The foundation of my beliefs in what I have been labeling “Teachable Parening” is that my family unit can be a reflection of God’s relationship with us. When we look at the Bible to see how God relates to us as his children, we see that in the Old Testament there was a system of external control. There were priests that were your connection to God and sacrifices for [...]

For those that were raised under a stern voice and an iron fist it might seem like those methods are the only reasonable way to bring instruction to those we love. It’s for their own good right? I understand that so much of this, what I will call good-old-fashioned parenting style was done out of love. Some may even boast that it was [...]

You may notice I talk a lot about allowing things to happen because that would be the opposite of controlling. Yesterday was about allowing our children to make mistakes. Today's focus is allowing our children to feel.  The controlling parent route is rigid and external. It’s using your dominance as the parent to eliminate mistakes, eliminate screaming, crying, pouting etc. None of this [...]