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Peace in the Parenting Journey

Being a parent is overwhelming in mid-December, when everybody’s activities and pressures are multiplying. During the holidays, our expectation of … More

Children, Family, Family Life, Parent, Parenting, Perfectionism, Process, Raising Kids, Significance, Success

The Peril of Productionism

  My wife and I struggle with what I call productionism. It is a variation of perfectionism. It is the … More

Balance, Community, Family Life, Growing Up, Love, Parenting, Perfectionism, Productionism, Relationship, Significance, Success, Thankfulness

Protecting Kids From the Inside Out

Unlike consumer products, parenting comes without instructions or guarantees. We all want our children to grow up happy, healthy, successful, … More

Adolescence, Child discipline, Christianity, Communication, Education, Encouraging, Faith, Family, Family Life, God, Growing Up, Hard Work, Independence, Kids, Maturing, Parent, Parenting, Perfectionism, Role Models, Serving, Significance, Teacher, Work

I Wish You Failure

Once again, I offer an article from NPR’s This I Believe.  Jon Carroll started at the San Francisco Chronicle editing … More

Adolescence, Balance, Education, Growing Up, Hard Work, Perfectionism, Resiliency, Success, Work

The Race to Nowhere

The Race to Nowhere is a film that will make you think deeply about what a good education looks like.  … More

Activities, Adolescence, Balance, Community, Education, Family Life, Growing Up, Hard Work, Parenting, Perfectionism, School, Significance, Success, Teens, Work

The Value of Pain

As I walk through the halls after school, there is a barrage of faces along my path.  Some I know … More

Adolescence, Consequences, Education, Encouraging, Growing Up, Immaturity, Parenting, Perfectionism, Resiliency, Significance, Teens

Our Friend, Failure

I once heard a speaker named Dan Miller at an educator’s conference tell the audience about how he learned to … More

Activities, Adolescence, Encouraging, Failure, Hard Work, Perfectionism, Perseverence, Positive Attitude, Sacrifices, School, Sports, Success, Youth Sports

Finding Significance

I’ve had the blues for a few weeks now.  It’s not a full-blown depression.  It’s just a nagging funk that … More

Balance, Christianity, Faith, Growing Up, Maturing, Parenting, Perfectionism, Relationship, Significance, Thankfulness

Realistic Expectations for Life

Donald Miller’s book A Million Miles in a Thousand Years is quite good, but the end of chapter 29 is … More

Activities, Balance, Christianity, Growing Up, Maturing, Perfectionism, Resiliency, Thankfulness

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