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This has been a crazy summer. Mostly, the good kin

This has been a crazy summer. Mostly, the good kind of crazy.

We have been out of town almost more than we have been home.

Visiting family. Playing. Enjoying each other’s company.

(And then working overtime when we’re at home to keep all the balls in the air.)

But someone is missing.

He has been serving the Lord in Alabama for the past 20 months.

There is a hole in our family picture without him.

He’s training his third greenie right now.

Doing God’s work in the South.

We get to talk to him twice a week, which makes the distance between us seem less.

I love watching him learn and grow, but I’m looking forward to November when he comes home.

I miss his guts!

Who has a missionary right now? Where are they serving?

I feel so honored to be presenting beside INCREDIB

In my opinion, the most important phase of parenti

In my opinion, the most important phase of parenting happens between the ages of three and thirteen. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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That is where you lay all the groundwork, do most of the teaching, and help your kids develop self-discipline. With that in place, the transition to the teenage years goes much more smoothly.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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But how do you get there?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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And what happens when you arrive at the teenage years? ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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How much freedom should you give your teens to learn by experience (and mistakes/failure)? When should you step in and offer help and when should you step back?⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I answer these questions and more in Episode 5 of the Whole Complete Self Podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts or with the link in my bio.

Learning to find joy amid the stresses and challen

Do you ever feel like you are talking to a brick w

Do you ever feel like you are talking to a brick wall when communicating with your teens?
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Perhaps, these strategies will help.

I am an avid hiker and no stranger to hiking in th

I am an avid hiker and no stranger to hiking in the AZ heat.

But today, I could seriously barely put one foot in front of the other on a nearly-flat trail even though I HIKE ALMOST DAILY on trails much steeper than this one.

The trail got the best of me today, and it taught me a thing or two.

Check out my stories for all the details 😊

Want to raise responsible kids/teens? I've got you

Want to raise responsible kids/teens? I've got your back!
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Did I miss anything? What works for you?

Truth bomb: You are not responsible for your child

Truth bomb: You are not responsible for your child's mistakes.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Parenting can feel really heavy when you believe that everything your child does or does not do is up to you.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I've been there, my friends! From bad behavior to apathy about school, I owned it all. I felt like all my kids' mistakes were my fault and shamed myself because of them.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Trust me: it was not a happy way to live.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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After years of that, I tried something different. I put the responsibility for my kids' choices on their shoulders.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I stopped feeling bad when they made a poor choice and allowed them to feel remorse instead.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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And guess what? It felt like FREEDOM!!⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I can own my choices, my reactions, and my behavior and allow my kids to do the same.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Give it a try! It just might change your life.

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