If every parent’s job is to make sure his or her children turn out “right,” it would mean God messed up.
Parenting
Our task is not only scriptural instruction but also role modeling.
What is the next teachable moment or transition in your daughter’s life? How can you add affirmation and encouragement to that moment?
How control and responsibility affect the relationship between you and your teen.
Helping churches include special needs ministry
Understanding the differences between control, responsibility and liability — and how those nudge parents to try controlling teens.
Get into the mind-set that everything you do as a parent ultimately is part of validating or nurturing your children.
Tips for family calendars, storage ideas, “office space” for kids and more
How control and responsibility affect the relationship between you and your teen.
Every person needs both validation and nurture to fully develop into a healthy adult.
There are a few key areas where you’ll get the most bang for your buck (and your time and effort).
Providing a way for your child to gain an understanding of how his day will go may eliminate some of the undesirable behaviors that tend to rear their ugly heads during transition times.
These two examples show how an influencing parent should respond to a teen.
With our words we will affect the lives of those around us as we speak blessings, not curses, into their lives.
If the midweek scavenger hunts have left you searching for a more manageable morning system, here’s a plan of action.
Here are 5 things that make it hard for parents to give up trying to control their teens.
Spending one-on-one time with each of your children
Amid these stories from other parents, you’ll find tips and tools in the areas of schooling, church, balancing the needs of your disabled child and the needs of your other children, coping when your circumstances have become too hard and encouragement in developing friendships.
Use your children’s involvement in sports to teach them about life.
Preschool Go on a walk with your child, and collect leaves or other objects that reflect the changing seasons. Create habits that help you connect with your wife and kids, such as phone calls from work or special “daddy” time when you walk through the doorway at the end of the day. Post pictures of …