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Get tips for single dads who are raising sons.
A mom’s primary job isn’t cooking dinner, changing diapers or helping a preschooler glue colored macaroni on a coffee can as a Father’s Day gift.
If every parent’s job is to make sure his or her children turn out “right,” it would mean God messed up.
See which of these traditions might work for your family!
Preschool Go on a walk with your child, and collect leaves or other objects that reflect the changing seasons. Create habits that help you connect with your wife and kids, such as phone calls from work or special “daddy” time when you walk through the doorway at the end of the day. Post pictures of …
Get into the mind-set that everything you do as a parent ultimately is part of validating or nurturing your children.
Every person needs both validation and nurture to fully develop into a healthy adult.
Here are some factors that can make it tough to validate, nurture and keep your fingers off the “control” button.
With our words we will affect the lives of those around us as we speak blessings, not curses, into their lives.
What is the next teachable moment or transition in your daughter’s life? How can you add affirmation and encouragement to that moment?
Here are a few ideas real moms and dads have created to set an atmosphere where words of affirmation and moments of celebration can be shared.
Celebrate personal moments in a powerful way that can breathe life into a young person’s heart and future!
Use your children’s involvement in sports to teach them about life.
Sports have so much to teach us about what it means to live well. Yes, good character can be taught in Sunday school, but it is “practiced” on the court, diamond, gridiron and track. Virtues such as tenacity, perseverance, fairness, integrity and responsibility can be developed and strengthened as surely as the muscles and skills …
Requests for visits with the child by birth families are on the rise.
In our well-connected world, it is more likely than ever that your child will now, or someday in the future, have contact or relationships with the people who brought him into this world.
Four compelling reasons to tell your children the story of their adoption
My wife, Cathy, and I stared at each other in disbelief as our oldest daughter, Christy, told us she was running away. When she started packing her suitcase, we knew she was serious. Cathy and I weren’t sure if we should laugh or cry — after all, Christy was only 6. Our daughter told us …
The beautiful truth for adoptive parents is that God has placed children in their families for healing and redemption.