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By Kim O’Brien April 3, 2024 Have you ever tried to pour oil into your vehicle without a funnel?  It makes a HUGE mess.  Oil gets everywhere!!!  It is then overwhelming, frustrating, and a lot to clean.  That’s how our children feel when we are parenting outside the funnel.  Joey and Carla often say, “When mom is frustrated, then the…

Joey and Carla Link March 27, 2024 I heard a pastor tell a story about how he was talking to a large group of college age young adults at their weekly service. This particular week he was talking about how God is a loving Heavenly Father. After the meeting, a couple of these young adults…

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…

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…

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…

Mandy Block December 13, 2023 Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin

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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…

Karin Walter November 15, 2023 Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin

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?…