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How Disciplining Children Creates Happy Childhoods

These simple ways of disciplining your children enables other adults to see past your children’s behavior and enrich their lives.

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4 Easy Ways To Improve The Way You Discipline

As you correct your kids in their behavior, they need to hear four messages that affirm them and show them of your love and care.

Words of Wisdom for Foster and Adoptive Parents

Words of Wisdom for Foster and Adoptive Parents

“So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?” The Lord was pleased that Solomon had asked for this. So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this and not for long life …

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5 Characteristics of Biblical Discipline

Sometimes it’s hard to know if you’re disciplining your children effectively. Try using these five measures from the Bible.

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Is Spanking Biblical?

How often have you heard the adage, “Spare the rod; spoil the child?‚”used in conversations about spanking? Keep reading to learn more about the origin of this phrase and its impact on discipline.

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Disciplining Your Kids? Think Bigger

In disciplining kids, ever feel like someone might be about to pop out with a video camera?

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Learning From the Prayer Life of Jesus

Isn’t it interesting that out of all the disciples only one of them asked Jesus to teach them to pray? It sometimes seems the church is in a similar situation today regarding prayer. We talk about prayer, we study prayer, we say our prayers, but how many of us actually seek earnestly for God to …

The Availability of Prayer

As a result of the reality of God’s omnipresence, we are assured that no matter where we are, God will hear our prayers—even from the belly of a fish.

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How to Stop Your Child’s Angry Cycle

Helping your children deal with their anger can seem impossible when emotions run high. But you can train your kids to recognize triggers and replace them with truths that will help them get out of their angry cycle.

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The Secret Sauce to Tame Your Wild Child

Having a wild child can bring the eyes of judgment in every aisle of the grocery store. More discipline is not always the best answer. Explore how love, respect, grace, and forgiveness can equip you as you respond to your wild child.

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Dr. Kevin Leman’s Reality Discipline: A Parenting Game-Changer

This discipline method is less exhausting and more successful than ranting, raving, blaming, pleading, begging or threatening.

Simple Strategies for Effective Discipline

Who runs your home? Is it you or your child? Use these simple strategies from Dr. Kevin Leman to help you parent your child to be more respectful and well behaved. 

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Biblical Discipline: A Full Toolkit for Parents

What is your perception of discipline? You may need to broaden your view. In doing so, you will have more tools to choose from in your discipline toolkit.

How Do I Stop My Toddler from Hitting?

Hitting others is usually a common physical response for toddlers who are unable to share their emotions through words. But that doesn’t make it appropriate behavior. Learn how to resolve this issue in your home.

How Do I Handle Toddler Tantrums?

Toddler tantrums are real. And they can last forever. Learning how to overcome tantrums and address your toddler’s behavior begins with asking some key questions about their behavior to understand what’s going on under the surface.

How Can I Help My Toddler Learn to Obey?

Teaching your toddler to obey is one of the most important building blocks for their continued development. Learn how to establish a healthy foundation of obedience in your home.

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4 Parenting Styles and Effective Child Discipline

How do you get your children to obey, and what should you do when they won’t?

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Discipline Their Words

Give kids tools that will help them discipline their tongue so they stop name-calling, gossiping, sassing and saying hurtful words.

Family on the Rocks

Family on the R.O.C.K.S.

How can you make discipline a reality in your family? It doesn’t happen overnight. Explore a few guiding principles to help implement important discipline steps in your family.

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When Your Toddler is a Climber: Solutions and Strategy

Is your toddler a climber? Here are a few ways that other parents have found to keep little climbers safe while also encouraging their curiosity.

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