Would Somebody Please Get Our Teens an Alarm Clock?
I am sitting in my office across from her. Her mother is sitting to my right. Seconds earlier, in a casual way, I had posed the question. As I waited Continue Reading →
Tag Archives: parenting
The Extraordinary Gift of a Stay-At-Home Mother
It is 12:30 on a Tuesday afternoon. Our 8-month-old, Kate, has just awoken early from her nap after being unintentionally aroused by her 8-year-old brother, Will, who was determined to Continue Reading →
The Abuse Potential
She is just wailing. 35 minutes after she started crying, nothing seems to make a difference. Not walking around. Not rocking her. Not patting her on the back or checking Continue Reading →
God as an Authoritative Parent, and Why Our World Needs Him in This Way
Recently, I published an article which posited that to more fully understand God the Father, we must also come to understand what it means to be a dad on Earth. Continue Reading →
All in the Name of Freedom
The earliest people in the Great Flood. Egyptians in the Red Sea. The residents of Sodom and Gomorrah. The firstborn in Egypt. Israelites in multiple plagues. Amorites in a hailstorm. Continue Reading →
Dear Parents & Families – We Can Do This
Hello Everyone, I hope all of you are having as good of a day as possible. I first wanted to say thanks to all for the messages of hope and Continue Reading →
What I Really, Really, Really Want for Our Teens
A couple of years ago, I published an article about what I really, really, really want for my kids. It came together one night sitting on the front porch with Continue Reading →
Why I’m Glad I Had the Strictest Parents on the Block, Now & Then
Growing up, it was widely known that the Schroeder parents were some of the strictest parents around. It wasn’t that they were considered unfriendly by many of our peers, some Continue Reading →
The Failure of Free Will in Men
We are all sinners, sons of a merciful God. But to step back and consider the current state of men — the so-called “stronger sex” — in this country and Continue Reading →
Thirteen Reasons Why Not
In March of 2017, Netflix released the series “Thirteen Reasons Why.” In graphic, gripping detail, it told the story of a girl who committed suicide after having left 13 tapes Continue Reading →