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Your Identity: Artfully Made and Intentionally Crafted

Embracing your God-given identity that is developed through your relationship with the One who loves you and knows you best

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Teach Children About Online Sexual Predators

Help protect your children from online sexual predators.

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4 Truths in a Culture of Lies

Teens need these spiritual insights from their parents, now more than ever.

Three boys on cellphones sitting on the couch

What Age Should My Kid Get a Cell Phone?

The purpose for having a phone contract is to make sure everyone in the family is on the same page and in agreement with cell phone expectations. The goals are to encourage relationship, conversation, and responsibility with and without devices.

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6 Ways to Develop Self-Confidence and Positive Self-Image in Children

These six steps can help you to build self-confidence and a positive self-image in your children.

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How to Reduce Grumbling and Increase Gratitude

Will you take the challenge to stop grumbling for a year? Tricia Goyer’s family did.

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5 Ways to Teach Kids Gratitude at Home

The Bible tells us to live with an attitude of gratitude, and research tells us that gratitude has a positive impact on our minds and social behaviors. Here are five ways to teach kids gratitude in your home.

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Nurturing Gratitude in Your Child’s Heart

Nurturing gratitude doesn’t always come easy. It’s an intentional part of parenting, and an important trait every family can cultivate.

What Can You Do to Safeguard Your Teen from Suicide?

Unfortunately, a guarantee doesn’t come with the safeguarding suggestions, but they can help prevent teen suicide. 

Science and the Bible

Science and the Bible: Seeing the Master Behind the Design

Science and the Bible aren’t meant to be separate or at odds with each other. Instead, science can be experienced because a brilliant Designer created our world.

Consistent Fatherhood

How active are you in the lives of your children?

young girl with fear and tearful eyes is a victim of human trafficing

Human Trafficking: Is My Daughter a Target?

Rather than assume our children are immune from temptation because they are Christians, live in a Christian home, or attend a private school, we should stay informed and be proactive.

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Wake Up Wet No More: The Art of Training

Does your child still wet the bed? Here are some tips for helping you and your kid get through these nightly inconveniences.

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5 Parenting Strategies for Family Unity

Different discipline styles can lead to conflict. Before you take sides, consider these five areas that will help you build unity in your parenting. Then create your own parenting strategy.

Raising little boys is different than raising girls. Little boy about two years old sitting on a deck playing with his toy car.

Raising Little Boys

It didn’t take me long to see my little boy acted differently than his five big sisters.

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Giving Your Kids a Moral Compass

Every day, our kids face any number of culture-induced or immoral decisions. Here’s how to help them make moral choices on their own.

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Blended Families: Planning Extracurricular Activities

Working with the other parents in a blended family can be stressful at first, but well worth the effort.

Preteens Need From Mom

4 Things Preteens Need Most from Their Mom

This stage combined with rebellion is not easy. Lean into your support system to help you stay emotionally balanced and to maintain perspective as you guide your preteen into the teen years.

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Creative Kids: How Parents Can Cultivate Creativity

Do you know how to parent your creative kids? Poet Tanner Olson has some advice for you. Learn how to effectively connect, support, and encourage the creativity in your family.

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How to Prepare Your Child for Middle School

Are your kids beginning the the middle school years? Learn how to plan ahead and make adjustments to pave the way for a strong transition from elementary to middle school.