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Autism: Remembering the Golden Rule

Character, Spring 2018, Valor ParentsMay 21, 20181KViews 0Likes 1Comment

Autism often leaves young men and women with profound thoughts but without the ability to share it or the audience to listen. Philip Reyes, 12 years old, is our youngest author to date and is autistic. His autism prevents him from communicating verbally, and until recently this meant the world of his thoughts, brilliant and…

Knowing the Goal

Character, Spring 2018, Valor ParentsMay 21, 2018459Views 0Likes 0Comments

Youth athletics can be a powerful tool to shape the godly character of both children and parents, but anyone who's spent much time in the world of youth athletics can recount the uglier side of this sub-culture. We are excited that Jeff Kemp is authoring this two part series regarding the question of youth athletics…

Building a Boy Backwards Part 2

Parenting, Spring 2018, Valor ParentsMay 21, 20181KViews 0Likes 1Comment

Feature Art By Brian Marshall Jr. In my previous Valor article, I wrote about the principle of building a boy “backwards.” The idea being that if you can picture what your son should be like when he’s, you can work backwards to significant milestones that will help direct your efforts and focus your limited energy.…

Autism: Breaking the Silence

Character, Spring 2018, Valor ParentsMay 21, 20181KViews 0Likes 1Comment

Philip Reyes, 12 years old, is our youngest author to date and is autistic. You can read his thoughts on showing kindness here. In this article Philip's mother shares transparently the difficult journey of joy she has walked with Philip. Autism. When our three-year-old son, Philip, received the diagnosis it was overwhelming. The word made me…

Fearless Grace: How God turned abuse into an opportunity for compassion

Parenting, Sex Topics, Spring 2018, Valor ParentsMay 21, 2018488Views 0Likes 0Comments

We want to protect our children from those who would seek to steal their innocence, but we don't want our children to live in fear. How do we balance these seemingly competing demands? How do we nurture healthy views of sexuality, relationships, affection, and boundaries? We have sought out the voice of a mother who has…

Not If, But When

Communication, Fall 2017, Sex Topics, Valor ParentsSeptember 1, 2017427Views 0Likes 0Comments

Three steps to take when your child sees porn. Pornography has become a major front in the spiritual battle for the hearts of our sons. Unfortunately, parents today need to operate under the assumption that your child seeing porn is inevitable. My experience and the statistics make this clear. A recent university study* showed 90…

Dad, Please Ask!

Communication, Fall 2017, Sex Topics, Valor ParentsSeptember 1, 20171KViews 0Likes 0Comments

A young man’s plea to hear his father’s voice. Brad is one of those young men poised to do great things. In a couple of years gaggles of grey-headed grandmothers will be dragging their bewildered granddaughters across crowded church fellowship halls in hopes of sparking a romance. He is a godly young man and I…

No Longer Afraid

Fall 2017, Parenting, Transformed Lives, Valor ParentsSeptember 1, 2017470Views 0Likes 0Comments

A Mother's Journey from Fear to Faith. I know fear. In fact, for over 20 years fear was my best friend. I lived in it. I was controlled by it. I made decisions based on it. My whole worldview was saturated in fear ... and I didn’t even realize it. One of the many experiences…

Helping Him Hear Your Voice

Communication, Fall 2017, Valor ParentsSeptember 1, 2017367Views 0Likes 0Comments

Tools for communicating with young men. I know the voices of our culture make it hard to believe, but a son really does want to communicate with his parents, and he really does need to hear your voice. This is the way God designed us. God has made parents to be His representatives to our…

Spiritual Warfare: Warriors Disguised as Regular Kids

Spring 2017, Valor ParentsApril 1, 20171KViews 0Likes 0Comments

I was standing over a frying pan, spatula in hand, slowly moving scrambled eggs over the heat. Two of our little boys sat on stools behind me at the kitchen counter waiting for their breakfast. Gratefully, the baby was still sleeping. My younger son suddenly asked, “Mom, will I ever be in a war?” I whipped my…

Being a Biblical Patriarch: Loving and leading your family tribe

Parenting, Spring 2017, Valor ParentsApril 1, 2017504Views 0Likes 0Comments

Masculinity has been in crisis for some time now. What used to be common-place has become radical and what was radical is aggressively being normalized. Sadly, even some of the language of the Bible is now recognized by our culture as hate language. One Biblical idea that has taken quite a hit is the idea…

Helping boys love those with disabilities

Spring 2017, Valor ParentsApril 1, 2017385Views 0Likes 0Comments

Playgrounds are, for the most part, a safe place. But not always. Sometimes a school playground can set the stage for bullying. Almost every boy has either experienced being bullied or has witnessed it firsthand. But when it comes to children with disabilities, the rate of bullying is increasing significantly. I’m thinking of James who is…

Autism: Remembering the Golden Rule

Knowing the Goal

Building a Boy Backwards Part 2

Autism: Breaking the Silence

Fearless Grace: How God turned abuse into an opportunity for compassion

Not If, But When

Dad, Please Ask!

No Longer Afraid

Helping Him Hear Your Voice

Spiritual Warfare: Warriors Disguised as Regular Kids

Being a Biblical Patriarch: Loving and leading your family tribe

Helping boys love those with disabilities

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