Author: Joey & Carla Link

Joey and Carla Link October 16, 2024 When our kids did their chores, as their parent, it was easy for us to grade their effort in our mind. We would ask them to give themselves a grade when they were finished, and most of the time they agreed with what we mentally gave them. Do…

Joey and Carla Link October 9, 2024 Facts, feeling and assumptions. Those with the Melancholy as their primary temperament get these confused all the time. Facts and feelings seem pretty straightforward, but let’s define them anyway.  A “fact” is something that is “proven to be true”. When you say to your child, “You left your…

Joey and Carla Link October 2, 2024 There isn’t much that makes a parent as upset with their kids than when they catch them lying about something. Lying means you are trying to cover something up, usually to stay out of trouble. Believe it or not, there are some kids who are prone to lying…

Joey and Carla Link September 25, 2024 One of your kids (hopefully only one!) won’t get it together and keep it together. Every time you instruct him/her to do something, you have a fight on your hands. You are constantly correcting him/her throughout the day, every day with no end in sight.  In Ephesians 6:1,…

Joey and Carla Link September 18, 2024 I recently attended a rodeo and saw an event that reminded me of parenting. Two cowboys riding their horses were in place beside a chute that had a young steer in it. When the chute opened, the two cowboys’ raced along across the arena, trying to keep the…

Joey and Carla Link September 11, 2024 “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old, he will not depart from it.” Proverbs 22:6  Each one of our children have a “bent”, a way to go that God has given them, to be who He wants them to be,…

Non-Negotiables of Parenting Teaching Your Kids to Respect Others Joey and Carla Link September 4, 2024 We have been talking about the non-negotiables of parenting, meaning what we think every parent should train their kids to do, without question. We spent two blogs on obedience. Today we are talking about another non-negotiable and that is…

Non-Negotiables of Parenting Joey and Carla Link August 28, 2024 There will never be a time in their lives when your kids will not need to know how to manage their day. Start teaching them how by structuring their day for them until they can do it themselves. A routine will look different for different ages…

Non-Negotiables of Parenting Joey and Carla Link August 21, 2024 Summer months are times when parents sometimes unknowingly tend to let obedience and other behavior slide. When you try to get your kids back on a routine to get ready for the structure of the school day, these “slides” refuse to cooperate and you wonder…

Joey and Carla Link August 7, 2024 We dreamed of a family and God gave us one, and then another and now a threesome. I run this home but you might disagree, for our oldest is in charge and won’t give me the lead. The youngest whines for the attention she needs, and the middle…