You Can Do This

You want your kids to be kind, caring, resilient adults someday. It’s hard to remember that end goal when you’re dealing with a screaming toddler in the middle of Target. You might feel like playing the long game is impossible, but it isn’t. We believe that YOU CAN DO THIS—and we’re here to help. Today, we’re telling stories of our failures and talking about how to parent for the long haul. 

Your seventeen year old is sulking in the back seat. You’re angry behind the wheel. This whole vacation is starting two hours later than planned, and nobody really wants to go anymore. Now we’re doomed to a week of misery, right? Not necessarily. We believe that YOU CAN DO THIS, and we’re here to help. Today we’re going to talk about how to plan for trips with older kids. 

Feeling like a failure as a parent? Yeah, us too. Turns out that one of the best ways to deal with that feeling is through friends—people to help encourage and empower you as you wade your way through diapers and dinner. But how do you find them? It's not impossible—we believe that YOU CAN DO THIS, and we're here to help. Join us today as we talk about how to make new friends as an adult. 

There are a million voices that want to tell our kids who they are and how they should behave. As a parent, your voice should be louder than all of the others—but how? What do I say? It’s confusing and overwhelming, but you are not alone. We believe that YOU CAN DO THIS—whether you have a baby, a second grader, a high schooler, or beyond—and we’re here to help. Today, we’re talking about talking to your kids about their actions and identity.

"I love roadtrips." —said no parent ever, right? Not so fast. What if it was possible to actually have roadtrips that EVERYBODY enjoyed? Turns out it IS possible. We believe that YOU CAN DO THIS, and we're here to help. Join us today as we talk about roadtrips that don't suck.  

You're a good parent. You're calm, cool, and patient. You're also gonna put your fist through the wall if they don't stop playing drums on the kitchen table, right? Step away from the sheetrock, you're not alone on this one. We believe that YOU CAN DO THIS, and we're here to help. Today we're talking about practical tips to changing child behavior. 

There’s something special, something unique that happens on a road trip. We set off from home in pursuit of fun, and end up wanting to leave those we love at a truck stop. Road trips are always challenging, but they don’t have to suck. We believe that YOU CAN DO THIS, and we're here to help. 

Maybe you should, but you just don't. Annnnd...now you feel guilty, and then angry because you're guilty. Now what?

If we're honest, we've all been there—so let's talk about it. You're not alone; we're here to help. We believe that You Can Do This, even on days like today. 

Can we just talk about summer for a minute? They’re here, they’re bored, and we’re overwhelmed. But, there’s hope. We believe that you were made and equipped by God to be an amazing parent. We believe that YOU CAN DO THIS, and we’re here to help. Today, we’re talking about what to do with summer break.

Your kid will make mistakes. (Just like you, but that's another episode). But even know we know it's inevitable, it's really hard not to feel like we failed when they fail. But there's a way out of this despair—you are not alone. We believe that you were made and equipped by God to be an amazing parent. We believe that YOU CAN DO THIS, and we’re here to help.