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Kids that exhibit strange and unusual actions

Have you ever had a child exhibit behaviors that you couldn’t quite put your finger on what the problem was? The child who acts out at strange times The child who says something out of the ordinary and you don’t realize it until later in the day when you think, “That was a strange comment for him to make.” The kid who runs, Read more…

Posted: April 19th, 2019 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Abuse and Unsafe situations, Accept the Challenge, Brain Research, Discipline, Research, Single Parents, Trauma

The challenge of childcare for single parents and how to help

We all know our children are the next generation. Unless adults make conscious efforts, they parent kids the way they were parented. Being parented doesn’t necessarily mean your mother or father raised you. For generations, people such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and friends have raised children. We have even had children raised by people once unknown to the children, such as foster parents. Read more…

Posted: July 2nd, 2018 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Accept the Challenge, Divorce Issues, Single Parents

The Infiltration of Whirlwind Kids – What Do You Do?

Have you ever had a class or group and all was going well until …….. that one child walked through the doors? You know what I’m talking about. It’s the child that seems to bring a tornado into the room with them leaving a path of destruction all along the way. You may ask What causes a child to be a whirlwind kid? Read more…

Posted: April 26th, 2016 ˑ 2 Comments
Filled under: Accept the Challenge, Discipline, Divorce Issues, Single Parents, Uncategorized, Whirlwind Kids

Children of Divorce Deserve Better Treatment in Our Churches

How does a church, which focuses on traditional family ministry, minister to the child of divorce? This seems to be the question many churches are wrestling with as they try to define exactly what family ministry looks like. Divorcing families have indeed changed the landscape of what families look like within the church. Several years ago Amy Ziettlow and Elizabeth Marquardt, with the Read more…

Posted: March 28th, 2016 ˑ 2 Comments
Filled under: Accept the Challenge, Attracting families, Divorce Issues, Modern families

Planting shadows: generational consequences of divorce

Chinese proverb One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade. American proverb One generation gets a divorce; another gets to live in the shadows of confusion, loss of a marriage model, loss of trust in relationships, haphazard church involvement and the experience of living in fractured families.

Posted: March 4th, 2016 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Divorce Issues, Quotes, Single Parents, Uncategorized

Confusion, stress and other short-term legacies of divorce on kids

Several years ago I had a single mom show up at my house late one evening. She had left the husband that day, taken the kids and a few belongings and had checked into a local hotel. The precious 4th grade little girl looked bewildered. When I asked her what she thought about what was happening she said, “I am sooo confused. Somebody Read more…

Posted: March 2nd, 2016 ˑ 2 Comments
Filled under: Divorce Issues, Single Parents, Stress, Uncategorized

Talking to Kids about the Tornado in OK

I grew up in Bartlesville, OK. I have heard about tornadoes my entire life. I owned two child care programs in OK for over twenty-five years. As a kid I remember going into the hallways at school and putting my hands over my head while crouched down on my knees. In childcare we practiced relentlessly with the children. The fire department recommended which Read more…

Posted: May 21st, 2013 ˑ 11 Comments
Filled under: Disasters