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Adaptability

Growth and learning happen as a parent is strategic just like in the picture of the stages of butterfly growth

Strategies for Helicopter Parents

Solid strategies for helicopter parents that can land the whirlybird while encourage their children’s growth and learning.

Dads and moms have different parenting styles

Different Parenting Styles: When Dad Says It’s Okay…

Children need both their parents. When mom and dad connect, they can complement each other’s parenting styles.

family of a mother, father, and little girl eating popcorn and watching tv on family movie night

The Value of Family Movie Nights

There are ways to motivate kids toward the ideas of belief, values and character qualities without the use of physical restraints or stern parental glares.

Prepare siblings like this little girl to welcome a newborn baby brother.

How to Prepare Siblings for the New Baby

Getting ready for a new baby can be fun and exciting. Help prepare siblings to welcome the new member in the family without rivalry.

Why does God allow suffering?

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

To answer the question: Why does God allow suffering?, you and your children will need some logic, communication, and patience, as well as an understanding of God’s wisdom and the Bible.

Working outside the home means getting the family ready each morning

Working Outside the Home

Men and women who had stay-at-home-moms are more likely to assume their family will be the same. Likewise, individuals who had working moms may see it as completely normal and reasonable for the mom to return to work.

Kindergarten Readiness: Your Child’s Fears

What If My Child Expresses Fear About Going to Kindergarten?

Know when your child is ready for kindergarten and how to ease their fears

teen girl dealing with the rejection of her four peer in the background

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.  

When a child acts out. Young boy and his father talking about his behavioral issues

Uncovering the Message Behind Your Child’s Behavior

Understanding nonverbal cues is crucial for supporting children, especially those who have experienced trauma.

parenting adult children. Mother and adult daughter smiling with a warm embrace

3 Ways to Effectively Parent Adult Children

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5

four year old boy with big blue eyes wrapped in his bedsheet as he explains his bed-wetting accident

Bed-Wetting

It’s unrealistic to expect that every child should be completely dry, day and night, by the age of three.

gentle parenting

Is “Gentle Parenting” Really All that Gentle?

How does this parenting style really play out in practical ways?

When Homeschooling Is Hard

Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6

Middle school young girl with a back pack

Helping Kids Through The Anxiety-Filled Middle School Years

What Is Anxiety? Anxiety is an intense emotional reaction, usually of dread, to a perceived, anticipated or future danger. Clinical anxiety can involve symptoms such as trembling and shaking, restlessness, sleep problems, fatigue, anger and depression. This fall, my oldest daughter starts middle school. In many ways, she’s a confident, talented, and accomplished young lady. …

Three empty nester friends enjoying their tea together

Discovering Hope and Faith in the Empty Nest

Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Psalm 127:4

Father and son laughing together

Help For When Father’s Day Feels Awkward

Father’s Day is awkward for those who either don’t have a father or who are estranged from their father.

Homeschooling mom with her young son and daughter

10 Good Reasons to Homeschool: Are you a good fit?

If faith and character are part of your family values, homeschooling could be the right choice.

Happy single mom playing with her laughing baby

4 Ways to Survive Being a Single Mom

More and more moms are finding themselves handling all of the responsibility of raising a family. Here’s how you can do more than just survive.

A New Dream Job: Social Media Influencers

Is there really a path to online fame and easy money for our kids?

Happy grandson being held by his grandfather

Playtime to Lifetimes: Supporting Grandchildren During Tough Times

For grandparents, perhaps there has never been a better time to support and serve your children and grandchildren.