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Family Relationships

New Dad Bonding

Don’t panic, if you’re a new dad! You will bond and feel more at ease with their new little one, in time.

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How Does Your Child Relate to Others?

By understanding your children’s “love style,” you can help your kids develop healthy emotional connections with others.

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Your Kids Are Watching Your Marriage

How is your marriages equipping your kids with the skills they need for interacting with their future spouses? 

Fun Family Activities

Activities for those rainy-day blues

Anything You Can Do, My Child Can Do Better

What do you do when you find other children saying real words, while your child is still mumbling indecipherable gobbledygook?

Games and Activities for Road Trips

Are you looking for new games to play and activities to do on your next road trip? Look no further. We’ve compiled a number of games and activities that work well in the car. 

Staycation: 7 Cabin Fever Rescues

When cabin fever strikes during your next staycation, here’s a list of ideas to keep your kids entertained, instead of restless and bored. 

Staycation: Family Field Trips

What can you do on a staycation? If there’s one way to cement a meaningful learning experience in the hearts and minds of children, it’s field trips. As in, family field trips. Enrich your family time with low-cost, educational opportunities. 

Blended Family: Filling the Role of a Parent Who Has Died

While similar in many respects to stepparenting through divorce and remarriage, parenting a child whose biological parent has died carries its own distinctives.

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Wrestling with Big Decisions

Teens shouldn’t fret when there’s no “burning-bush” answer to their life questions.

When Parents Compare Kids

Comparing a child’s development isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but when parents become competitive, the result can be troublesome.

Why Easter Matters

Why Does Easter Matter? – A Tony Evans Easter Sermon

Your child can have a more complete understanding of what Christ’s death and resurrection have already accomplished through your teaching them these four truths about Christ’s sacrifice.

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Right Now Love — Why Kids Should Visit the Elderly

Teach your children why it’s important to serve the elderly, even if those served can’t remember who the children are.

Two-and-a-Half Hours With Audrey

Celebrating life in the shadow of death

The First Weeks Home After an Adoption

It takes time, flexibility and a whole lot of love to help a child adapt to a new family.

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Facing the Truth

How do you tell your kids about a painful decision from your past?

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Missions to Manhood

Fathers can be purposeful in raising their sons to be good men.

Helping Adopted Children Develop a Healthy Racial Identity

You can embrace the racial differences in your adopted children and give them a healthy cultural and family identity.

When Adopted Kids Need More Than a Parent’s Love

I remember thinking, All kids need is a little love. Now after adopting six children from foster care, I realize how naïve my words were.

Letting Go of Adoption Expectations to Meet a Child’s Needs

Unfulfilled expectations can lead to disappointment and even disconnection between parents and adopted children.