Be sure to listen today to the “It Takes a Parent” show. (AM1160/WYLL 2:00 PM Chicago, or streaming at www.wyll.com, or anytime on “www.betsysblog.com”)Today, I’ll be talking to one of our favorite guests, David Staal, director of the Promiseland Children’s Ministry at Willow Creek Community Church in So. Barrington. He always has great insights.

Today we’re talking about back to school. It can be tough having our kids around all summer, but when school starts up again, it can get really nuts! How do we handle all that, and still put family first? Then, how do we help our kids face adversity or dissapointment (two big issues that seem to especially come up at the start of the school years!) – how do we help our kids to have Christian hearts in the secular culture they face? All that and more on “It Takes a Parent” today. We hope you’ll listen!