

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,...

Sandy Ohlman
Nov 16, 2021
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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...

Carla Price
Oct 28, 2021
9 views


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...

AmyJo Pleune
Sep 11, 2021
40 views


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...

Mike Van Drie
Aug 10, 2021
31 views


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....

Mary Wortley
Jul 26, 2021
43 views


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...

Sam Burns
Jun 17, 2021
109 views


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...

AmyJo Pleune
May 13, 2021
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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...

Stu Duncan
Mar 17, 2021
39 views


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....

Mike Van Drie
Feb 5, 2021
78 views


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...

AmyJo Pleune
Dec 18, 2020
46 views