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How to Lead Kids in a Culture of Outrage
This is a great article by Tim Elmore looking at the ways to help our kids in the current "rage" culture. This is a picture of how our culture of rage now operates.We react before we reflect.We report the story before we gather the facts.We make noise before we ever...
6 great websites for parents & youth workers | Brett’s Picks
Great websites for parents/youth workers. I am often asked about how I keep current with what is going on in popular culture today. The answer is easy - I subscribe to weekly email blasts from these websites. These sites are my favourites to keep on top of what is...
5 Parenting Styles That Cause Entitlement in Kids…
A really great article on small "tweaks" we can make to our parenting. Well worth the read. There's nothing wrong with helping our kids out every so often — but when our "helping" and "allowing" become a way of life, we're walking the slippery slope of the entitlement...
My 15 top parenting books | books every parent should read
These are my 15 top parenting books. In my talk called Parenting: Navigating Everything, I cover numerous topics in the realm of parenting such as parenting styles, time, communication, and discipline. The list below includes all the books I promote and I quote in the...
new website is now live!
Just wanted to let everyone know our new website is up and running. I still have to add a few speaking dates but everything else looks good. This new site showcases much better all of the 600+ blogs, articles, and videos for parents, students, and leaders. If you do...
Reminder: Family Meeting Time
It's August which is a great time to have your yearly family meeting. We will be doing ours next week. If you have never done a family meeting here is a video which will explain how to have one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWLDdlTU7wo&t=9s
Excuses, Excuses: 9 Tips to Get Your Child to Stop Making Excuses
Really great article talking about how we can help our kids to stop making excuses. Instead of getting sucked into an argument, we focused on getting the kids to take responsibility. Sometimes we would catch kids in the act of sneaking out at night, and they’d still...
The Five Love Languages: How to be a better father and husband
The Five Love Languages. Today I want to challenge people to be better husbands and fathers. I want you to learn how to love your wife and kids how they need needs to be loved. It was the first few months into my marriage when my wife talked to me about how she loved...
My top 10 least-watched Vlogs with important content
MY TOP 10 ... least watch videos. Last week I posted a blog with my top 10 most-watched vlogs on youtube. Today I wanted to do something different. There are some videos that I have made that have very few views but are really great content for parents. Below is a...
How to be a better husband: Division of labour in marriage
Today I want to address just one conversation on how to be a better husband. I want to address the topic of the division of labour in our households. I do fully understand that not all households are 2 parent families but for this video, I am addressing couples. Some...
