Even teens and tweens learn more by example than by teaching. Modeling proper virtues for your children is important.
Parenting
Recognizing your teen’s seasons of life and how to support them
Is the do-as-I-say-not-as-the-TV-character-does approach to parenting working for you? Here’s why it probably isn’t.
Attachment is the affectional tie between two people.
My wife, Cathy, and I stared at each other in disbelief as our oldest daughter, Christy, told us she was running away. When she started packing her suitcase, we knew she was serious. Cathy and I weren’t sure if we should laugh or cry — after all, Christy was only 6. Our daughter told us …
Telling the story should not be a one-time event but an ongoing process as the child grows.
Try using this activity to teach your kids about the existence of God.
The sensitive parent is attuned to his or her child’s natural rhythms and responds to those appropriately and timely.
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes “Mom, it took me forever to get to work, and I didn’t get to stop for dinner. You know how awful I feel when I don’t eat, and I don’t have any breaks to go out and get something. Can you pick up a burrito and drop it off?” This …
Try using this activity to teach your kids that God wants us to be part of His family.
In our well-connected world, it is more likely than ever that your child will now, or someday in the future, have contact or relationships with the people who brought him into this world.
How to recognize the causes of teenage anger, and whether it’s just pushback and a desire for respect, or perhaps a more serious discipline issue.
Helping our kids deal with harmful cultural messages
If there is even one significant adult in a child’s life who will provide consistency and unconditional love and support, that child can attach.
Given up on the idea of home education? It might be time to reconsider.
How do you set effective boundaries that build character and establish a proper relationship with your teen?
Before she was a teenager, Chelsea* had a cell phone. She also had her own bedroom complete with a TV and a computer with Internet access. As she continued growing up into a young teen, she made regular salon visits and had an artificial tan that made her look much older than she was. By …
Why children who have been adopted need to know their story — and how to tell it
God doesn’t expect parents to get everything right. But He expects us to keep trying!
When you discipline your adopted child, you need to consider her chronological age as well as her emotional age.