Childtraining: A look at our hearts

Obviously, I’ve been thinking much about discipline and training for the last few weeks. As I’ve listened to conversations, read blogs and emails, and pondered our tendency to be less than sure in our approach to training our children, it’s occurred to me that perhaps we misunderstand a basic premise.
We discipline and train out of […]

Childtraining Basics

We’re answering our Question of the Week a day early, due to the high number of questions that came in! This week we look at some fundamentals which need to be in place if we hope to see our children successfully trained in “the way that they should go.” Join us in our discussion! Add your insights so we all might benefit!

More on discipline

We’re revisiting the topic of discipline in a mini-series. As always, we welcome your thoughts and questions! […]

Faith Like A Mustard Seed

Tiny seeds were distributed into small hands. Immediately, there was grasping of chubby fingers as they tried to keep the seeds from scattering to the ground.

“Too small!” my youngest son cried […]

On Vaccinations

“Is vaccinating your child really necessary and is it safe?” (Read our thoughts, share yours.)

How to deal with fighting.

“How do you deal fairly with two toddlers [or kids] who are fighting?”

When this question came to us a couple weeks ago, even from the California coast, I could hear the chuckles from my mom and sister as we each opened the email. Not because the question is particularly humorous, mind you (in fact, it’s a bit of a pull-your-hair-out question, really!), but because the answer happens to be a Sinclair mantra of child training. By the time each of us was about, oh, 2, we knew the answer to this one.

Wanna hear it? […]

On Bible Studies

“I’m looking for a Bible study to do with my 14 yr. old daughter each day before she heads off to school. Any suggestions?” (Read our thoughts, share yours.)

On Launching Arrows

“How do parents discover the call of God on their kids?” (Read our thoughts, share yours.)