Discovering how to improve mental health is a family affair. Here are seven ways to improve mental health within your family so that you can better handle any of life’s curveballs.
Behavioral/Emotional
Our culture de-values empathy. Instead, there’s an emphasis on choosing to feed narcissism and apathy. Because of this, it’s more important than ever to teach our kids about empathy.
With your guidance and practice, your kids can learn to control their emotions. Here are four steps for helping your children regain the upper hand when intense emotions threaten to spiral out of control.
If we were to stop and scan the scriptures for advice on parenting, one of the themes that would stick out is that God is concerned about the state of our hearts, rather than simply behavior modification.
Parenting That Encourages Normal Social and Behavioral Development Through Different Ages and Stages
As our children grow through different stages of their life, there are many things we can do as parents to encourage positive social and behavioral development.
Shy children leave many thoughts bottled up—thoughts that could help him or her connect with others if only they were brought out. Imagine how many incredible thoughts are not shared because of shyness!
Parents need to be aware of dangerous social media challenges – such as the new Outlet Challenge – and should take steps to minimize the impact on their kids.
Parenting reactive children or youth can be difficult but a technique known as Therapeutic Parenting can be helpful.
Unconditional love coupled with positive discipline is helpful for raising healthy resilient kids.
When utilized properly, encouragement invites excellence and obedience in our children.
Does your child misbehave in a way that can be traced back to something you do? Is your teen’s rebellious attitude similar to yours? Your kids’ behavior isn’t your fault, but sometimes it means you have work to do.
Effective parenting scripts to employ when responding to your child’s misbehavior
Your child’s bad behavior does not necessarily mean you’re a bad parent. Here’s why.
Are your children truly grateful for what they have? Here are ways parents can create a lasting attitude of gratitude in children.
I realized with newfound clarity that the miracle of adoption has zero to do with me and everything to do with the One who invented it.
We need people to understand how to support families working through attachment issues so they can intentionally be part of the solution, instead of unintentionally part of the problem.
When raising kids from different backgrounds, life can be unfair
Help your kids deal with daily transitions.
Regardless of your wife’s emotional temperature, you can choose to respond to her in a way that creates a warm, loving atmosphere. The call to cherish means you engage when you’d rather shrink back.
Parenting is an opoprtunity to help shape, model and influence the character of your children.