The One Parenting Strategy That NEVER Fails

I’ve read every parenting book out there—or at least, it sure felt that way. Yet still, I ended most days wondering if I was failing my kids. Then one afternoon, in a moment of defeat, I glanced at a simple farmhouse sign on my wall: Love never fails. That was the reminder I needed—because there really is one parenting strategy that never

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Life After High School: Helping Your Teen Decide What’s Next

“You don’t have to have it all figured out right now.” The eyes of four young men, two of them my sons and the other two my nephews,  locked their eyes on me as I spoke. There was a rare silence in the room from this typically rowdy bunch. Then, the oldest cut through the quiet moment with a statement

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