An Arrogant Blog

To me it is a little arrogant to suppose that my wife and I know enough about parenting to advise other people. After all we are still learning every day. Yet when I look around me I realize that there are many parents who are just as clueless as we were, and believe me, when we started this journey we were clueless and needed help. We have since that time learned some things that might be helpful to others who are also trying to raise good kids.

First let me give you a little background so that when we make references to different children and situations you have a point of reference. I was married when I was a teenager and had a son by the time I was 18. That marriage did not last long and by the time I was 20, I was single again and my son was living with my ex-wife. During the divorce, I turned my life over to Christ and became serious about learning all I could about how to be a good husband.

Over the next few years I constantly studied books about parenting, women's needs , how to be a good husband should I get married again. I dated rarely for the next seven years, instead devoting myself to church involvement and ministry. At the end of that time I remarried. That marriage ended five years later with the death of my wife to colon cancer at the age of 31. We had no children.

Two and a half years later I married Libi. We have raised four kids of our own in addition to the blessing of having my son come to live with us when he was 14.

I have a degree in marketing from the University of Texas, have had some graduate Classes at Dallas Theological Seminary, have worked for both Dell Corporation and NCR in their technology sales divisions and we have run our own businesses for over 15 years. I am also an ordained minister. Libi has a degree in English from Georgia Southwestern College, has helped start 2 christian schools, founded a homeschool ministry and had initial training in counseling for dyslexics. She and I have homeschooled since our first child was in kindergarten (he is now 17).

We are sometimes asked what our secret is to raising good kids. In this blog we hope to show you. Please check back often, as we update our posts.