What comes to your mind when I say ‘discipline’? Do you think of punishment? Restrictions? Maybe how you had spankings or time outs when you were a kid? If you look in the dictionary, you’ll find this: dis·ci·pline the practice of training people to obey rules or a...
The challenges of being a parent don’t always come directly from your children. Many times it’s the outside forces and the variables that wear us down, put a pebble (or ten) in our shoes, or flat out hit us in the face. Having to deal with variables makes staying...
As I’ve said many time, society wants to convert you, or destroy you. Many don’t share that view with me, but I’ll argue that society doesn’t give a damn about the family, and it works hard to dismantle ‘traditional’ family values. Fathers are portrayed as walking...
I married well. It’s not bragging, even though I feel to brag about Kathi with every breath—it’s just a fact. I am both blessed and honored by the woman I call my wife. She is thoughtful, kind, considerate, far more patient than I…and nearly perfect in every way but...
I’m excited for you! There are basics to being a dad, which have been mentioned online over and over, such as getting involved, supporting your wife, learning to care for your child (diapers, dressing, feeding etc). They’re not wrong, but there’s so much more to being...
Being asked this question on Quora, I find it funny that it’s one of the challenges I’m facing right now with Ruby (my 2yr old). ANSWER: Same as it’s been for my 13 children: 7pm Now you should know that this was ‘bedtime’, but not ‘lights out’—and there’s a specific...
