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No R.E.S.P.E.C.T. for anyone or anything. What do you do?

“I am fed up with some of these kids. They have no respect for me or for anything!” I have often heard people that work with misbehaving kids talk about the lack of respect some of these kids have. They say it like they are ready to throw in the towel and walk away. My suggestion is to take the word “respect” Read more…

Posted: January 8th, 2019 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Accept the Challenge, Divorce Issues, Family Ministers, KidMin

“Wook at ME mommy”

“Wook at me. I doing it” is really cute when a little toddler has learned to accomplish a feat, such as slipping on a jacket. We might smile and say something like, “Well, look at you! You put your jacket on. You did it.” Kids of all ages want to be noticed. Even as adults, most of us like to be noticed Read more…

Posted: May 24th, 2018 ˑ 2 Comments
Filled under: Discipline, Divorce Issues, Emotions, FamMin, KidMin, Modern families

Question of the week: Why do you have so much compassion for troubled and disruptive kids?

I It is really very simple—children do to others what has been done to them. Or they are hurting, little children, and their behavior is their voice screaming for help. In DC4K, or DivorceCare for Kids, we see children calming down and bringing their behavior under control when They learn they have a voice. They put a name to their feelings. Someone Read more…

Posted: February 14th, 2018 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Abuse and Unsafe situations, Accept the Challenge, Discipline, Divorce Issues, Emotions, Grandparents, Question of the week, Uncategorized

Does divorce create behavior problems in children?

The answer to this question might depend on the person you ask. If you ask a parent who is barely surviving, that answer is going to be “no” simply because they can’t see the behavior problems standing in front of them. These parents are in a fog because it is just the best they can do at the moment. When the third Read more…

Posted: January 5th, 2017 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Accept the Challenge, Discipline, Divorce Issues, School Issues, Whirlwind Kids

“Pastor, what do I do when my child …?” (Solutions to ten challenging single-parent discipline situations)

When one is parenting alone, there is no one to help late at night or on a day-to-day basis when discipline situations arise. It can get overwhelming, to say the least. As church leaders, you can be of great assistance to single parents when you understand the many issues involved in parenting alone. Following are some typical questions single parents have Read more…

Posted: November 18th, 2015 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Accept the Challenge, Brain Research, Co-parenting, Discipline, Divorce Issues, Emotions, Grief, School Issues, Single Parents, Stress, Whirlwind Kids

Question of the week: Should we kick kids out of church?

I’m fairly sure that most people will shout, “NO! Kids should never be kicked out of church.” And yet, that seems to be happening more and more. I don’t mean that leaders are intentionally kicking kids out of church permanently, but many are asking the child to leave a class for a week or two. To the child, it is it feels like being Read more…

Posted: May 4th, 2015 ˑ No Comments
Filled under: Brain Research, Discipline, Divorce Issues, Emotions, Question of the week, Single Parents, Stress, Trauma, Whirlwind Kids