This month we are going to address the issue of using grandparents or other pertinent people in the role of assisting our parenting and mentoring our children. Last week in SoCal, I had the chance to put Gary (author of www.gendads.com) on camera and ask this very question. Here he is:[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIdAGaRzQ54?hl=en&fs=1&w=425&h=344]
GRANDFATHER'S SHOES OVER THE DOOR
LEGACY DADS DO BONDING
The independent streak built into the American character by our wild west heritage can work against best practices fathering. We need help, but books, conferences, and pastors' declarations don't fill the bill. This weekend, Legacy Dads, the three of us, are meeting to bond, to encourage, to share and to grow our fathering savvy. Join us.
Overprotective Parents, Underdeveloped Children: Part 2
I wrote Overprotective Parents, Underdeveloped Children: Part 1 over two years ago yet it still seems to be a popular post on this site. I would now like to take the time to address this issue again and also add some insight and wisdom (if you can call it that) that I have gleaned over the past two years working with and teaching to Overprotective Parents.
Picking Your Child's Future Spouse.
I read a book once that delved into the psychology of women, if one really can, that talked about the importance of family life and specifically a fathers influence on his daughter and her future choices in life. A father models a young girls perceptions of how a man treats a woman by watching her mother and father interact.
A FATHER'S LEGACY PRAYERS
Your heart sometimes just won't stay still as you think of the children of your legacy and the challenges and the troubles they'll face. So you pray. They run, they play, they bump into things and owies are abundant. So you pray. They do bad things and you wish for them better. So you pray. We talk about "Grandmother's Prayers." Fathers and grandfathers pray, too. The effect is an investment in their legacy.