3 Tight-ropes Your Family Needs During Covid-19

3 Tight-ropes Your Family Needs During Covid-19. Whether Level-4 or Level-3, family life is something different to anything we have known. In my last post, I described the 6 struggles so many families are facing during Covid-quarantine. Today, I get on the solution-side of the conversation. As I surveyed 30 other mainly suburban families and…

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Quarantine Crazy: The 6 Struggles Most Families Are Facing

Quarantine Crazy: The 6 Struggles Most Families Are Facing. For as long as I have not seen or smelt the sea (only 10 km’s away), I have found myself spending almost all my time with just six other people – my wife Julie, and our five kids, aged 5-11. Like thousands of other lock-down or…

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Here’s How I Will Try Inspire My Kids To Not Have Sex Too Soon

Here’s How I Will Try Inspire My Child To Not Have Sex Too Soon. I had sex way too soon, and I don’t want the same for my kids. I am guessing most parents would not want their kids to have sex while they are still in school, yet we are not sure how to…

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Home Bound and Still Happy – Here’s How

Home Bound and Still Happy – Here’s How A billion people are now ordered to be home bound. It is likely Julie and I will be stuck at home with 5 kids for a month. Just a few days in, we are not faring well: More than usual, I have verbally lashed out at my…

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8 Rules to Deal With COVID-19

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

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

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….

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How To Talk About Sex To Your Preteen, Pt 1

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…

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What Women Want

What Women Want Valentine’s Day upon us, if you’re a guy, don’t tell your partner you read this – just blow them away by improving your game. I am guessing you already know that it’s a case of happy wife, happy life! If you’re a woman, why not boldly send this link to your man?…

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What Men Want

What Men Want Valentines Day, just around the corner, is not just a chance for a romantic dinner, it’s a reminder to married couples to celebrate and deepen their sacred bond. That’s why Julie and I have dusted off two of our favourite marriage books by the authors Shaunti and Jeff Feldhahn. Today (“What men…

Tag: marriage, masculinity

3 Tight-ropes Your Family Needs During Covid-19

Quarantine Crazy: The 6 Struggles Most Families Are Facing

Here’s How I Will Try Inspire My Kids To Not Have Sex Too Soon

Home Bound and Still Happy – Here’s How

8 Rules to Deal With COVID-19

The Nitty Gritty Sex-Talk You Need To Have With Your Preteen

Talking About Puberty And Masturbation Just In Time

How To Talk About Sex To Your Preteen, Pt 1

What Women Want

What Men Want

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