

Sandy Ohlman
- Nov 16, 2021
Tending to the Bridge
Often we want to have important conversations with our kids without tending to the invisible mechanics of input. Those are the emotional,...
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Carla Price
- Oct 28, 2021
Moments of Connection
Once again, your child talks back, hits their sibling, doesn’t do her homework, sneaks his smart phone after hours, and the list goes on...
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AmyJo Pleune
- Sep 11, 2021
TOWING THE LINE
Recently, we had the opportunity to take our kids tubing. It was a gorgeous day, and a late summer celebration before the start of...
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Mike Van Drie
- Aug 10, 2021
Hitting RESET
So, I have a confession. These past few months, I have done a terrible job helping my son grow in his faith. The last time I did a decent...
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Mary Wortley
- Jul 26, 2021
Releasing Parental Control
As parents, it can be difficult to remember that worth is not determined by the choices we make. It is equally hard to let our kids fail....
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Sam Burns
- Jun 17, 2021
The Fallacy of Fatherhood
In my role at Positive Options as the Director of Fatherhood and Family Engagement, I spend a lot of time thinking about what it means to...
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AmyJo Pleune
- May 13, 2021
If At First You Don’t Succeed
One of my favorite quotes is from familiar author and speaker Bob Goff, and goes like this, “People don’t change when you tell them what...
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Stu Duncan
- Mar 17, 2021
Keeping Opportunity on the Menu.
As a Christian parent, I know that I'm supposed to initiate all manner of deep spiritual conversations with my kids, right? My wife and...
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Mike Van Drie
- Feb 5, 2021
Moments are fleeting.
Parenting moments are fleeting even faster. Maybe it’s because my wife and I adopted our son at 8 that I am so sensitive to this reality....
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AmyJo Pleune
- Dec 18, 2020
Meeting the iPhone Halfway
Parents, have you heard the term, ‘Nomophobia’? It described as anxiety caused by either a misplaced smartphone or a smartphone with a...
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