Author: Joey & Carla Link

  • Damaged Trust

    Joey and Carla Link March 20, 2024 To be trustworthy describes something or someone you can believe in, who is completely reliable. When a person consistently demonstrates the following, you can and should trust them. If you don’t have a trusting relationship with your child, the chances of you having a relationship at all with him/her when they become adults is…

  • When Kids Aren’t Teachable

    Joey and Carla Link March 13, 2024 No parent wants to think their child is not smart. But wise king Solomon makes an interesting statement in Proverbs 12:1 (ESV). “Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.” “Stupid” is not a word we allowed our kids to say in our home, but there…

  • Intentional Parenting

    Teagan Nicks March 6, 2024 I grew up fairly different than most of my friends; not only did my parents follow a parenting curriculum (whereas I could tell a lot of my friend’s parents were just winging it), they were actually involved in a parenting ministry–Growing Families International–where they taught parenting classes weekly.  I remember…

  • How Traditions Affect Your Identity as a Family

    Mandy Block December 13, 2023 Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin

  • Being Consistent

    Jaclyn Amato December 6, 2023 Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin

  • If You Don’t Mean It, Don’t Say It

    Roxie Ramseyer November 29, 2023 When our 4 boys were young there were so many days when I was just exhausted! It seemed that the unending physical tasks of raising little bodies was at times overwhelming, but that paled in comparison to the feelings of fatigue with the unending need to train them to have…

  • Building Family Identity

    Karin Walter November 15, 2023 Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin

  • Helping Your Kids Choose to do the Right Thing

    CarrieAnne Langdon November 8, 2023 It can be overwhelming to have to make a lot of choices for anyone, much less a little one!  Do you realize how many times a day you offer your kids choices? What cereal do you want this morning? Do you want to wear the red top or the blue one?…

  • Encouragement Works

    By Joey & Carla Link November 1, 2023 Your kids will go through times it seems like they are never going to do the right thing. You have given them consequences, but still no change. If you have consistently used lots of consequences with your child and see no difference in his/her behavior, how about…

  • Helping Your Kids Choose to do the Right Thing

    By Joey & Carla Link October 25, 2023 Your kids misbehave every single day. So do you. It’s called sin, and since none of us or our kids are perfect, we need to get over our unrealistic, perfectionistic expectations of them. This doesn’t mean you throw in the towel and let them do what they want.…