Parenting Young Adults

Please don't judge me. For two days, my wife and I walked around with one of our kids on a stretchy leash. You've probably seen these human fishing lures. I imagine one day it'll become how an [...]

Judging by the store displays spilling into the aisles, back to school season is upon us. And if you're a parent with a soon-to-be college freshman, this back to school season may just be your [...]

(photo credit: Lee De Monico for WestportNow.com) If you're like me, you've never paid much attention to "graduation season hoopla" until you realized this is the year that will adorn your [...]

She was sitting in front of me at the mandatory annual parent meeting. Her teeth were obviously whitened by a dentist, not a hair out of place, makeup gorgeously applied, and looking like she’d [...]

There are some things that I'm just not good at. I once had to ask my father-in-law for help changing my wiper blades. Not "Dad, can you spare a twelve-gauge crescent wrench so I can [...]

Thanksgiving dinner with my family can be so…awkward. I'm always saying the wrong things. Like, say, this conversation: We're so glad you could come this year, Aunt Meredith. How's work going? [...]

This morning I was mentally processing my to-do list during my drive to work like always. It included the usual run-down of the day’s meetings and project deadlines, but also much more than what [...]

  One day when my kids were small we passed McDonald’s after a day at the beach. I thought it would be fun to spontaneously treat them to ice cream cones. I can still recall their looks of [...]

It doesn't take a spooky holiday full of plastic ghouls and scary movies to remind us that fear is a real (and regular) part of life. Perhaps this is why there are SO MANY Bible verses that speak [...]

"She's not having a good day." This was the end of a recent Facebook update on my friend who is in the battle of her life with ovarian cancer. The words sunk like a stone in my heart. It's true [...]