All tagged Relationships and Teens

Vaping And My Middle School Son

Parenting tweens and teens can be difficult but the time spent intentionally teaching them how to handle the circumstances they will face is well worth it! As we impart wisdom, our support in who they are helps them become whom we want them to be--kids who can speak up for themselves and use godly wisdom to make good choices!

4 Steps to Help Your Children Fight the Comparison Trap

We’ve all been there, the comparison trap. That place where we don’t feel good enough, where our standards and expectations of ourselves meet who we really are. That place where we look at what others are doing with their kids or what we think they are doing, and we feel like a failure. Social media perpetuates this comparison trap and we fall for the bait over and over again. 

The comparison trap is a very real place and we are all tempted to fall into it. Whether it be comparing our marriages, jobs, families, children, churches, you name it. But what we don’t often realize in the midst of fighting the good fight against falling into this trap, is that our children are also being tempted to fall into it as well.