

  Explanation of INFOGRAPH If you are a parent of multiple children, your children tell on each other….all…the…time. It goes something like this: One child comes and tells you that another of your children broke a rule. Then our immediate … Continue reading

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Letter to Dove

About 2 and a half months ago I sat in a meeting where a 55 year old mentor and and friend read a letter that he had wrote to his son 8 years earlier. It was sobering and inspiring hearing … Continue reading

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Family Teams Discussion

For the last 3 years the biggest area of change in philosophy and action has been in regards to how Kami and I see family. This is a training discussion that we lead in our home with about 20 people … Continue reading

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Lemonade Stand

This last weekend our neighborhood hosted a garage sale and somehow our kids got the idea of doing a lemonade stand. I wasn’t too excited about it but as the saying goes, “when life give you lemons…make a lemonade stand.” … Continue reading

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Is punishing children overrated?

I am not against spanking.  I am not against punishment. In fact the very reason why I do either of those is the same reason that is prompting me to stop. For me the purpose of parenting is to train … Continue reading

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