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Is your Child Overwhelmed by Anxiety, Fear, or Worry?

Unfortunately, kids don’t always tell us what’s bothering them. So it’s often up to parents to figure out how to help kids share and overcome their fears.

Sharing God’s Love With Others

Hagar’s story in the Bible shows how we can share God’s love with others and let them know that He sees each of us in our trials.

The Role of Grandparents: Valuing Our Grandchilren's Thoughts

Valuing Grandchildren’s Thoughts

As grandparents, we can learn to value our grandchildren’s thoughts. In doing so, we can guide their thoughts to lead to healthy lives.

Role of Grandparents: Listening and Communication

How Grandparents Can Listen and Communicate

As soon as grandkids are old enough to talk, they begin asking questions. The role of grandparents depends on learning to listen and communicate.

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Coping With Suicide in Families

When a person dies by suicide, the family and friends who survive them must find ways to cope and continue to honor their life.

How to Balance Parenting and Working From Home

Balancing parenting and working from home might seem daunting. But each day presents an opportunity to display love to your kids.

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Help Your Kids Discuss Critical Race Theory through a Christian Worldview

As children interact with Critical Race Theory, parents have the opportunity to help their kids develop their Christian worldview.

The power of life-giving words is evident every day as we speak to those in our circle

How To Speak Life-Giving Words To Your Family

Here are some helpful guiding questions to consider when you’re thinking whether certain words you use with your kids are life-giving or potentially destructive.

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Have Faith in God: 9 Bible Verses to Bless Your Kids

Encourage your kids to hold fast to the hope of Christ and to lean on Bible verses like these to bolster their faith in every season of life.

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Mom, Do You Know How Amazing You Are?

Mom, you are amazing! You are unique. You can make a difference in your child’s life and the truth is, there has never been a mom exactly like you.

The loss of a son on the same day as the arrival of a granddaughter

Scarlett’s Arrival: Dealing With Grief and Loss

But what I’ve learned in the six years since we lost our son is this: It is possible to find your feet again. It is possible to see light again in the laughter of a baby or the glory of a sunrise or the touch of a loved one’s hand.

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5 Reasons Why Grandparents Are Important

Grandparents can play a unique and significant role in the lives of their grandchildren. Here are five gifts that engaged grandparents can give their grandkids:

Grief and Loss - Lisa Harper and her daugher Missy smiling for a photo

Grief and Loss: Knowing When Kids Need to Talk

Take the time to help your children process worry, grief and loss

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Hang In There, Parents!

2020 was a challenging year for all of you parents out there. But look at all of the obstacles you’ve bravely overcome.

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Being an Authoritative Parent

Authoritative parenting values the relationship with their son or daughter while valuing the development of their child. The New Year is a great time to focus on implementing this parenting style in your life.

Blended Family

The Dad He Didn’t Have to Be: Bonding as a Blended Family

A last wish, a willing heart, and a little time together have bonded my blended family.

Parenting a Child Affected by a Traumatic Event

While it’s hard to reconcile the image of a loving, righteous God in the midst of tragic loss, we parents need to stay focused on the sovereignty of God.

Grandpa shooting toy gun at grandson who’s trying to dodge the foam dart, with the phrase ‘Enter Your Grandchild’s World’

Enter Your Grandchild’s World

Learn how to stay connected with your grandkids as they grow — whether they live across the street or around the world

Benjamin at 18 months old. Photo by Karen Cooley

The Day Benjamin Almost Drowned

We saw him fall in and start to go underwater. Benjamin did not know how to swim. Suddenly, every parent’s worst nightmare was playing out in front of me.

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The Differences Between Boys and Girls

Knowing how your son or daughter best receives your love and demonstrates it to others will help him or her be secure in the knowledge that he or she is precious in your eyes.