Giving and receiving good shame messages at age 7 and 5? Yes! Check it out. I am not sure you readers are going to believe this, but it’s a testimony to Joy-Filled Parenting. I have to give some background, so bear with me before you get to the stories. Lauren is the mother of two […]
Immanuel’s Strong Suitcase (by Jen Coursey)
My friend, Jen Coursey is a guest blogger today. Jen applies the joy and brain science with her young children and also does Immanuel prayer with them. Here is one of her blogs where she shares a significant Immanuel moment with her son. Be sure to subscribe to her blog at the end. “My seven-year-old […]
Helpful Words and Pleasant Faces: From Joy-Filled Parenting with Teens
From new book: Joy-Filled Parenting with Teens –Here is another tip on changes: helpful words and pleasant faces. Helpful Words When we encounter a problem with our teens, a good way to practice seeing their heart is to remember to use words something like these: “You aren’t acting like yourself right now. What’s going on? How […]
Share Power: From Joy-Filled Parenting with Teens
The new book for parents of teens is almost ready, hopefully by the weekend. Here is another excerpt from the book Joy-Filled Parenting with Teens, with another one of the Hopeful Stories for Successful Relationships. This section talks about how to share power with our teens. Sharing power to help teens Something I learned from […]
Changes in the Teen Years: From Joy-Filled Parenting with Teens
Big changes occur when we have a teenager. Parenting becomes more difficult. We dread or ignore the changes. Flowing with the changes brings delight, wonder, love, and joy in the teen years just as they did in childhood. But we have to be brave and willing to allow these changes. Those changes can be frightening […]
Parenting Tip: The “Big Picture” of Life
In the late 90’s I learned about emotional maturity from Dr. Jim Wilder. His organization, Life Model Works, has a detail list of needs and tasks pertinent to each emotional maturity stage of life.* One of the maturity tasks for children towards the end of the Child Stage (ages 4-13) is to learn the “big […]