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Training Bands and Training Wheels

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Proverbs 22:6                                                                                                        TRAIN up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. I have taken similar approaches in raising my kids (especially my boys) and teaching them to ride bikes.   When I was growing up, most parents used what I call the "running along-side" method to teach their kids how to ride a bike.  The parents would go out and buy a two wheeled bike for a special birthday or Christmas gift and give it to the child.  The child was always SUPER excited when they saw the bike sitting in the living room or garage and couldn't wait to ride it.  So ...

Real Men Wear Pink AND treat women right!

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Welcome to my blog, I hope you enjoy what you read and pass it on to all your friends.  Over the next few months, (which will most likely turn into the next few years) I will be blogging as I iron out the words and concepts for my book on being the husband and father God has called me to be.  Do I think I am qualified to write a book like this?--NO WAY!  I am studying the words of one of the wisest men of all time, Solomon, dissecting them and trying very humbly day by day to apply them to my own marriage and family and trying to teach my boys to do the same. The wisdom of Solomon about love and marriage is recorded in the Bible but you don't have to believe in the Bible or even be "spiritual" to understand and apply these principles for a better marriage written down by someone MUCH smarter than me!   Join me on my journey to become a better man, better husband and a better father.  It may surprise you to know that as a man one of my favorite colors really ...