A man and the carpenter he had hired were restoring an old farmhouse and had just finished a rough first day on the job. Everything that could go wrong did, and at the end of the day the carpenter’s pickup truck refused to start. The man told him he would drive him home and on …
Marriage requires the willingness to grow, and at times, change some behavior or habit that negatively impacts the health and vitality of the marriage relationship. What better demonstrates a devotion to the spouse than learning to be more patient, becoming a better listener, being more considerate, or whatever it takes to contribute positively to the …
According to the twenty-Ninth Annual Report to Congress by the U.S. Department of education in 2010, as many as one out of five people in the U.S. has a learning disability, and roughly one million children receive special education in school. While it is good that children with learning disabilities are getting the specific services …
Learn the differences between authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative styles of parenting. Authoritarian parenting involves the following elements: Parents’ role comes across to the children as despotic (absolute and dictatorial power over the child) Strict rules and expectations which tend to be rigid and inflexible Children are expected to be unconditionally obedient and unquestioning of parental …