Year: 2017

What is Controlling Your Child? Joey and Carla Link May 24, 2017   “You are being unreasonable!” Lexi shouted at her mother. “She thinks I’m being unreasonable?” Lexi’s mother thought and she wondered once again how to help her daughter get her emotions under control. Dealing with your child’s emotions can be frustrating at best.…

Who’s Taking Care of Your Kids? Joey and Carla Link May 2017   A frustrated lady was telling me recently about the small group she was in at their church and how out of control the kids were, so much so they couldn’t keep a child care worker for the 8 kids in spite of…

Shame Joey & Carla Link March 2017   Parents can actually stop their kids from learning without knowing it. How? By stopping them from feeling the consequences of the choices they make.   When I was growing up, I remember a friend of mine told a whopper of a lie to get out of trouble.…

Refereeing Your Kids Joey and Carla Link April 12, 2017 Do you ever feel like you are a referee with you kids? While it seems to be natural for boys especially to wrestle around, it’s another thing when they are arguing and bickering with each other. It seems to never end. When you are pulled…

Right is Right and Wrong is Wrong Joey and Carla Link March 2017 No parent wants to believe they have a rebellious child. We may say our friends and neighbors have a rebellious child but rarely do I speak to a parent who says “I have a rebellious child!”  Actually, few people today use the…

How to Stop Arguing With Your Kids Joey & Carla Link March 2017 How do you stop a child from arguing with you? It is very frustrating when you give your child an instruction and they start arguing with you. Every loving parent feels like they should listen to anything their child says. This is…

Loving Your Family Joey & Carla Link February 2017   February is the month to celebrate love. What do you think of when you think of the word “love”? To me (Carla), it is kind of like a warm fuzzy feeling that wraps around me and gives me a big hug. We don’t usually like…

What is on Your Finger? Joey and Carla Link February 8, 2017 Has your child ever looked at the wedding ring on your finger? Do you have a toddler who holds your hand while waiting for something and starts playing with it? It doesn’t take long for kids to realize that ring means you are married to…

The Video Store Joey & Carla Link January 2017   Our adult daughter Amy came to visit us for a week last fall. After several days of long and hard work around this old house of ours, we all wanted to relax one night. So we went to our local video store to pick out…

  Do Your Kids Trust God’s Word? Joey and Carla Link January 11, 2017 I (Joey) was in a store buying a new piece of electronics and I had some questions about it before I purchased it. So I asked the customer service tech my question and he said he wasn’t sure as the box was…