Search

Parenting

Vaping young man

The Truth About Vaping – Help for Parents

What is vaping and is it dangerous? Parents can find the help they are looking for.

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast logo

Navigating Tough Issues in Your Family, Part 7

John explains how kindness works better than niceness every time.

Raising Healthy, Resilient Kids

Unconditional love coupled with positive discipline is helpful for raising healthy resilient kids.

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast logo

Developing Your Child’s Unique Personality, Part 5

John and Danny discuss the DISC method of determining a child’s personality to help parents get the best results.

Focus on the Family Broadcast

Putting the Grand in Grandparenting

Michele Howe describes how grandparents can develop a thriving relationship with their adult children and grandkids in a discussion based on her book There’s a Reason They Call It GRANDparenting.

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast logo

Navigating Tough Issues in Your Family, Part 6

John an Danny challenge the notion that parents should have all the answers.

Focus on the Family Broadcast

Help Your Young Adult Be Brave

In a discussion based on her book Live Fearless, Sadie Robertson reflects on the fears and anxiety she experienced while growing up, and how she overcame that by learning to live confidently in God’s promises. She describes how parents can help their young adults overcome phobias and how we can all step out in faith …

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast logo

Navigating Tough Issues in Your Family, Part 5

John and Danny discuss how listening to understand and not always to respond can build a bond of trust with your child.

What Kids Read: How Stories Develop Us

As long as kids are reading, does it matter what they read? It does. Here’s why.

Mom and infant on a plane

Traveling With a Toddler or Baby

When traveling with young children, it’s helpful to consider their developmental needs whether you are driving or flying or just on-the-go.

When Adopted Children Test Your Love

Are your adopted kids acting out? Maybe it’s time to apply some firefighting steps.

A child not handling his emotions - emotional milestones

Do Your Kids Know How to Handle Their Emotions?

The emotional health of children in our culture may be declining. Here’s what you can do for your kids.

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast logo

Equipping Your Kids to Handle Money, Part 9

It’s not always easy to understand the concept of giving, and that when you tithe and when you donate to great organizations that somehow it creates a change in you.

Focus on the Family Broadcast

A Mother’s Story of Loss and Redemption

Lindsey Dennis shares her painful story of losing two children back to back, just hours after they were born, and describes the hard impact this had on her young marriage. She also shares the profound hope and comfort that she and her husband have found through their relationship with Christ.

Focus on the Family Parenting Podcast logo

Disciplining Your Kids with Love and Limits, Parts 4

John and Danny explain what can happen when parents flash with anger in the moment.

Focus on the Family Broadcast logo

Navigating Beauty and Body Image With Teen Daughters (Part 2 of 2)

Author Jessie Minassian offers parents practical advice for helping their daughters gain a healthy perspective about beauty and body image in a culture that drives teen girls and young women to compare themselves to others while chasing impossible standards of beauty. (Part 2 of 2)

Focus on the Family Broadcast logo

Navigating Beauty and Body Image With Teen Daughters (Part 1 of 2)

Author Jessie Minassian offers parents practical advice for helping their daughters gain a healthy perspective about beauty and body image in a culture that drives teen girls and young women to compare themselves to others while chasing impossible standards of beauty. (Part 1 of 2)

Disciplining Your Kids with Love and Limits, Parts 3

John and Danny discuss the importance of pre-teaching and sometimes just backing off for the moment when a child explodes with anger.

Happy family of four at sunset.

Do Parents Matter? Nature vs. Nurture

Do I really have any influence over how my kids turn out?

Focus on the Family Broadcast

Heroic Moms Raising Godly Heroes

In a discussion based on her book, Brave Moms, Brave Kids: A Battle Plan for Raising Heroes, Lee Nienhuis offers encouragement and advice to moms who are worried about their children whose faith will be tested in a world that’s become increasingly hostile to Christianity.