How To Explain Grace to a Child in a Creative Way: One Dad’s Story

You recognize and savor grace when you receive it, but do your kids understand the nuances of the wonderful gift of God’s grace? Do they think of it as just getting off the hook for something they did? “I, even I, am He who blots out your transgressions, for my own sake, and remembers your […]

Teaching Kids Forgiveness Is Essential: The Why & How | Episode 141

In this two-part podcast you’ll discover: Melissa Coleman has been practicing law for 25 years and currently serves as the Senior Principal and CEO of Coleman Law & Consulting, a Twin Cities-based firm specializing in serving churches, faith-based organizations, and small to mid-sized businesses. Coleman is recognized for her extensive work in advancing human rights […]

Kids Don’t Listen? How to Stop Lecturing and Start Asking Better Questions

Teaching the art of asking good questions is a favorite goal in my daily work with parents. (So much that I helped create a course on asking questions.) Why? Because we’ve learned that lectures and answers often shut kids down, discourage the art of listening, and build walls between parents and their kids. On the […]

My Child Argues About Everything | Ep. 137

“My child argues with everything I say!” Has that thought ever crossed your mind? Whether your child is 5 or 15, you can find yourself wrapped up in the dynamics of arguing, defensiveness, and power struggles. Thankfully, there is hope to break out of this pattern with some curiosity, questions, and a light-hearted attitude.   In […]