Am I Pushing my Child Away? Balancing Control and Freedom Part 2 by Gregory Bland
“You never trust me!” “You never let me do anything!”  “You don’t understand me!” “I wished I was never born!” “I hate you!” These are statements that send a chill up a parent’s spine as they contemplate even the possibility…
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Am I Pushing my Child Away? Balancing Control and Freedom. Part 1 by Gregory Bland
‘Pastor Greg, my parents do not trust me with anything!  I feel as though they are suffocating me and simply want to ruin my life with all their rules and regulations.  They don’t let me…
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Giving the Gift of Responsibility this Christmas Part 2 by Gregory Bland
"That's a lot of money daddy, I think we better look at the price of making greeting cards!" Hannah said softly, as the expense associated with creating calendars sunk in. "We can do that honey, greeting…
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Giving the Gift of Responsibility this Christmas Part 1 by Gregory Bland
Giving the Gift of Responsibility this Christmas Part 1 by Gregory Bland "Dad, I was thinking that I'd like to make some money for Christmas gifts this year," my 10 year old daughter stated one day…
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Pro-Active Parent Coaching: Facilitating the Family Meeting over Changing Roles and Responsibility by Gregory Bland
“Thanks Mom, for entrusting responsibility to me as a young child, I know it has helped me get to where I am today!” As our family’s mature, we have the privilege of releasing more and more…
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The Proof is in Our Children by Gregory Bland
The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree, but then again, neither do the nuts!  It has been said, ‘You can teach a child what you want, but you reproduce what you are.’  As you…
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How Coaching Our Son Prepared Him for Independent Living by Jeff Williams
Essentially, we made the decision to coach Ben during his senior year of high school based on our belief that it's not a great idea to send kids away from home without them having a chance to make their own decisions. We wanted him to have an opportunity to take responsibility for his own life and to process any mistakes while still living under our roof...
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Better Late Than Never: Coaching to Repair and Protect Relationship with our Kids
Do you feel like you've messed some things up with your kids? Does their life seem to give evidence that you were too hard on them, too lenient, too something because they aren't living the life you dreamed for them? Is your relational connection strained? Do you wish you could go back and do some things differently?...a Christian Coaching approach to relationship can give you a way to repair, strengthen and protect a loving relationship with your kids, starting today.
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