8 Rules to Deal With COVID-19 1. We can’t stop it. It is very likely that in the coming year or two, you or at least half of the people in your home will get the virus. The drastic measures to reduce the spread of the virus are good attempts to delay the full wave….
The Nitty Gritty Sex-Talk You Need To Have With Your Preteen Fact: our children are exposed to online porn on average by the time they’re 9. That’s why they likely know lots about sex long before puberty, tragically from very shadowed, sex-distorting sources, usually online porn. As parents we can do a lot to help…
Talking About Puberty And Masturbation Just In Time A few months ago, Julie and I agreed to speak to a Grade 7-9 youth group about “relationships.” The day before the event, we asked the youth leader for greater clarity, “What exactly must we speak about?” “We need you to speak about the M-word,” she answered….
How To Talk About Sex To Your Preteen, Pt 1 A few dads have recently asked my advice about what to say to their 11 year old son about sex. That’s great parenting. These dudes are trying to get their ducks in a row before they dive in and say some potentially unhelpful stuff. I’ve…
Don’t let your kids do anything that makes you dislike them That’s because society doesn’t care about your child nearly as much as you do. If you dislike your child’s behaviour at times, imagine how other people will react to them. So a general guideline is to intercept unsocial and unruly behaviour in your kids….
‘Wow, what a life lesson was that!’ said Eli to Chris and I as we walked back from the neighbours which he and 3 other kids had bombed. The drama had started an hour earlier. My 3 oldest kids had climbed over my neighbour’s wall using the ladder-play-gym system Chris (my neighbour) and I had…
How My Wife Prepares Our Kids For Life’s Difficulties One goal of parenting is to prepare your child for life’s road. (Not, as so many thoughtlessly do, to try prepare the road for your child.) I don’t know if you agree, but the more our decades tick on, the more we tend to find ourselves…
One Surprising Secret To Parenting That No One Ever Mentions I have read hundreds of books and articles on parenting, but not a single one mentions this secret to a happy family. In fact, I’ve only ever heard one parent touch on it… on a flight. Mom, dad and four teens were all together, looking happy…
Here’s regular guest-blogger Julie (my wife) reflecting on how boys should treat girls, and why. I’ve watched the sea change over the past few years, cresting in the spring tide of #metoo, and although there are bound to be excesses in any pendulum swing like this, I am thrilled to live in a time where…
This blog about the power of a parent’s words is the third post by guest-blogger, Julie Williams, who is a professional wordsmith and the mother of my kids. We live in a world awash with words. They gush from our mouths and spill over our fingertips onto our keyboards. They seep into our ears and…
