L.R. Knost's Blog, page 4
April 6, 2014
I live. I laugh. I love. And, sometimes, I run away…
“Life is hard. That’s an intrinsic part of its breathless beauty. What joy would there be in a rollercoaster with no steep climb? What triumph in a race with no competition? What accomplishment in an endeavor with no risk? What motivation in a life with no death? I don’t speak lightly of hardship. Hardship involves […]
I live. I laugh. I love. And, sometimes, I run away—my messy beautiful…
“Life is hard. That’s an intrinsic part of its breathless beauty. What joy would there be in a rollercoaster with no steep climb? What triumph in a race with no competition? What accomplishment in an endeavor with no risk? What motivation in a life with no death? I don’t speak lightly of hardship. Hardship involves […]
March 31, 2014
Jesus, the Gentle Parent – Cover Reveal!
My next book will be released early in May, and I’m so excited and yet so nervous about it. This book is a departure from my first three books in that it focuses on Christian parenting and takes on Dobson, Ezzo, Pearl, Tripp, and others who use the Bible to intimidate parents into believing that they have to spank their children, demand […]
February 26, 2014
Hitting Doesn’t Lead to Hugging: Parenting an Angry Teen
[Reprinted from The Gentle Parent: Positive, Practical, Effective Discipline by L.R.Knost. Whispers Through Time: Communication Through the Ages and Stages of Childhood and Two Thousand Kisses a Day: Gentle Parenting Through the Ages and Stages also available on Amazon and through other major retailers.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The teen years can hit a family with the force of a hurricane. Parents who […]
February 7, 2014
Healing Your Hurts So You Don’t Hurt Your Children
I’m so excited to share the newest Gentle Parenting Workshop with you! This second workshop, Gentle Parenting Workshop 2: Healing from Your Past so You Don’t Pass it Along to Your Children, will help you walk through the steps of recovery from a painful past, leading you on a journey of healing and forgiveness, of unloading […]
January 28, 2014
When Toddlers Become Teens
[Portions reprinted from Whispers Through Time: Communication Through the Ages and Stages of Childhood by L.R.Knost. Two Thousand Kisses a Day: Gentle Parenting Through the Ages and Stages and The Gentle Parent: Positive, Practical, Effective Discipline also available on Amazon and through other major retailers.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ With society’s propensity for blaming social issues on ‘kids these days,’ and […]
January 20, 2014
Sexting: Irresponsible at Seventeen Magazine
[By L.R.Knost, author of Two Thousand Kisses a Day: Gentle Parenting Through the Ages and Stages, Whispers Through Time: Communication Through the Ages and Stages of Childhood, and The Gentle Parent: Positive, Practical, Effective Discipline available on Amazon and through other major retailers.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In this digital era not only is the world available literally at our […]
January 19, 2014
Forever Friends: A Marriage of Equals
[By L.R.Knost, author of Two Thousand Kisses a Day: Gentle Parenting Through the Ages and Stages, Whispers Through Time: Communication Through the Ages and Stages of Childhood, and The Gentle Parent: Positive, Practical, Effective Discipline available on Amazon and through other major retailers.] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Celebrating 27 years of marriage to my amazing, talented, generous, kind, hard-working, […]
January 14, 2014
TWO MILLION Reads Celebration!!!
What an amazing thing to know that my gentle parenting articles have now been read over TWO MILLION times by people from more than 200 countries around the globe! Visitors have logged in from such wonderfully exotic places as Fiji, Nepal, Rwanda, Cameroon, the Congo, Malawi, Montserrat, Seychelles, Madagascar, and many, many more! To say a huge ‘Thank You’ to all […]
January 6, 2014
Parenting in Public: Toddler Time!
[Reprinted from The Gentle Parent: Positive, Practical, Effective Discipline by L.R.Knost. Whispers Through Time: Communication Through the Ages and Stages of Childhood and Two Thousand Kisses a Day: Gentle Parenting Through the Ages and Stages also available on Amazon and through other major retailers.] You’re sitting in a restaurant waiting the prerequisite ten to fifteen minutes for your food […]
