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13 Lessons Moms Can Teach Their Sons

As a mother, you can provide advice, encouragement, and love to your son. Explore the 13 essential lessons moms can teach their sons to create positive and long-lasting momentum in their lives.

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Biblical Tolerance: Compassion For The Lost

Use these age-appropriate activities to help teach kids about biblical tolerance.

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Should I Stay In My Abusive Marriage For The Kids?

Abusive marriages like Emma’s are more common than many realize. God’s plan for a family never included abuse.

Family Devotions On the Go

Need a quick family devotion while you’re on the go? Try these.

How To Talk To Your Daughter About Puberty

Your tween girl needs you as she starts to go through physical and emotional changes associated with puberty. Learn how to appropriately approach the topic of puberty with your daughter.

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Determining Your Child’s Personality Type

Take this quiz to help you recognize which of the four commonly recognized personality types best described your child.

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5 Ways to Get Children Actively Involved in Learning

I can’t remember a day that there wasn’t some kind of “learning lesson” going on in our home. But most of those lessons didn’t involve sitting down and doing homework. Instead, my mom employed active ways to help us learn how to learn.

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Family Legacy: Why Should We Care?

If we don’t intentionally pass on a family legacy consistent with our beliefs and values, our culture will pass along its own.

Psychological Trauma: What Was Intended For Evil God Can Use For Good

Your child’s life may not be going the way they want it to. They may have even gone through something horrible and tragic. Let them know God is the Author of great comebacks. He has an awesome one specially designed for them!

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Care For Your Marriage While Caregiving For Parents

Caregiving is a season, so it helps to have regular getaways for empathetic listening, caring conversations, essential evaluation, and the ongoing need for flexibility and modifications.

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How to Comfort Grown Children Grieving a Parent

Estimated reading time: 6 minutes Once you’re a parent, you’re a parent for life. No matter how old they are, your kids are still your kids. As a parent, you rejoice with every high and your try to comfort and encourage in every low. So when your children experience the death of a loved one, …

Helping Your Kids Develop Humility

Teach kids the importance of recognizing what it means to be genuinely humble.

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How To Handle A Teenage Pregnancy

When your teenage daughter tells you she’s pregnant, you may feel a roller coaster of emotions. While this news may come as a shock there are some biblical ways on how to deal with teenage pregnancy.

What Fathers Do For Sons

When fathers take the time to build relationships with their sons, they help them develop their identity, confidence and perseverance

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Raising Boys to Take Risks 

Ethan graduated from kindergarten and college…on crutches. As his mom, I’m wired to keep him safe. But I’ve learned that boys need to take risks.

Teen girl sits alone on a windowsill, looking out with a pensive expression, symbolizing the silent struggle behind childhood suicide.

Warning Signs and Risk Factors of Childhood Suicide

As a parent, facing the risks and warning signs of child suicide can be frightening and feel overwhelming. But remember that you are not alone and there are resources to help you navigate these difficult moments and conversations.

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15 Tips For Taking Care Of A Newborn Baby

Find great tips about the care and well-being of newborns from moms and dads who have been in your shoes.

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Eight Play Activities Your 16-Month-Old Should Be Doing

As your child moves into toddlerhood, play activities become more complex, and parents often see a purpose to the play, such as patting the baby doll or stacking blocks. By 16 months, your child should have achieved certain play milestones to keep them on track to be ready for school.

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Importance of Fathers to Their Daughters

Fathers have an important role in their daughter’s lives. Here are some key insights to help dads be great.

Mother focused on her phone while daughter sits upset beside her, highlighting the importance of taking a break from social media.

How a Social Media Break Can Make You a Better Parent

Recent studies reveal that more than one hour on your phone a day increases anxiety and decreases happiness.