Author: Joey & Carla Link
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Right Away, All the Way, With a Happy Heart
Joey and Carla Link October 8, 2025 Young children need more than than teaching, which is giving them information, like why obeying those in authority is a wise thing to do even if they don’t want to, they need to be trained how to use that information too. When you are first teaching/training your kids about a…
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Right is Right and Wrong is Wrong
Joey and Carla Link October 1, 2025 No parent wants to believe they have a rebellious child. We may say our friends and neighbors have a rebellious child but rarely do we speak to parents who say “I have a rebellious child!” Actually, few people today use the word “rebellious”. It is more common to say…
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What’s Obedience?
Joey and Carla Link September 24, 2025 “Children obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.” Colossians 3:20 Obedience, is doing what someone in authority over you tells you to do without arguing or complaining. Another way to think of obedience is “forced compliance”. Sounds harsh, doesn’t it? But God knew when He…
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Who’s in Charge of Your Family?
Joey and Carla Link September 17, 2025 “Children obey your parents in the Lord for this is right.” Ephesians 6:1 What child raised in a Christian home hasn’t heard this verse multiple times throughout their lives? Ours certainly did. When you are talking about authority, obedience becomes part of the conversation because you can’t have…
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My Mom Gave Me the “Mom’s Notes” And I Am SO Glad She Did!
Kari Walters September 10, 2025 The parenting resource Growing Kids God’s Way was a part of both my husband, Caleb’s and my upbringing, though we only knew it from the child’s point of view. After having our firstborn, we knew we needed to look into it more seriously for ourselves. While visiting my mom in Minnesota, she handed…
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What Should You Throw Out of Your Parenting Toolbox?
Joey & Carla Link September 3, 2025 In last week’s blog we talked about what it looks like to consistently train your kids. When there isn’t a plan in place to help us be consistent in the training (both pro-active and re-active) of our kids, we all fall back on two things. Every parent has…
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It Always Comes Back to Being Consistent
Joey & Carla Link August 27, 2025 Your kids are being responsible with the stuff they have to get done and you are quite pleased your home is peaceful at last. Your kids, will start to back off just a little, and if you don’t do anything to stop them, they back off more and…
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Kid Training To-Do’s
Joey & Carla Link August 20, 2025 Moms frequently tell us they intend to catch up on things during the summer. Amongst these things they say they are behind in is training their children, which gets away from parents with the busyness of life. Unfortunately, it tends to “get away” during the summer months too.…
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Do Teens Need Routine?
Joey & Carla Link August 13, 2025 Many of you know we are big on putting babies on a eat/wake/sleep routine. They eat better, sleep better and longer and are happy when they are awake. Routine isn’t only for babies. All kids, including teens do better on a routine. They eat better, sleep better and…
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Do Your Teens Know How to Manage Their Time?
Joey & Carla Link August 6, 2025 Do you tell your kids when it is time to do their chores, like taking out the trash or sweeping the floors? Do you tell them every day to get their homework done and remind them when they have a paper due? Do you remind your daughter to…