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How to Talk to Your Kids

How to Talk to Your Kids so They Talk to You

Knowing how to talk to your kids can feel overwhelming. To guide our kids toward independence, we need to walk alongside and support them.

Life Can Be Beautiful

Enjoy a strong relationship with your teens.

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Little Boys and Superheroes

Find ways to help your sons navigate their need for heroes.

The Family Merger

Be intentional when blending families to smooth the process.

How to Merge Right

Tips for blending stepfamilies.

Blended Family Meetings

There is value in regularly scheduled time with your family.

What Stays? What Goes?

It’s not as easy as you think. Get solid tips for merging stepfamilies.

Fewer Toys, More Christmas Joy

Parents of young children don’t need to spend a lot of money to make the holidays merry.

Compassion for the Homeless

When your tweens ask about the homeless, do you know how to respond? Read about ways to engage your tweens’ growing sense of observation and justice.

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The Benefits of Chores for Kids with Special Needs

Explore how chores can benefit kids with special needs to find new confidence through work and habits.

Hit the Pause Button

Do your kids know that the Sabbath is a time for rest and worship?

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Being Your Daughter’s Hero

Dr. Michelle Watson offers fathers advice and encouragement in a discussion based on her book, Dad, Here’s What I Really Need From You: A Guide for Connecting With Your Daughter’s Heart.

Welcoming Kids Into Worship

Sometimes kids should remain with adults during church so they can experience the true heart of worship.

Raising Socially Competent Kids

Want to give your kids a step up in the world? Help them improve their social skills.

Mean Kids

Equip your kids to take a stand against bullying.

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Got Self-Control?

Once children understand the need for self-control, it’s easier to train them in this fruit of the spirit. 

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What Is Hospitality?

How have you trained your children to show respect to those who are in your home, city or country? Here are some ideas for teaching hospitality.

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Giving Your Preschooler a Good Foundation

Counselor and author Tim Sanford offers encouragement and advice to parents of preschoolers who feel a great deal of pressure and stress about ensuring their child’s future success. Focus on the Family broadcast producer Eva Daniel joins the conversation and shares her own insights as a parent in the midst of the preschool years.

Creating Monsters

There is a personal and societal cost of bullying.

Do Your Kids Have a Right to Privacy?

What are their rights vs. your responsibility?