There is no need to be rude in your parenting. Instead, approach family life with a sensible and respectful tone.
Respect
Biblical manhood means responding to the emotions of others thoughtfully and empathetically.
Get insights into your relationships as you adjust to your new role as a stepmother.
Raising kids in an intercultural home has many benefits.
When your tweens ask about the homeless, do you know how to respond? Read about ways to engage your tweens’ growing sense of observation and justice.
What are their rights vs. your responsibility?
Kindness is one of the few things that will gentle the response of others. Teach kids how to show kindness to others.
Step into a new area of relationship with your adult child
Get over your need for your step kids to like you.
Teaching children to respond with kindness even when others are bothersome.
One way to help kids understand the value life from the start is to use these practical ideas to teach them that life, in and of itself, is sacred.
The root of a person’s motivation lies in his or her passion . . . and the same is true for a teen.
You can encourage your teens to not only tell the truth, but also value integrity.
Lead your teen into meaningful action.
Making friends. Losing friends. Choosing the wrong friends. Sometimes things go astray with your teen’s friendships.
Teaching children to recognize what kindness looks like and what unkind behavior looks like, too.
Yes, siblings can get along. Here are some tips for training your children to support each other and treat each other well.
A teen’s resistance can be both hurtful and frightening for parents. And because parents of “good kids” don’t discuss the issue of rebellion, parents struggle with knowing what to do.
Affirm each child as a gift from God and model appropriate touch, even as you let kids know that the areas of their body covered by a bathing suit should be treated with special care.
Give your 2-year-old appropriate choices to help him navigate his burgeoning sense of power so it’s not used to fight against what you ask him to do.
