Do you allow your children to enjoy the same rights to privacy that you have as a parent and as an adult?
Ages 9-12 (Preteen/Tween)
Are your children truly grateful for what they have? Here are ways parents can create a lasting attitude of gratitude in children.
How do you parent sibling conflicts? You may have more success by knowing one secret: how your birth order affects your kids—in their birth order?
Thinking of your children as masterpieces created by God doesn’t help them until you share those insights with them.
Invest in your relationship, not only to keep you from regret, but to also give your teens a solid footing for their lives ahead
Explore these three ways to help your child navigate challenging peer relationships. Then, you can help them develop positive and healthy friendships.
Resolutions can enrich and enliven your family life. Try these (guilt not included).
Take a level-headed approach to leading your family.
Help your child continue leaning on God through prayer, especially in the midst of family division.
Identifying cyberbullying can be difficult in an age defined by social media and internet culture. Learn how to take practical steps to prevent cyberbullying in your children’s lives.
Give older middle schoolers what they need, not necessarily what they think they want.
Be intentional and sensitive in your influence as a mother.
The best way your children can discover the joy and freedom of faith is through connecting with, not lecturing, them. Be that person for your children and let love — not legalism — overflow in your family. You can develop the necessary traits and approach to avoid legalistic parenting within your family.
Missional living, with God at the center, creates fulfilled families.
Help your teen see that hope is always there.
The ability to adjust and respond with flexibility and optimism is a lifeline to the struggling family. Learn how adaptability is one of the seven traits of effective parenting.
As you sort through your unmet expectations on Mother’s Day, realize that you may play a part in fueling your disappointments.
Marshmallow moms are sweet. Who doesn’t love sugar? But being overly soft and sweet in our parenting can be detrimental to our kids.
Get ideas for how to parent your kids when they find that they are attracted to someone of the opposite sex.
Don’t get sucked into teen drama . . . by letting go of the battles that aren’t life-changing.