

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


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


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


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


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


How to Use This Remarkably Influential Parenting Tool
The table. The table is a powerful place where some of our most influential parenting can occur. What table am I talking about? Well, for...

Mike Van Drie
Nov 17, 2020


Following my footsteps?
As parents, we know that we are supposed to talk with our kids about sex, but how often do we talk with them about politics? According to...

Stu Duncan
Oct 12, 2020


7 Keys to Engaging Your Busy Teen
If you’re like me, you have a new driver adding key tracking, gas watch, and drive time to his added list of teenage responsibilities...

AmyJo Pleune
Sep 9, 2020


Be On Constant Repeat
It feels like 90% of parenting is repeating myself. Most of the time this frustrates me. My guess is that it is similar for you. If I am...

Talk with your Teen
Aug 7, 2020


Daily Discipleship (Don't Delegate the Discipleship of Your, Part 2)
Daunting. Overwhelming. Difficult. Weird. Confusing. To be honest the task of the discipleship of our children can seem like all of these...

Talk with your Teen
Aug 3, 2020