Our guests this week are Matt Chandler, lead pastor of the Village Church, and his wife, singer and songwriter, Lauren Chandler. These two are the real deal. We talked transparently about being parents, raising pastor’s kids, and what it looks like to be “all there” when we’re with our children. We also asked them what they do… View Post
#10: 8 Ways We Shoot Ourselves in the Foot When We Discipline Our Kids
Mister Rogers said it best, “I think of discipline as the continual everyday process of helping a child learn self-discipline.” But let’s be honest, the “everyday process” can feel awfully long. Our kids scream in ways that could peel paint off a wall—that’s assuming they haven’t already used markers to turn the wall into an… View Post
The One Kind of Play Our Kids Cannot Afford to Live Without
There are grandmas. And then there are me-maws. I had a me-maw. As a boy I went to her house often. She personified love. She did anything to help my sister and me mature into respectable adults. We spent many nights at her house cooking, creating and playing with homemade toys, and romping around in… View Post
Am I Really a Mom?
This past May, I attended my first-ever Mother’s Day breakfast at my son’s preschool. As I sat there—emotional—I wondered, “What am I doing here pretending to be a mom?” There were flowers and tablecloths and Mother’s Day poems read about the great task of being a mother, and I sat there thinking—“Is this really me?”… View Post
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