A five-week group learning experience to equip you to help raise the next generation of great humans! 

⭐️ You weren't designed to be just the sugar-fairy or the babysitter (though there's certainly a time and place for both!), you were created to pour your wisdom and experience into your grandkids.

⭐️ It doesn't work when you overstep your children, so you need a way to respect their autonomy while ALSO guiding them to avoid the mistakes and mishaps you wish you could do differently.

⭐️ It's easier if you have insight into the developmental stages of children (from 0-21), ensuring you provide the right kind of support at the right time (which is essential to being an effective grandparent).

⭐️ You can do this regardless of the dynamics and challenges you may face... such as blended families, distance, and fragmented relationships. It's possible to navigate non-optimal situations in awesome ways.

Who this is for

✅ Grandparents who love their grands but want to be more intentional

✅ Grandparents who feel a gap: “I don’t want to overstep… but I want to matter”

✅ Grandparents navigating distance and dynamics... blended families, busy calendars, or sensitive dynamics with adult kids

When: Tuesdays in March, 6:00 - 6:45pm, online

An overview of what we'll explore together in these online meetups:

💙 March 3 = Session 1 | Foundations, Roles, and Goals | And How We All Got Here

💙 March 10 = Session 2 | Three Stages of Development & Reverse Engineering the Adults You Want

💙 March 17 = Session 3 | The MAP (Mindsets, Attitudes, Personality Types)

💙 March 24 = Session 4 | The Flow ("Everyday Small" is Bigger than Big)

💙 March 31 Session 5 | Working with your adult children (becoming a cohesive team)

How it Works

Sunday = I'll release a new teaching video on the topics outlined above. Watch this short video (@15 minutes) sometime before we meet on Tuesday.

Tuesday evening = Live conversation, Q&A, interaction

Note: we're doing it this way so we can spend more time interacting and applying the information when we meet rather than just "lecturing." One of the best parts of these groups is what we pull from each other!

And, you'll have access to all of the content "forever."

The three stages of childhood and what a grandparent’s role looks like in each stage…

… because parenting (and, as a result, grand-parenting).look different in each stage of the game. Kids need different approaches, based on the “age and stage” they’re in.

You’ll know the role you need to play based on where each "grand" is.

As a result... they’ll lean in even more, which enables you to engage with them at a higher level.

“Flow moments”— the natural times you’re already with your grands…

A lot of grandparents (and parents) look to BIG moments to create massive movement in their relationships (and influence).

But the “small” moments are most do-able AND we have more of them. They're also more memorable over the long-haul.

If we can string together a series of small (and intentional) “wins,” we can do something huge. We do this as part of the "daily flow."

(This takes the pressure off the “big moments” like vacations and holidays.)

Note: we’ll show you how to do this even if you’re grand-parenting “long distance.

How to connect with your adult children so they feel comfortable with what you’re hoping to do

You can be a tremendous asset to your grown children. And, you can step into a new season of the relationship.

But you need know your role, and you need to know how to support without over-reaching, over-coaching, and over-correcting.

We’ll talk about ways to love (and lead) in such a way that they seek your wisdom. Not only will you grow closer to your grands, your relationship with your grown kids will also enter a new, enjoyable season. 

This is three generations of family...

One of our grandsons (in the back center) decided he wanted to go on a triple day with his parents and his grandparents. 

We counted it as a win, because what high-schooler wants to hang out with his girlfriend, his parents, and his grandparents?!

It was a long journey to get here, and we're still working at it!

Tammy and I got married in 1979.

A few years into it we welcomed Jarod, our oldest son, into the family. Abby, our daughter (pictured here with her husband, Brent), followed close behind…

… and then Eric.

We thought we were done.

In fact, as kids began making their way into college (with others moving into high school, soon to be there with them), we thought that—

✅ Yes, that was a great run— we did a good job raising those kids and preparing them for adulthood

‼️ But there are so many things we would do a bit differently if we had a chance to go back

Most people don’t get a second shot at parenting, but we did. We discovered that Jackson was on the way— over a decade behind the rest of the kids.

Though I had been intentionally applying the lessons I was learning about parenting (it was a wake-up call when Jarod left for college), we intentionally applied ALL of the lessons anew with Jackson…

With one kids in diapers and another living in the dorms, we “installed” the Strategic Parenting Blueprint (though it didn’t have a name at the time) for the next two decades…

... and right as we were getting "good" at parenting, our oldest kids began having kids of their own. We became grandparents.

We learned a few things about how parenting and grand-parenting are both similar and different-- because we were doing both at the same time!

With ten grandkids, we’re still doing it— as a support system to our four kids who are now raising and loving their own kids well!

The Videos

📺 5 super-short, super-power-packed videos (less than 15 minutes each) = no wasting your time

♻️ Watch as many times as you want = no time limits and expiration dates

📳 Login from all your devices, including your phone + your tablet + your computer + even some smart TVs…

⭐️ These will set the trajectory for our discussion each week, but you'll have access to the content (and the cohort replays) forever.

Five Weekly "Zoom" Meetups

✅ Learn with other like-minded grandparents-- each also wanting to leave with a clear, calm blueprint for how to love well at each stage of childhood, use “flow moments” to connect, and build trust with your adult children—so your influence feels like a gift, not pressure.

The Strategic Blueprint

📝 44-page, power-packed templates = You'll have it all at-a-glance with this handy PDF. Consider it your "cheat sheet" for parenting... 

✅ Download it as many times as needed --> In fact, print it, post it, place it on the mirror, your day-timer, and more. Use it like an on-the-go-guidebook. Even pass it to your friends and family members!

Text templates

A few years ago, a thought hit me...

💭 "I have access to my kids and grandkids via text... and that's how so many of them prefer connect, and their phones are almost always with them..."

This lead to an idea.

💡 Take some of the things I learned during my morning prayer teams, sermon and teaching prep, and transform them into bite-sized nuggets of truth. 

Everyone loved it.

More surprisingly, they engaged back!

I'll provide you with my text template (8 weeks of them), as well as tips on how to decide whether to send them in real time OR take a few minutes one day a week and schedule a batch of them (most people are shocked to discover your phone ALREADY has the capacity to do this).

The fine print

This is a "beta" run of the project, meaning it will be professionally delivered and thoughtfully built… but it’s not the final, polished, plug-and-play version yet.

This is the first go round-- the first one is still good, but the second one is where everything’s dialed in.

So if you’re looking for the finished, buttoned-up, “just tell me exactly what to do” program…  well, that’s coming later.

But if you’re the kind of grandparent who says: “I want in. I want to engage. I want to try this. I want to grow. And I’ll give you real-time feedback while you’re building it.”

… then you’re exactly who I’m looking for.

Because what I need right now are grandparents who are:

🚌 willing to test-drive this with me—


🧰 apply it with their grandkids and their adult kids—


🔧 and help me shape it into something that can bless a lot of families.

In exchange for joining early, I'm offering a steep discount to everyone who signs up.

I'm also discounting the price even further for people who will provide raw, honest feedback when halfway through the journey and at the conclusion of our time together. The feedback form will take you about 5-10 minutes to complete. 

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This matters too much to keep to ourselves.


Let’s build something that helps grandparents become a stabilizing, life-giving force in their families.