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The Nesters are a unique family of 9

Steadfast Love in Action: Loving Our Unique Family

Tim and Katie Nester are currently parenting seven children. Their unique family challenges them to show steadfast love in action every day.

Growth and learning happen as a parent is strategic just like in the picture of the stages of butterfly growth

Strategies for Helicopter Parents

Solid strategies for helicopter parents that can land the whirlybird while encourage their children’s growth and learning.

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Build a Great Relationship With Your Child

It’s easy to fall into the trap of settling into a routine of all the things we do for our kids, and assume we are parenting well.

Fathers hold a key role in helping children know their identity

Fathers Encourage Identity Development

When fathers choose to serve the Lord, live consistently and seize the opportunity to be present and involved with their children, they encourage identity and teach values.

Post-holiday depression can show up as sadness felt by this woman in a holiday hat as she stares out the window at the rain.

Post-Holiday Depression: Do You Feel Depressed After the Holidays?

After the holidays, do you ever feel not like your self or even depressed? Here are some ideas to help you get back to feeling like your normal self.

Set aside divorce differences

Set Aside Divorce Differences for the Kids

Learning how to manage Christmas after divorce can be overwhelming and devastating. Explore this story of overcoming divorce differences.

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Christmas Activities That Focus on Jesus

Are you looking for ideas to help keep your children focused on the reason for the Christmas season?

The holidays can be filled with family and some conflict

Handling Holiday Conflict with Family

Walk through tough holiday times with your children to show them how to handle conflict between extended family.

Should I vote in the election?

Why Should I Vote?

Should I vote? American liberties are based on Christian principles. As Christians, we teach our children to be enthusiastic citizens.

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How To Encourage and Motivate Your Teen

Your job is now to pinpoint your teen’s interests and natural abilities to help your child grow in the direction that God made him or her.

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Avoid Bitterness By Finding Forgiveness

It is dangerous for you when you don’t choose to forgive others.

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Strong-Willed Women Mothering Strong-Willed Children

If you’re a strong-willed woman, it can be tough to parent a younger version of yourself. But you also have a definite advantage… you know what it’s like to be a strong-willed child.

Family Estrangement: 6 Ways to Reconcile with Adult Children

You can move forward after a rift with your adult children by learning new ways to build trust and respect between you and your child.

gentle parenting

Is “Gentle Parenting” Really All that Gentle?

How does this parenting style really play out in practical ways?

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A Father’s Day Note from a Redeemed Father

Explore Jim Daly’s encouragement to fathers for Father’s Day 2022. Then, think about how your family can make the most of Father’s Day.

Father and son fishing off a pier.

The Power and Importance of a Father’s Role in Child Development

God’s Word clearly indicates that fathers bring power to the parenting relationship.

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Your Teen’s Spiritual Gifts

Help your teens discover their spiritual gifts as a means for helping them gain direction in their life.

The power of a mother's love shows as this mother snuggles nose to nose with her newborn

The Power of a Mother’s Love

A mother’s love needs to be given unconditionally to establish trust and a firm foundation of emotional intimacy in a child’s life.

new parenting styles

New Parenting Styles? Try This Instead.

Dolphin, Elephant, Free-range? Why settle for just one?

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The Creation of Woman: Affirming Your Daughter’s Identity

For Christian families, there’s an overwhelming importance upon understanding the roles of female and male. However, our culture emphasizes different aspects of these roles from Christianity. In the Christian context, the origin point for this conversation lies at the beginning: the creation of woman and man.