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Family gathered around the table to celebrate thanksgiving. Grandma helping her 12 year old granddaughter put dinner on the table.

Thanksgiving Traditions for a Family Focused Holiday

Whether your family has a long history of traditions or your new family is approaching the holidays for the first time, these Thanksgiving traditions can bless your family.

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Boundaries with Teens: The Key to Freedom

Equipping your teen with inner strength and a sense of responsibility can feel overwhelming. Learn more about how to build healthy boundaries for your teen concerning their increasing freedom.

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How to Get the Best Care From Your Child’s Doctor

Should you trust your pediatrician? Learn about five ways to enjoy a positive relationship with your child’s pediatrician so your child gets the best possible care.

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Who am I? — Your Child’s Identity

Help your children understand what it means to be a priceless creation of God, no matter their age or stage.

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Help Your Kids Deal With Rejection

Does your heart ache when your children are rejected by others? Here’s four perspectives that can help them work through painful rebuffs.  

Young teen girl staring at a phone, dealing with cyber bullies

Bullying and Cyberbullying

Bullying and cyberbullying may be prevented with intentional parenting. However if it does occur, there are some ways that parents can respond to help their kids cope.

Mean girl holding her hand to her forehead in the L shape for loser

Mean Girls

Empower your tween to respond gracefully when confronted by “mean girls” and seek adult help if she finds herself being bullied.

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Discipline Is Worth the Effort

Your kids will feel most secure if they know you have set appropriate boundaries for them that you aren’t afraid to enforce.

Child dealing with bullying as two big boys pick on him

Dealing with Bullying and Childhood Trauma

Many adults carry some kind of psychological hurt from their childhood years.

sibling rivalry is hard. This little boy is crying because his big brother is taking away his toy train

Stop Sibling Conflict

By working with our kids, we can keep sibling conflict from escalating and keep peace on the family horizon.

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How to Say Prayers for Your Children

Living a life of prayer benefits you, but it also trains your children in how to pray. So find little ways to pray for your kids throughout the day.

A mother and daughter dressed as superheroes are playing together, embodying bold and courageous parenting. The mother carries the daughter on her back, both with arms outstretched as if flying.

Raising Bold Children With Courage and Confidence

Help your children understand the true meaning of courage.

Help your child feel loved

What You Can Do to Help Your Child Feel Loved

Most parents love their children. However, many children don’t feel loved. Perhaps parents aren’t “speaking” their child’s primary love language.

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Six Ways to Build Your Teen’s Identity

Try these strategies to counteract culture by helping your teen develop a strong, positive identity.

When we ask our kids for forgiveness, we model a essential trait for life

Grace and Forgiveness in Parenting

Grace and forgiveness are necessary a healthy home and faith. Asking our children for forgiveness is an essential parenting trait.

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Be a DIY Dad, and Build More Than a Pair of Stilts

It’s not just about building stilts. It’s about your relationship with your kids.

Bucking the Entitlement Trend

Do your teens have unrealistic expectations of what they deserve? If so, you may be training them to feel entitled. Break the parenting habit of giving them privileges without responsibility.

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Are Your Kids Needing an Attitude Adjustment? Set Boundaries

Kids need clear boundaries and limits. Find out how boundaries and limits are part of the seven essential traits of parenting.

Three boys on cellphones sitting on the couch

What Age Should My Kid Get a Cell Phone?

The purpose for having a phone contract is to make sure everyone in the family is on the same page and in agreement with cell phone expectations. The goals are to encourage relationship, conversation, and responsibility with and without devices.

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6 Ways to Develop Self-Confidence and Positive Self-Image in Children

These six steps can help you to build self-confidence and a positive self-image in your children.