Thirty-five years later, my mom’s lesson still holds. Keep trying to teach your children, even when it seems they’re not listening. Especially when it seems they’re not listening.

The end of a lacrosse career and a Kenny Rogers song

Some of the most important lessons our kids learn start in the toddler years.

As humans, we can only know what it’s like to be the age we are — or younger. Understanding this can help us understand our children’s perspectives.

Allowing our children to speak their minds at two years old helps them learn that their voice matters.

You are the parent. Be the place where all of their emotions are safe.

Christmas is about slowing down enough that we can see each other.

Returning to family, or having our kids return home to us, hopefully brings comfort for the holiday season.

Sibling squirmishes teach kids about the boundaries of appropriate human interaction.

Stepping away from everyday life, however you can, helps with parenting and being a human.

Happy Father’s Day to all who prepare our kids for life’s winding roads.

Generations of us carry lessons learned from the tradition of hunting Easter eggs.

Recently, the trees in Northwest Arkansas reminded me our kids will all bloom in their own time.

Sometimes it’s harder to trust the parenting roots than to plant them.

Lessons from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” keep me grounded during the holiday season.

Whatever you’re serving, I wish you peace and gratitude this year.

Costumes, characters and stories give important life lessons to our kids.

Lessons in parenting from a 1991 Olympics semi-final race.

Investing in education is a commitment to a brighter, healthier generation.

Take the vacation. Return to your peaceful place. Refill your cup.

The parenting seeds we plant will someday bloom. Hopefully the good will outweigh the not-so-good.

Enjoy the costumes and carnivals and trick-or-treating while they last.

The lessons you teach along the way finally come to fruition on a field of sweaty teens.

Father’s Day gratitude for all the dad trackers out there.

Two lessons from a grandfather’s life well lived.