God has equipped us all to have strength during the struggles of life. What have you done to help your children put on God’s armor?
Parenting Techniques
Do your tweens struggle to understand and appreciate their identity? Help them grow in the confidence of who they are by being their sounding board instead of their boss, as they sort through, discover and learn to appreciate their own unique identity.
Can the power of words be controlled? Can we teach our kids to train their tongues (and their typing!) so that their words are a force for good? Here are a few ways to help them discipline their speech.
Teaching kids about money is a matter of sharing your ideas and values with your kids as you go through the routines of daily life together.
What does a new stepdad do when kids need discipline?
It’s easier than you think to bless your kids!
What can you do to help children when they lose a grandparent, friend, sibling or parent?
How to answer difficult questions your children ask.
Dr. Archibald Hart answers how stress at home and parents’ attitudes affect their children.
Encouraging a Christlike heart in our children starts with being authentic in our faith, modeling Christ’s love and allowing our children to experience Him. Then they can respond to what He is doing in their lives.
Creating a mission statement can help your family concentrate on its purpose and help you as you minister to others.
God wants only the best for us, and He allows us to experience Him more fully and be a part of what He is doing when we pray from an eternal perspective.
Even when you demonstrate appropriate ways to respond to conflict, you can’t assume your children understand why you interact with others the way you do. So guide them toward becoming ministers of reconciliation in their words and actions.
Being the police, detective, mediator and judge for every squabble poorly equips our children for independence. Instead, we should invest time teaching our children to keep the peace.
Our children have eternal souls in need of salvation, and we have a part in ensuring that they know God.
The life that Christ promised is what we all want for our children. I want to help you teach your children to memorize and meditate on Scripture as a part of their everyday lives.
Find creative ways to make Scripture memorization fun. Here are some tips about times and ways to help your family memorize.
How can parents help children deal with bullies on the bus, playground or wherever? Here’s some practical advice.
Here is why you should write down your blessing for your children, and how to compose a written blessing to affirm them.
Every parent needs a deliberate, strategic and measurable plan to guard his or her child’s heart.
