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Are you interested in raising faith-filled children? Chilren who have a heart for God, with little regard to the circumstances that have already shaped their lives? Then you've come to the right place!
Our Experience
I raised my three oldest children, Christopher, Melissa and Jared, pretty much the same way. We had deep talks about life, choices and consequences, human behavior, emotions, self-esteem, etc. I read scriptures and discussed them with the kids on a continual basis. We attended church every Sunday. We enjoyed family activities together. We played, laughed, cried, and talked. We had fun. And they were loved...
However, despite all of this, my two eldest children, Christopher and Melissa, decided to take the wrong road (go to the article When They Stray for a view of what happened). Both of them ended up doing drugs, selling drugs, spending time in jail, losing jobs, friends, school, etc. Their lives were a mess!
When I saw my youngest one, Jared, starting on the same exact path when he was in 8th grade, I got angry and said, "Enough!" I pulled him out of public school, I got rid of the worldly influences in our home, I gave him a Leadership Education which included the classics - a lot of classics starting with the Bible. We discussed character, integrity, honesty, making a difference. A personal relationship with Jesus was established and maintained. Go to our Parenting Section to see a more in depth example of this type of parenting.
The results? Despite experiencing a divorce between his parents, watching his father on drugs and alcohol put a gun to his head, having a mother who all of sudden was homeless, jobless and car-less living with friends for 8 months, he flourished! At 20, he has a heart for God and is doing the Lord's work. He puts in 8-12 hours of study a day; not because he has to but because he *loves* it! He has a younger sister and brother, Erin and Preston, who adore him and walk in his footsteps.
My Melissa, who had taken the wrong path, told me afterwards that had I raised her the way that I raised Jared, her life would be totally different and she would not have made the poor choices that she had made. That's a great testimony to radical parenting! She was able to share a little bit of her story during the Anti Drug and Alcohol Rally on September 5th, 2009 at the Layton Amphitheater. She, too, has a great heart for God and lives her life very closely entwined with Her Lord. She is consistently taking her old friends (the ones who still walk the rocky road) to church, and they are receiving the Word into their hearts and becoming fellow believers.
Christopher, married to Heidi and proud father of Oliver, now manages a camera shop. He is free from all addictions and also walks with God. He is free to share the Gospel because he has seen the power of God in his life. He speaks at High Schools and shares his experience with drugs and how it ruins lives. He, too, walks with God!
Click here for a more detailed description of how it resulted.
Familiar Struggles
We've developed this site to teach a radical way of parenting for our children today. Our society seems to be getting progressively worse and people are accepting it more and more. It just reminds me of the frog that gets into hot water and is slowly boiled because he adjusts his body to the temperature. Unfortunately, this leads to his death!
In our opinion, our families are struggling with morality issues due to the worldly influences that have invaded our homes. Morals are now a self-determined boundary based what they feel is right! There has got to be a pattern to follow and a measuring stick to test the behaviors. The Bible is that Pattern and Measuring Stick.
God has warned us to guard our hearts and our minds, to not let any detestable thing into our house, to be responsible for the upbringing of our children. We are serious about His business that He has entrusted us with. We are responsible for our children - not the schools, not the church, not their friends. We, the parents, are to teach them God-Given Values and Principles, and show by example how to live a life pleasing unto Him while enjoying a great relationship with our Lord Jesus Christ, our Savior.
A Request
My youngest daughter indicated that her favorite article so far should be highlighted on this main page. I'm doing this as a favor to her. :) So, here it is!
A Renewing of the Mind
Jared made a very interesting comment the other night. He had just come back from California with the Weber State University Argument and Debate Team where he spent four full days immersed in the "real world." You've got to understand something first. Jared was born with autistic tendencies... Read More
A Disclaimer:
This site was designed to convey hope. We made the changes because God led us to make these changes and the results are miraculous! Are our kids perfect? By all means no! But we offer an abundance of grace and forgiveness. Are we perfect as parents? Not at all - we make our share of mistakes; but God offers us an abundance of grace and forgiveness.
We realize that sometimes our children will still make choices that are less than what we want for their lives (see Cain and Abel) but we firmly believe that they have a better chance with this radical approach.
We hope that this website will be an encouragement to you. Check out our Homeschool Section, go the the Contact Page and give us your ideas (we love to hear other success stories), check out our values and then pray about your own home values, look for solutions in the parenting section, read some articles.
We added a new section that was not previously there when we developed this site in 2008. The Fighting Man (TFM) discusses the problems that we face today due to habits and behaviors developed from difficult trials. By identifying these traits and offering solutions, we hope to encourage you to have more peace in your relationships with others.
We pray that your families will benefit from this fellowship of believers who want to make a difference in our children's lives.