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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!
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.
Celebrate personal moments in a powerful way that can breathe life into a young person’s heart and future!
Parents of prodigals often feel helpless and tend to think it’s because they did something wrong. But sometimes teens just rebel against anyone who gets in their way. Here’s what you can do when a child goes astray.
How adoptive parents can sensativley share their child’s adoption story with them.
Keys for offering the healing experience of meeting your adopted child’s needs, if they’ve been abused.
God doesn’t expect parents to get everything right. But He expects us to keep trying!
Fathers must recognize and exercise the “Power of Permission,” a vital discipline not only for the child’s development but also for the parents’ peace of mind!
Requests for visits with the child by birth families are on the rise.
Sometimes, a parent needs to set his own lifestyle aside and take advantage of the opportunities we have to spend quality time with our kids.
Children who are adopted when they’re older or who have more complicated histories are not likely to respond well to some traditional discipline methods.
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 …