Christmas often comes and goes in the blink of an eye. Not only that, it’s easy to miss the magic of the season. Either things don’t go the way we had hoped with our family, or we get so buried in our to-do lists we need a search and rescue team just to help us… View Post
#78: Your Questions: In-Laws + Boundaries in Kids
How we set boundaries with our parents and in-laws is a frequent stressor for many families, especially around the holidays. Whether family lives close by or far away, everyone brings expectations into what that relationship should look like. We navigate this on an ongoing basis as well. The first question deals with that very issue…. View Post
5 Warning Signs You’re Getting Married Too Young
I’ll never forget the night I had a phone call with my cousin’s high school sweetheart. By now, he was a sophomore playing football at a Power 5 Division I school—and they were still together. As you can imagine, he also had the attention on campus that a football player of that caliber experiences—especially from… View Post
An Open Letter to Grandma and Grandpa: From Your Adult Children
A few weeks ago our family—my wife Christi, our two-year-old son and six-week-old daughter—all traveled to Pennsylvania to be with my dad as he had surgery. For two-and-a-half weeks this meant we were living with my mom and stepdad—or to put it another way, my wife’s in-laws. Moms, picture that for a moment—living with your… View Post