Focus on the Family has created Alive to Thrive to provide help and hope for parents and others who interact regularly with young people. This free resource provides practical suggestions for preventing and responding to suicidal thoughts and actions.
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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.
Even when school is out, your student can still shine Christ’s light for those at their school. Here are a few practical ways students can share God’s love with their school while at home.
Before we could set goals, routines, and fun activities for the weeks ahead, we needed to unpack the burdens of our hearts. We needed to remind each other that we are going to make it. My family is, and so is yours.
Playing games and doing activities with our kids is a fantastic opportunity to connect with them.
These eight tips can help create a successful and less stressful environment for you and your kids while you are working from home.
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!
There are few things better than cuddling up with your child and a good book.
As our kids become teens, we’ve already established many of the parenting basics. But the masterpiece isn’t finished, and our role as parents is changing.
Parenting reactive children or youth can be difficult but a technique known as Therapeutic Parenting can be helpful.
Any number of unforeseen circumstances may create a situation in which parent-child attachment is a challenge. In this article, parents can learn principles and strategies for encouraging attachment in a struggling child.
Help your kids work toward a bright future.
My son, Ben, didn’t accept his new dad at first. It was one of our first step-parent problems. Jealousy, pride and stubbornness kept them from bonding.
Every child has a unique learning style. Parents can help their children succeed in school by understanding their learning styles.
Sometimes letting kids make mistakes can be the best help a parent can give.
It takes more than super strength to be a super dad. Strong dads serve their families everyday.
One of these ways of bonding might help you better bond with your newborn.
Did you know the majority of students in the United States spend at least six hours per day in school? That’s a lot of time, and it presents a unique challenge to Christian students who spend that time in an environment that’s completely different than—or even contradicts—what they learn at home and at church. In …
Contributor journals are an easy, fun way to stay connected to your family.
Learn how to prepare for the upcoming transition in your preteen’s life. Understand these three keys to helping your kids launch into this next stage of life.