Parenting Ponderings // Thoughts on Parenthood & Family
Fathers Aren’t Doomed to Repeat the Past
This is the fourth in a series of posts containing excerpts from John Fuller’s new book First-Time Dad, published by Moody Publishers. A man who has had a difficult relationship with his father isn’t doomed to repeat the past. You can be different from your dad. Author and speaker Josh McDowell had an incredibly painful […]
When Dad is Divorced or Distant
This is the third of a series of posts containing excerpts from John Fuller’s new book First-Time Dad, published by Moody Publishers. When kids grow up without a loving father, their lives are often filled with pain. Of all the negative influences affecting today’s dads, divorce is probably the most pervasive and most serious. The […]
We Learn to Parent From our Parents
This is the second of a series of posts containing excerpts from John Fuller’s new book First-Time Dad, published by Moody Publishers. Like it or not, men learn our approach to parenting from our parents – especially our dad. As sons, like it or not, we learn our approach to parenting from our parents—especially our […]
First-Time Dads: Learning From Your Father’s Mistakes
This is the first of a series of posts containing excerpts from John Fuller’s new book First-Time Dad, published by Moody Publishers. By the time actor Michael Douglas married Diandra Luker in 1977, the son of screen legend Kirk Douglas was already a TV star. The dashing couple gave birth to a son, Cameron, just […]
Teaching Your Children the Great Hymns
While talking to a friend one day I expressed regret that my children didn’t learn more hymns when they were growing up. The church we attended didn’t sing hymns very often so they weren’t exposed to them at church and I didn’t make it a point to teach them myself, so they just didn’t learn […]
Baby’s First Christmas
This is the photo we used on our Christmas card in 1986. Yes, that’s Nicole decked out in her cute little Santa suit. She’s about 11 months there and it was her first Christmas. She was actually old enough to enjoy some of her presents and it was a lot of fun for Sharon and […]
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