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Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, families are facing mounting pressure—tough choices, cultural confusion, and strained relationships.

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Intentional Parenting

Pass on Your Faith to the Next Generation

The foundation of a strong spiritual legacy can begin in the heart of the parent.

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Talking to Your Kids About Sexual Abuse

As parents, it is our responsibility to keep our children out of potential risky situations. Beyond that, we have to teach them what to do if someone tries to exploit them sexually.

Plan Ahead So You’ll Say the Right Thing to Your Kids

Planning out what to say in frustrating parenting moments can help you speak life into your children instead of tearing them down.

3 Things Your Teens Fear the Most

What do your teens fear most? It’s different than what you fear for them. Dr. Kevin Leman discusses three things you may not realize your teens fear and what they need from you so they can stop being afraid.

Beauty From the Broken

The Rhodes family’s adoption story is a testimony to the reality of redemption.

Earning Their Trust

The Irons’ children found healing in the knowledge that their family is never going to leave them.

How to Get Your Kids to Wear the Right Clothes for the Weather

As your children learn to dress independently, help them consider the weather when making clothing choices for the day.

Why Your Kids Need Intentional Parents

Intentional parenting just means having a plan

Raising Daughters in God’s Wisdom

How have you instilled God’s wisdom in your girl’s lives?

When You Can’t Make It Better for Your Stepkids

I wanted to fix my stepson’s problems. But I had to accept that they weren’t my problems to fix. It took some time for me to realize this. Here are some truths I have learned about letting go.

How to Be Intentional About Raising Christ Followers

Rhett H. Wilson gives parents five ways to guide kids to become devoted Christ-followers.

How to Parent Your Kids Without Shame

Shame may be an effective method for modifying behavior, but it shapes a child in all the wrong ways.

Ways for Your Kids to Have the Best Playtime

Do you want to ensure a happy playtime experience for your children? Here are a number of ideas for helping your children feel comfortable when meeting new playmates, and more!

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How to Be Intentional With Your Children

No two kids are the same. Small adjustments in your approach can help you parent each of your children effectively.

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How to Develop Media Intelligence in Your Home

With another season of “13 Reasons Why” being released, parents may need to rethink how it may be affecting their children.

A Family’s Unexpected Togetherness in the Wilderness

Time in the wilderness helped draw Jim Daly’s family closer together in unexpected ways.

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Why Families Need Vacations

Taking the time to relax, explore and have fun as a family can strengthen your family bond.

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How to Raise Adaptable Kids

Help your children learn to be flexible now so they’ll do better when unexpected change comes their way.

Responsibility Training

Uncover a number of ways to teach children responsibility! These ideas come from parents and experts like you.

Do Your Kids Know You Love Them?

Thinking of your children as masterpieces created by God doesn’t help them until you share those insights with them.