The emotional health of children in our culture may be declining. Here’s what you can do for your kids.
Parenting
It’s not always easy to understand the concept of giving, and that when you tithe and when you donate to great organizations that somehow it creates a change in you.
Lindsey Dennis shares her painful story of losing two children back to back, just hours after they were born, and describes the hard impact this had on her young marriage. She also shares the profound hope and comfort that she and her husband have found through their relationship with Christ.
John and Danny explain what can happen when parents flash with anger in the moment.
Author Jessie Minassian offers parents practical advice for helping their daughters gain a healthy perspective about beauty and body image in a culture that drives teen girls and young women to compare themselves to others while chasing impossible standards of beauty. (Part 2 of 2)
Author Jessie Minassian offers parents practical advice for helping their daughters gain a healthy perspective about beauty and body image in a culture that drives teen girls and young women to compare themselves to others while chasing impossible standards of beauty. (Part 1 of 2)
John and Danny discuss the importance of pre-teaching and sometimes just backing off for the moment when a child explodes with anger.
Do I really have any influence over how my kids turn out?
In a discussion based on her book, Brave Moms, Brave Kids: A Battle Plan for Raising Heroes, Lee Nienhuis offers encouragement and advice to moms who are worried about their children whose faith will be tested in a world that’s become increasingly hostile to Christianity.
John and Danny show how kids need to learn how to be content with what they have because when parents give them everything they want, often that stuff just adds to clutter around the house.
Paying the right kinds of attention to your children is easier when you become more aware of each child’s personality and temperament.
When it’s time to clean out the house, we might think we need to start with the kids’ rooms first, but John and Danny say we can’t only point the finger at the kids for having too much stuff, because most of their belongings come from us parents.
If you want your kids to have good character, here’s how you can help them “catch” it from you.
You can find good books for your kids by starting with our list of genres and then matching books to your children’s interests.
Sometimes we can feel like we’re taking one step forward, and two steps back when it comes to communicating in a meaningful way at home with our families. John and Danny emphasize how that dance doesn’t have to lead to disaster. Featuring Dr. Mike Bechtle. Find us online at focusonthefamily.com/parentingpodcast or call 1-800-A-FAMILY
John and Danny explain why it’s smart to deal with issues or points of conflict that come up sooner rather than later.
Author Carol Barnier offers practical suggestions for how parents can help their children learn and succeed in school. (Part 2 of 2)
Author Carol Barnier offers practical suggestions for how parents can help their children learn and succeed in school. (Part 1 of 2)
Kids don’t have the same coping mechanism as adults, so parents need to help them learn those tools.
Recognizing three types of contributors to children’s lives.