Do you know what I don’t like doing? Arguing with conservative Christians. I used to do it. But it’s pointless. Sometimes someone is so...

If you’re ever at a loss for how to piss a lot of people off in one fell swoop, criticize parents for spanking. That will do it every...

My husband is completely convinced that there are Jews somewhere in my Polish lineage. Because three of my great joys in life are being...

We have a seating problem in our home. Well, two of them actually. The first is that our chairs don’t match and the folding chairs have...

Perhaps you have heard that I have some children. Entirely more than a respectable woman ought to have, in fact. I have even heard tell...

A lot of Christians have a strong desire to ensure that their children follow them in the faith. And to that end, a great deal of energy...

Seriously. Try it. It’s a long term strategy, but it works. And it’s much, much, much easier than continually forcing your will on...

Here’s a fun fact for you: the last time I was out of the presence of a child for 24 hours straight was 10 years ago when my husband and...

Honest to goodness, there’s nothing that makes me happier than some good parenting. Those times when you or someone else says something...

What parent doesn’t want to be a better parent to their kids? And what Christian doesn’t desperately wish to be truly humble? (OK, almost...

What I’m about to say flies in the face of nearly everything you’ve ever heard on the subject of how to handle disagreements between...

Do you know what my husband is? He’s a systems expert. He regularly creates systems at work that have fewer than 1 error per million...

So, I started telling y’all about an interesting article on what research can tell us about raising moral kids. Today’s take-away from...

I thought this was a great article in the NYT about what researchers have to say about raising moral kids. A lot of it is stuff we all...

One of these days, I’ll have to tell you about my oldest son Noah. He was really something. Even my mom didn’t want to watch him. And she...

Yesterday, I wrote about how the changing role and nature of authority in our lives demands that we change the way we parent our kids....

I read a story a while back about an anthropologist who was studying some tribal group in New Guinea. He noticed that everyone had at...

Meditation is good for us. The bible tells us to meditate dozens and dozens of times. Modern science has shown that meditation changes...

I don’t usually write about parenting, in part because it feels like tempting fate. I’ll write parenting advice and then my kids will end...

What is a “double minded man”, you ask? James 1 explains the it and its dangers this way: If you need wisdom, ask our generous God, and...