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Parenting Young Adults: How to Trust God Through Change
BLOG College Preparation, Parents Parenting Young Adults: How to Trust God Through Change

Parenting is a critical responsibility and privilege that requires active participation from the moment a child is born until God calls either the parent or the child to their forever home with Him. In the early days of parenting, the duties include making sure our children are…

Friday, June 7, 2024

God’s Part, Our Part
BLOG Parents God’s Part, Our Part

In the wake of a pandemic, steep stock market plunges, and seismic shifts in the delivery of education, it would be easy to say that God’s role—His part—is to protect us from contracting disease, facing devastation,…

Monday, March 30, 2020

Good Grief
BLOG Parents Good Grief

The song written for the timeless TV special, “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, goes on to say, “Happiness and cheer, fun for all that children call their favorite time of year.” I beg to differ. Presuming it is a joyous,…

Monday, December 2, 2019

Perspective is Everything
BLOG Parents Perspective is Everything

Studying abroad was life altering for me. It changed my perspective on the world. Traveling in nine countries, encountering new people, and learning to navigate in strange places (before GPS was a thing) all helped me…

Friday, March 1, 2019

Perfect Parenting?
BLOG Parents Perfect Parenting?

Some words demand our honesty. The word PERFECT, for instance, is something we know, without a shadow of a doubt, does not apply to us. Identifying ourselves, or anyone else for that matter, as perfect, would be a…

Monday, January 28, 2019

Staying Focused, Standing Firm
BLOG Parents Staying Focused, Standing Firm

Is your student ready to stay focused? What can you as the parent do to help?

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Learning to Love Through the Mess of Adoption
BLOG Community, Parents Learning to Love Through the Mess of Adoption

If you listen to Erin (Black) Sibley ’04 for thirty seconds, you’ll know she’s a mom. It’s her quick, witty candor peppered with bits of kid English, e.g. “icky”.

Thursday, March 3, 2016

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