With schools closed during the coronavirus pandemic, children are required to spend more time staring at a digital screen as they do e-learning from home. Author Jonathan McKee offers parents practical guidance for navigating this stressful period and helping their kids strike a healthy balance between online and offline activities.
Parenting
Be aware of your own feelings. Notice when you are annoyed or overwhelmed and are becoming angry. Once you are aware, choose to take a break and deal with your emotions before you try to deal with your child’s emotions.
Every mom and dad wants to see your child grow up to be successful. But, what do you do when your son or daughter doesn’t listen? John and Danny offer encouragement for parents whose child has gone astray.
Every parent wants their children to make good choices. John and Danny discuss the importance of healthy consequences whenever your teenager or adult child makes a bad choice.
It’s helpful to have a good sense of humor and lots of forgiveness. It’s also good to help autistic parents understand that challenges are part of normal life. In the end, collaboration between the neurotypical and autistic parent can make parenting success possible!
As a help to parents suddenly and unexpectedly having to teach their kids at home because of the coronavirus pandemic, author Tricia Goyer offers practical suggestions for creating a realistic school-at-home schedule, balancing digital learning, motivating kids to stay productive, and much more.
Parenting is far from perfect, but your mistakes don’t have to define you. John and Danny give some tips for how to bring peace to your family.
Take some time to learn about the personalities of people around you. The goal is for your family to take the frustration that can come from different personalities and turn it into understanding how different personalities can benefit each other.
With social distancing in place, this weekend will look far from normal. We want to come alongside you and your family as you celebrate Easter together at home.
The resurrection was the ultimate validation of who Jesus claimed to be — the Messiah himself.
Check in regularly with your neighbors to make sure they are doing well and see if they need any assistance. Be a willing listener to their stories; sometimes they might not have anyone else to talk to.
Enjoying the small moments with your children can create special memories. John and Danny offer hope to exhausted parents struggling to enjoy the simple moments of parenting.
Many students now have to go to school at home because of the coronavirus. Enter the brave new world of e-learning.
For those of you with children with special needs, here are some tips that may help your children hold on to the recent gains they’ve made in school and in therapy sessions, while they’re learning at home.
What’s in the Bible? creator Phil Vischer explains how parents can equip children to understand and celebrate Easter within the context of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
Now, more than ever, we need to be mindful of our screens and how we use them. We should always be their masters—and never let them be masters over us.
With fears abounding due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Google Trends reports that searches for “how to make a will” are at an all-time high. People are looking for answers and practical wisdom to guide them through the process of creating a will. There is no doubt that this is a wise instinct to plan for …
Disciplining your teen can be difficult, but Johnny and Danny emphasize the importance of parents approaching discipline as a united front.
Even when school is out, your student can still shine Christ’s light for those at their school. Here are a few practical ways students can share God’s love with their school while at home.
Feeling depressed? Bible verses about faith and hope along with coping skills may offer help to families during the hard times of quarantine.