The consequences could be serious. But it’s difficult for my very smart son to fully grasp that. All he knows is that he’s sick of doing chest therapy, breathing treatments, taking handfuls of vitamins and eating healthy. Who could blame him? He just wants to be a “normal” teenager. And to him, being “normal” doesn’t…
My kids are out to get me. Really. Let me state my case. You’ll see that I have plenty of evidence. You know, like when my teenage daughter takes my brush in the morning because she can’t find hers and then doesn’t return it? It’s so obvious that she hatched a plot to purposely lose…
Hey! Can we go jump off the bridge? My then-13-year-old daughter, Molly, motioned to the end of the dock that extended into the ocean. She said it nonchalantly like she was asking something innocuous like “Can I walk to the neighbor’s?” She and several of her friends crowded around and anxiously waited for our reply. “Uh. Nooooo,” my…
Back then, it was wide open. I was teaching middle school at my kids’ private Christian school. Molly was eight, Micah was five. They loved having their mom teach at their school. They bragged about it. They visited my classroom every chance they got. They’d call out and wave frantically to me from the playground…
