Category: Blog

  • DISASTERS HAPPEN

    DISASTERS HAPPEN Joey & Carla Link August 2014   We’d just returned from a ministry trip. A week before the trip, my knee gave out and I fell and broke my leg right where it sits on the ankle joint. You would think with time the pain would pass. With this break, every time the…

  • Parenting Back to the Future

    Parenting Back to the Future by Joey Link July 2014 Wouldn’t you like to speed through time to see what you need to do now to prepare your kids for their future challenges? Let me take you there through a recent conversation I had with a couple who went through a Growing Kids God’s Way…

  • WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON WITH YOUR KIDS?

    WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON WITH YOUR KIDS? by Joey & Carla Link © June 23, 2014      Summer activities are in full swing. In driving around town we have seen lots of baseball games and soccer games being played. We observe the uniforms of the teams and families filling the stands to cheer…

  • Are You a “Fun Daddy”?

    Are You a “Fun Daddy”? by Joey & Carla Link June 2014 There are unforgettable moments in parenting, both good and bad. Once, when walking down the hallway of our home, I (Carla) heard one of my children refer to me as the “Mean Mom”. I was stunned. I will admit our standards were tougher…

  • Macro or Micro Rebellion

    Macro or Micro Rebellion Which is Your Child Characterized By? by Joey & Carla Link 2014   What is ‘Macro’ Rebellion?  Macro refers to BIG. Think of the child who throws major tantrums, fits, and is always in your face with defiance.  When a boundary is spelled out to them, they will throw themselves over…

  • What Not to Do

    Are your kids getting on your nerves? Do you wonder why you have to tell your kids to do the same thing over and over and over again? Why can’t your kids get along? The baby is screaming again and you have no idea what made you think you could handle another child. So, are…

  • With Responsibility Comes Freedom

    With Responsibility Comes Freedom by Joey and Carla Link © 1996,2002   One Saturday morning when our son Michael was about 13 years old, a friend called and asked him to go play ball with him. Michael asked me if he could go. I had gotten into the habit of hounding Michael to get his…

  • Love Is…

    LOVE IS… by Joey & Carla Link “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all…

  • What, Why and How

    What, Why and How by Joey and Carla Link January 2014   Your child misbehaves. You don’t know what you should do. Parents should not discipline their children unless they are sure their child not only knows what he did that was wrong, but why it was wrong. This means you need to take time…

  • Sharing the Bathroom

    Sharing the Bathroom … by Joey and Carla Link January 2014  Do you have kids that just don’t seem to get along at times? At times they seem to be best friends, but when it comes to sharing a bedroom or a bathroom, they just can’t seem to work out their differences. You can set…