Grandparents can play a unique and significant role in the lives of their grandchildren. Here are five gifts that engaged grandparents can give their grandkids:
Intentional Parenting
We often wonder how our parenting can make an impact on our kids. These six ways will show you how being a parent can make all the difference.
Here are 10 ways to raise your kids as contributors to the world around them and to make a difference in the lives of others.
The Bible emphasizes the importance of grandparents. It is vital that grandparents be involved in the lives of their grandchildren.
Authoritative parenting values the relationship with their son or daughter while valuing the development of their child. The New Year is a great time to focus on implementing this parenting style in your life.
Peer pressure is real. Help your kids spot peer pressure, gain tools to deal with it, and be strong enough to deal with someone’s reaction to hearing “no.”
God is a personal being. He wants to be in relationship with you and He demonstrates this desire in many different ways. Treat Him as if He is a personal God and He will demonstrate His presence in ways you might never have expected.
Passing on faith to our grandkids is our duty before God. He commands us as grandparents to teach two generations, not just one.
Make each day count with your kids. Every action you take can contribute to your child’s mental health.
What’s interesting about nature and nurture in child development is that they are both significantly impacted by the way God made us.
It is possible to teach our children how to show empathy and altruism, even in today’s world. We want our children to both feel compassion and have the courage and willingness to step in and help others. If we are intentional as parents in demonstrating empathy and altruism, our children will notice and will learn …
Moms have the same fundamental desire: safety and the best for their kids. But women with disabilities and those in poverty lack the same opportunities.
Blessing our adult children may seem harder than blessing our kids when they are young. However, it’s still vitally important.
But there in the corner of my father’s dresser drawer, under the belts, was something I had never before seen: a well-worn black book with a gold-lettered title: “Father’s Manual.”
In telling Ben’s story, the movie Selfie Dad invites us as dads to ponder some questions worthy of intentional self-reflection on our part.
Years from now, your kids won’t remember if you had all the dishes done or if you contributed to every bake sale. But they will remember the times you spent together and how it brought joy to their heart.
Whether you are enjoying or being challenged by this time of living with your young adult child, it’s a great time to develop adaptability.
Don’t waste this crisis. Use it to take control of your life. The best place to start is by making a list of what you have and what you need.
Take some time to learn about the personalities of people around you. The goal is for your family to take the frustration that can come from different personalities and turn it into understanding how different personalities can benefit each other.
Now, more than ever, we need to be mindful of our screens and how we use them. We should always be their masters—and never let them be masters over us.
