You’ll Shoot Your Eye Out

I watched that timeless movie classic “A Christmas Story” the other night and was reminded about this incident I’m writing about today.
About 9 years ago, we went to the front door of our home after hearing frantic knocking. Jake, our 8 year old son, was outside playing with Clay, the 12 year old from across the street.  Clay was [...]

Written on July 31, 2010 | Posted in Children | No comment

Parenting Through Divorce

What ever your grounds for getting a divorce is, you shouldn’t put your youngsters in the center of it. Divorce may happen to be the end of your marriage, simply it isn’t the end of your task as a parent. Divorce parenting can be a tough situation if not done properly. If you and your [...]

Written on July 27, 2010 | Posted in Children | No comment

Lifetime Lesson: Budgeting Money

My wife and I decided when our son, Jake, was about 10 years old that we were going to teach him how to budget money.  We did not want him to experience ”college without food”.  There were times, due to my own mismanagement of money and having way too much fun, that I was left eating [...]

Written on July 23, 2010 | Posted in Children | No comment