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Coaches and parents team together to help kids develop a Christian worldview through sports

Sports from a Christian Family Perspective

How can parents help their children develop a Christian worldview toward sports?

What do parents tell kids about the news

How To Talk to Your Kids About the News

The news can often terrify children. As a parent, you can help your kids sort through news stories they might see on TV.

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Bedtime and Naps: Getting Them to Sleep

Consider these ideas for getting kids to go to bed and stay in bed.

Mom helps child build confidence by teaching him how to do laundry. The image has a little boy and his mom kneeling on the floor talking laundry out of the dryer together

Chores Help Kids Be Successful In Life

Children build their self-confidence through learning small, real life skills.

How do you find purpose after a loved one's suicide

Finding Purpose After a Loved One’s Suicide

After the death of her oldest, Paulette helped her other children take steps toward finding their own path and moving forward in their grief.

Post-holiday depression can show up as sadness felt by this woman in a holiday hat as she stares out the window at the rain.

Post-Holiday Depression: Do You Feel Depressed After the Holidays?

After the holidays, do you ever feel not like your self or even depressed? Here are some ideas to help you get back to feeling like your normal self.

Impaired driving includes teens who text at the wheel

Impaired Driving in Teens: Solutions Start With Love and Education

For parents, few things are as scary as the day we stand in the driveway and watch our teenaged children drive off in a car, alone, for the first time. But more unsettling is the first time they drive away with another teen.

Having dinner together as a family nourishes your child's body and soul

Dinner: Nourish Your Family … As a Family

There’s plenty of evidence that making dinner together a family priority is definitely worth the effort.

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Coping With Christmas After Losing a Child

Dreading the holidays after losing a child is normal.

Finances for teens teaches smart money habits early

Simple Keys to Launch a Financially Fit Teen

Does your teen grasp the reality of money matters? Four practical ways to get your teens financially fit

How can you help your child make good friends?

Help Your Child Make Good Friends

Teach children that making friends starts with being one.

Christmas on a budget, this little blonde boy is playing with a car

Christmas on a Budget: 9 Easy Money-Saving Holiday Tips

This could be your best Christmas ever.

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.

Three young teens in their pajamas, one standing on a couch pretending to sing and dance on stage

Who Is Chappell Roan? What Parents Need to Know

You may not realize it, but you’ve probably heard Chappell Roan’s music in the last few weeks.

Sad teen, sitting on the couch, contemplating the deconstruction of her faith

Deconstruction: Guide Your Teens Questioning Their Faith

What is considered toxic today, though, is largely determined by subjective experience, not objective truth.

Helped by a cat, a young boy does his homework responsibilities

Schoolwork and Homework Responsibility

Get hands-on, practical tips from other parents to help you motivate your kids to study and complete their homework.

Parents motivate their child to read by reading with their child in an indoor reading tent. Mom and dad reading together with their little girl by flashlight in their tent

Motivate Your Kids to Read Today

In today’s culture, reading is one way to help your kids attain more academically. Here are some ideas to create a culture of reading in your home.

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5 Lessons Parents Can Learn from the Wild Robot

The Wild Robot from Universal’s DreamWorks Animation is not just the year’s best animated movie: It’s one of 2024’s best movies, period. Based on a novel by Peter Brown, The Wild Robot is a moving tour de force of animated artistry. Some of the images will stick with you long after the credits roll, and …

Building character in your princess. Daddy bowing to his little girl as he begins dancing with his daughter dressed in a pretty pink princess dress.

Building Character in Your Princess

Without parental guidance, our daughters may only notice the external beauty of princesses in books and movies, and not the valuable character qualities that will make them true leaders.

Little boy walking a dog as a job

Help Your Kid Start A Business

Use these ideas to encourage your child’s entrepreneurial spirit.