Parents must strike the right balance between overemphasizing and underemphasizing a child's emotional needs. In my last blog , I showed how parents can veer toward Permissive Parenting when they only focus on love, kindness, and feelings without discipline. On the other extreme are parents who neglect or do not properly address a child's emotional needs. Typically, we see this behavior with the other two negative parenting styles, Dominant Parenting and Neglectful Parenting.

I've been seeing several comments or scenarios lately that indicate the touchy-feely approach to parenting is still going strong. For...

Chip Waggoner serves as traffic reporter on the Fox 4 Good Day morning show in Dallas-Ft. Worth. He is articulate and fairly athletic....

When I had coached my last Little League game, after six years with this team, I expected parents to comment on what their child had...

As much as I love youth sports, I've never been able to shake the memory of what led me to leave baseball behind as a middle schooler. I...

Fall means a return to school and to many youth and child activities. Over the next three weeks, I want to discuss a topic close to my...

Kate Middleton, Princess of Wales, endorses a new proposal from the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood. The advocated technique...

I feel sorry for my kids and their palates. When they were growing up, I didn't fix them the best meals. First, I didn't really know how...

A new parenting trend recommends the very opposite of what I recommend in Unison Parenting. In a misguided attempt to enforce natural...

Parents can say so much that kids tune out. I get it because I've done it. You're so happy when your child asks a deep question. You feel...

Experts have long agreed that barefoot is best for babies as they learn to walk. The reason is that the soles of the feet contain...

When my children would ask me for permission to go on some outing or to some social engagement, I would ask questions. A lot of...

Does it feel like saying "no" to your child leads to a tantrum? And not just at home, but in public? This is one of the seven signs of a...

Addiction to screens is a real thing for parents to worry about. A new study published by a division of the Journal of the American...

In my last blog, I said there was something worse for children than divorce. How about loveless marriages? Parents in troubled marriages...

It's no surprise that divorce is hard on children. But how parents handle the divorce can significantly change children's lives. And one...

Matthew 5:14-16  “You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it...

The single mom was desperate. Her three teenaged sons, an 18-year-old and 13-year-old twins, would not clean up after themselves. The...

What bigger trust is there than to be responsible for a child? We must not only show our faithfulness toward God in this charge but also...

Even as we manage our children, we need to openly and clearly love them as well, with tenderness.