It is impossible to have a child that does not make a mess of your house (for some years, at least). That mess is an inevitable outcome of becoming a parent and raising children. But it is a good mess. It is a mess that demonstrates you have something more important than tidiness: the God-given gift of your children.
The sadness I sometimes feel watching my children struggle, knowing they will struggle in the future with such simple things, can seem like a heavy weight settling on my chest.
High divorce rates, the trophy generation, helicopter parenting, delayed childbearing, people choosing to have fewer children or being richer when having their first child. We live in a time where there are countless variables impacting child-rearing. Parenting can feel like a rollercoaster ride. As soon as you think you know where you’re going and what you’re doing, it turns you upside down and right around. Our own four children are all now over the age of 18. All have graduated school, two have left the nest to do all kinds of different things. So, when a friend recommended Doing Life...
When I asked a few of our youth about the possibility of losing their social media until they turned sixteen, they were surprisingly okay with it—perhaps even a little bit relieved.
In my medical practice I’ve seen a rise in the number of consultations where anxiety is not only an individual’s experience but a broader family dynamic.
