PARENTING LECTURE A lecturer once had a talk entitled “Ten Commandments for Parents.” But after having his first child, he changed the title to “Seven Principles for Parents.” After having two more children, he modified his speech again, entitling the talk “Three Suggestions for Parents.” And when his children were in their teens, he quit […]
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Charlie Shedd, said he used to do a talk called, “Ten commandments for raising perfect children.” That was before he was married. Then he was married to Martha and they had a child. He changed his talk to “Ten Hints for raising good children.” They had a second child and he changed his talk to […]
I sometimes wonder if the reason we see so much anger in young people is that we’re not patiently preparing them for the world into which they are walking. Anger is an emotional response to not getting what you want. Young people tell me all the time that they’re angry, but they don’t know why. […]
Making that transition can be a real challenge. Raising our kids by doing everything for them is easy. And we enjoy knowing that for the most part, they think we can do no wrong. But as kids get older, things change, don’t they? They go off to sixth or seventh grade and find that they […]
Understanding Can Change Your Perspective This is such an important principle; let me illustrate it for you. Let’s say a man stumbles into a room where I’m giving a talk. His speech is slurred as he awkwardly moves towards me. As he falls down before me, he throws up all over my shoes. With garbled […]
I love to water ski. Around the Heartlight campus in Texas are some of the best lakes in the country to carve the waves (as my kids would say). But if you’ve never waterskied before, here’s the trick. Never, ever, ever look at your feet. If you do, you’ll hit the water at 60 miles […]