Family

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3 Ideas To Help Your Family Live A Balanced Life

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Here is one very important question that will determine, to a large extent, the health of your family. Are you ready for it? Here it is...

"Is your family living at capacity or over it?"

How you answer that question will impact not only your present but future as well. If you are over capacity now don't expect to be at or under it in the future unless you take action now. Here are three ideas to help your family live a balanced life.


1. Set Boundaries Right Now

“A person without self-control is like a city with broken down walls” (Prov. 25:28). A person or a family that can’t control their ability to do or to filter out what would cause them to go over capacity is in a

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Inside The Secret World Of Teens Online A CNN Special Report

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A few weeks ago I was sitting in my hotel room in CO doing some work. I had just finished speaking on the Faith and the Modern Family Topic: What Should I Know When Virtual Is My Reality? A subject that most parents don’t want to hear but need to.

I had CNN playing on the TV and they came on with a special report entitled, “Inside the Secret World of Teens.” The report centered around teens and their online lives. The report provided great information regarding teens and social media. The report was called Inside The Secret World Of Teens and is worth viewing.

I have put links to some of the topics and articles surrounding

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Daisy Chaining Life & Why It’s Hurting Us

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I changed my profile picture on Facebook a while ago and have received several questions on “what the heck” I was doing! Answer, I was speaking at a conference on Life Balance and that object I am holding is a “surge protector.” Let me explain…

The picture above is a surge protector in the form of a person. Unfortunately this is an all to real picture of my life. Although I am better with the help of counseling and healthy friends It serves as a reminder of how I am wired (Excuse the pun). Let me explain…

I have two surge protectors plugged into the two wall outlets in my office. I honestly don’t use the surge protectors to “protect” my electronics from an unknown electrical “surge.” The reality is, I use them to give me more outlets!


More Is Better, Right?

If I plug in two surge protectors I have effectively created more

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The New Workaholics - Our Children!

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I will be one of the first to say that busyness isn’t what hurts us––it’s the stress! Dr. Archibald Hart describes stress this way: “The stress that does us in is the stress of challenge, high energy output and over commitment. If we do not build enough time into our lives to allow recovery of the system, we pay for it in stress disease.”

It used to be that just one member of the family was always working or overdoing. Of course, that had negative effects on the family, but I am not talking about that one person here. I used to be that one person. What I’m talking about is a new kind of busyness––the kind that doesn’t just affect one family member but includes everyone in the family.

As parents and leaders we get up and go to work. Our kids get up and go to school. Then our lives are filled with

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3 Ideas To Keep Your Kids Digitally Healthy

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1. Keep Computers, Tablets and Game Consoles in an Open Space

It’s less likely that your children will explore inappropriate content if their screen is in a spot where everyone can see it. As I researched this topic-from using Facebook posts to asking other families, I thought Mary and I would be in the minority in setting this boundary early in our kids lives. However, most websites I checked included this specific digital boundary, including sites like MTV and ABC. At Findlaw.com, the recommendation is listed as

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3 Things We Can’t Do While Staring At A Screen

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Screen time can become an addiction if not regulated. To the teenager who is connected to friends online, it can be difficult to unplug for a few moments. They have a deep desire to know what’s going on with their friends and in their world. To be offline for a few minutes risks becoming invisible, irrelevant or worse, forgotten.

As adults, we may be aware enough to remove ourselves from our various screens. However, I must admit that, on occasion my eyes will start to burn while working on my computer to the point where I need to stop and put in a few eye drops.

Did you know that studies show us that our blink rate dramatically decreases when we are on the computer, producing what ophthalmologists call