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Teaching Thankfulness

Encourage your children to develop grateful hearts that bless others and frame their own perspective.

Raising Daughters in God’s Wisdom

How have you instilled God’s wisdom in your girl’s lives?

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Attachment and Adoption

Adoption may create a situation in which parent-child attachment is a challenge. In this article, parents can learn some principles and strategies for encouraging attachment in an adopted child.

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Complicated Attachment Dynamics

There are several reasons that attachment between children and their caregivers may be disrupted. Here, the natural and environmental risks to forming secure attachment, and the consequences, are discussed.

Manhood Is Not the Problem: Teach Your Sons to Be Men

Teaching our boys to be men is not dangerous, and we fathers should not shrink from this essential task.

How to Speak to Your Children When They Misbehave

Effective parenting scripts to employ when responding to your child’s misbehavior

How to Be Intentional About Raising Christ Followers

Rhett H. Wilson gives parents five ways to guide kids to become devoted Christ-followers.

How to Parent Your Kids Without Shame

Shame may be an effective method for modifying behavior, but it shapes a child in all the wrong ways.

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Celebrate Religious Freedom and God’s Love

Students are celebrating their religious freedom and reflecting God’s love by bringing their Bibles to school

Do Your Kids Know You Value Their Character?

Do you encourage your kids to pursue achievements or to develop their character? Your parenting might be telling of which you value more

Ways for Your Kids to Have the Best Playtime

Do you want to ensure a happy playtime experience for your children? Here are a number of ideas for helping your children feel comfortable when meeting new playmates, and more!

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That Their World May Know Who God Is

Many kids in today’s culture don’t read the Bible. Give your kids the help they need to show others who God is through their actions.

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How to Be Intentional With Your Children

No two kids are the same. Small adjustments in your approach can help you parent each of your children effectively.

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How to Help Your Children Find Purpose

How will you lead your children to following Jesus before they enter adulthood?

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Does a Child’s Bad Behavior Mean You’re a Bad Parent?

Your child’s bad behavior does not necessarily mean you’re a bad parent. Here’s why.

Rethink Your Family Bible Time to Be More Successful

Gathering for family devotions leads to closer family ties and a greater sense of identity as Christ-followers.

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Hope for When You Feel Discouraged as a Mom

Just because the car seats are coated with Goldfish dust doesn’t mean you’re a failure as a mother.

A Family’s Unexpected Togetherness in the Wilderness

Time in the wilderness helped draw Jim Daly’s family closer together in unexpected ways.

How to Train Kids to Have More Integrity

Do your children understand the importance of having integrity? Becoming intentional in teaching this character trait offers solid rewards.

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3 Practical Principles for Disciplining With Grace

Seeking to parent our children the way God parents us can dramatically change the atmosphere of our home.