Respect

How do you help your children care for others?

How do we prepare our kids to be “shrewd as serpents, and harmless as doves” when they serve? How do we teach them to discern how to give and serve with widsom?

A clever idea changed my perspective on my kids and household duties.

Anger can be a normal, and necessary part of your child’s development. He’s trying to express needs, trying to control his environment, and trying to become independent. He’s also trying your nerves!

Finding volunteer opportunities for your kids is a good way to teach them compassion and stewardship as part of their service to God.

What really is beauty? Depending on who (or more specifically where) you ask, you’ll get a different answer. Train your kids to look in the right places for beauty.

Help your tween grow into a thoughtful young adult by prioritizing your relationship rather than simply listing rules.

Why children who have been adopted need to know their story — and how to tell it

Teens with a stepmom or stepdad need help learning how to manage the emotions surrounding a new stepfamily and how to adjust to having a stepparent and stepsiblings.

How can you as a parent practically instill principles of selfless love and sacrifice in your child?

Do you experience stress, anxiety, even dread about some family get-togethers? You’re not alone.

Help your son make sense of the confusion puberty can cause.

Teaching children to be grateful and generous is a Christmas gift that can last a lifetime.

I never want my children to count their blessings in lieu of reaching out.

Avoid power struggles by getting on the same team as your teen.

Building a strong family comes from leading your family as a group, rather than on an individual basis.

Four habits to avoid in family disagreements with your teens

Allow your teen’s feelings to touch you, and then help him see that you truly understand his feelings.

Not all personality clashes result from opposite personalities between parent and child. Here are other factors to consider.

Here are eight ideas to calm your child.