As your children learn to dress independently, help them consider the weather when making clothing choices for the day.
Parenting
As you and your family ring in the new year, consider these ideas for getting your year off to a great start!
Why stepparents need to respect physical boundaries
Here are five ways you can encourage your children to do what’s right and raise them to value and demonstrate integrity.
Perseverance is an overlooked but essential quality that parents need to instill in their children
Jonathan McKee reflects on the bullying he endured as a child and the valuable lessons he’s learned from his experiences in a discussion based on his book The Bullying Breakthrough: Real Help for Parents and Teachers of the Bullied, Bystanders, and Bullies. (Part 2 of 2)
Jonathan McKee reflects on the bullying he endured as a child and the valuable lessons he’s learned from his experiences in a discussion based on his book The Bullying Breakthrough: Real Help for Parents and Teachers of the Bullied, Bystanders, and Bullies. (Part 1 of 2)
In a discussion based on their book Your Teenager is Not Crazy, Jeramy and Jerusha Clark offer parents helpful insights on how their teen’s behavior is being shaped by their changing brain chemistry. (Part 2 of 2)
Parents can help their kids break out of the bullying cycle.
Want to instill virtues in your children but struggle over how to do it without resorting to lectures? Courtney DeFeo has come up with enjoyable ways to get through to your kids with life-changing values.
In a discussion based on their book Your Teenager is Not Crazy, Jeramy and Jerusha Clark offer parents helpful insights on how their teen’s behavior is being shaped by their changing brain chemistry. (Part 1 of 2)
Counselor and author Pam Vredevelt discusses the grief she and her husband experienced after losing two children, and she offers encouragement and advice for managing hurt, letting go of the past, and trusting God through tragedy. She also offers insight for talking appropriately to grieving people.
Jonathan and Wynter Pitts describe how parents can strengthen their relationship with their daughters – as well as their daughters’ faith – in a discussion based on the Pitts’ book She is Yours: Trusting God as You Raise the Girl He Gave You.
Guide your child toward healthier responses to everyday challenges
In a discussion based on their book Navigating Public Schools, Stephen Williams and his wife, Sarah, offer parents practical advice for helping their children stand strong for their Christian beliefs in public school. The couple addresses topics like knowing your religious rights, speaking the truth with love, preparing kids for classes that promote a secular …
Intentional parenting just means having a plan
In a discussion based on their book Navigating Public Schools, Stephen Williams and his wife, Sarah, offer parents practical advice for helping their children stand strong for their Christian beliefs in public school. The couple addresses topics like knowing your religious rights, speaking the truth with love, preparing kids for classes that promote a secular …
Encourage your children to develop grateful hearts that bless others and frame their own perspective.
How have you instilled God’s wisdom in your girl’s lives?
You mark your child’s physical and developmental milestones, but how can you measure their feelings? Counselors Sissy Goff and David Thomas discuss children’s emotional milestones – like emotional vocabulary, perspective, and empathy – and offer practical advice for how parents can help cultivate these milestones. (Part 2 of 2)