No wonder men don’t want to get married

I love being married and wouldn’t trade it for anything (Best. Wife. Ever.).  But I can see why young men today are so fearful of marriage. 
Go read Jennifer Roback Morse evaluates the economics of no-fault divorce by Wintery Knight.  It is a major reason for men to be scared of commitment.
It is especially important for unmarried [...]

Manners

Marge: Whatever happened to “please” and “thank-you?”
Homer: I think they were killed in one of those murder-suicide things.
Manners still count, partly for the obvious reasons but also for the impact they have on the confidence of children. 
When kids display good manners they get lots of positive reactions and feedback from adults.  It kicks off [...]

Mmmmm . . . PIES

OK, not those kinds of pies.  This is what I call the parenting PIES.  I have found that most of the areas we want our kids to mature in fit into this handy acrostic:
P – Physical – Our bodies were made to last a lifetime.  Do something physical – anything!  We figured our girls would [...]

How do you know if you have a commitment?

If you are married, you have a commitment.  (Not engaged-to-be-engaged, not engaged, but married).
If you are not married, you don’t have a commitment.
If you don’t have a commitment, don’t have sex or even foreplay (because its purpose is to lead to sex).  

Basic resources on fatherhood from a Christian worldview?

I’m looking for some materials for a class I’ll be teaching at Care Net Pregnancy Center on fatherhood.  The students will like be a broad mix – everywhere from non-believing, unmarried ex-cons to believing, married, upstanding citizens and everything in between.  Most of them come from broken homes and have not had good role models [...]

Parenting 101 & the Prison Psychiatrist’s Couch

As we prepare to move our oldest off to a ballet company and to college, I thought about one of my first posts and present it here with a few updates. 
Here is my basic parenting philosophy: If I make any mistakes my kids can always work them out later on the prison psychiatrist’s couch.
Seriously, [...]

Hypocrisy or good parenting?

Is it hypocritical to forbid your kids to do things you did as a youth? No. It is called good parenting.
But some parents have bought into the lie that it would be hypocritical to steer their kids away from drinking, pre-marital sex or fill-in-the-blank just because they did such things when they were young.
But consider [...]