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The GBD Alternative to Traditional Time-Outs 1 Mar 2013 | 08:00 am
Punitive parenting is adversarial. It pits parents against children in what many punitive experts openly refer to as a war. Even Dr. Phil talks about “picking your battles” and warns parents that when...
Applying The Five Steps 8 Jul 2011 | 03:35 pm
Remember The 5 Steps are a Tool, not a Rule. I’m often asked about using The 5 Steps with children. I wanted to take a moment to explain some of the issues that come up in applying them, as well as h...
Foreword by Dr. William Sears 31 Jan 2011 | 10:26 am
Foreword to Biblical Parenting: Christian parents have been accustomed to thinking about discipline as punishment – something you do to a child rather than something you do with a child. However, dis...
Words as Magic 5 Jan 2011 | 03:06 pm
One of the questions I am asked most often about parenting young children is what to do when they lie. I believe this demands some attention and it covers quite a few areas of parenting so let’s tackl...
How to address the issue of sin with children 31 Dec 2010 | 02:35 am
First of all, I think there are two issues that are important to distinguish between when it comes to sin: 1. The impact of sin in the world and in our lives. Jesus took care of this 100% and I alwa...
So it’s the holidays 19 Dec 2009 | 06:36 am
and I’ve been doing so much with the children. I want to post pictures but it’s going to have to wait until my long ‘to do’ list is at least partially tackled. We’ve got one night left of Hanukkah, my...
Words as Magic 6 Aug 2008 | 11:52 am
One of the questions I am asked most often about parenting young children is what to do when they lie. Occasionally the question comes from a parent of a 9 or 10 year old but most often the children ...
An answer to Proverbs 23 and 'beatest'… 29 Dec 2007 | 02:02 am
Q: I totally understand the idea of the rod on verses like “he who spares the rod, hates his son” but what about Proverbs 23:13-14 where it actually says “for if thou beat him with the rod…” ? A: I’v...
I believe in Original Sin… 28 Dec 2007 | 04:15 pm
I believe in original sin–through one man, Adam, sin entered the world. We are all born infected with this virus–think of a computer virus. It doesn’t make everything your computer does mess up, but i...
What actually happened at the Fall… 28 Dec 2007 | 04:07 pm
What actually happened at the Fall? Studying Echad has caused a very large paradigm shift in my understanding of sin and our relationship with God that is foundational and explains so much of what th...
