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How to read a book
I am going to be posting more book suggestions for parents over the next few years. I thought it might be interesting for people to see how I read books. I love my shelf of top books. So easy to quickly get a refresher on amazing books in a short period of time. What...
Parent’s Guide to 13 Reasons Why
Focus on the Family has put out a really great guide here to talk about these tough topics with your kids. it is widely watched by Canadian teens, making it more important than ever for you to act now to discuss some very serious issues with your adolescent. This free...
42 Different Parenting Styles – Which ones should you use?
When researching for my new talk on parents I came across 42 different Parenting Styles. Which ones should you choose? Which ones should you avoid? In this video, I briefly walk through all the styles and let you know if you should do this parenting style or not....
5 ways we misunderstand adolescents, according to brain science
Really good content hear talking about the negative stereotypes we usually give to teenagers. There is a growing appreciation of adolescence as a time of rapid growth, learning and change. A decade of research studying adolescence makes clear to me the importance of...
Being A Teen Girl On Social Media Is Like Having A High-Pressure, Full-Time (Unpaid!) Job
So much information out there today how we have a really unbalanced relationship with our phones and social media. I am not saying we all need to get rid of these things but we all must reevaluate what we are doing. If it sounds like a full-time job, that’s because it...
Designing Parents “Report Card”
If our goal is to be the best parents we can be we really need to know how we are actually doing. I am hoping to design a "report card" that we can give to our middle school & high school age children. The goal would be that we can see some areas we need to work...
The Shadow of the Fear-vangelicals
This is a really important article for Christian people in the climate we have today. I really like at the end of the article when Skye Jethani writes: The question is, how do you primarily view the “other”…as a threat to your safety or as a person worthy of your...
What I use to set up great Wifi at Home – Linkys Velop Mesh Network
For years I have been struggling to get wifi throughout my house. This video explains the network I put in and why my family loves it. Take a look at the product on Amazon (Canada) - https://amzn.to/2I4YYNJ Amazon (USA) - https://amzn.to/2Gh0JXv Love to hear any...
How to tell your teenager you love them
Simple video today. How do we tell our teenagers we love them? Check out the video below. Please make sure you click the subscribe button and the bell so you can know when a new video is posted.
Things we need to teach our kids – Help with list please
I am presently working on a list of things that we need to teach our kids for my new book. I want to give parents a large list of things we need to teach our kids. I am not going to do an age for each list item as different kids can do things at different ages. By the...
