Parenting: A Few Observations

Parenting is not formulaic; it’s relational adjustments momentarily and momentously. Parenting is the art of adjusting to circumstances well.

I receive lots of questions on parenting, and I happily oblige with my thoughts, but never from the standpoint of achievement, but from the perspective of mutually pursuing the good of our little ones; and certainly not as an expert, but as a traveler on the yellow-brick road.

I am in the battle with five kids ages 6-15. Everything is fresh and applicable, and it is much easier to speak on the praxeology of the thing when the experiences are around you daily. My wife and I strategize often on what we can do better; what areas we can improve, and how to move forward in reconciling hurt feelings, deterring emotional manipulation, and controlling our response to their disobedience.

Whatever piece of wisdom I offer stems from the incalculable amount of hours I’ve spent reading and writing on parenting over the last 15 years and, hopefully, and primarily, a heavy dose of biblical wisdom. But as we all know, the entire process is a flurry of unexpectedness. Parenting is not formulaic; it’s relational adjustments momentarily and momentously. Parenting is the art of adjusting to circumstances well.