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Keeping Children’s Sports Safe and Enjoyable

Here are some helpful suggestions for finding a balanced approach to children’s sports.

Tales of Christmas Past Advent Calendar

Are you looking for the Focus on the Family 2015 Advent calendar? You can still download the true stories centered around the Christmas season.

Knowing Him by Name

“The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give HIs life as a ransom for many.” (Matthew 20:28 NIV)

The Super Power of Real Heroes

Encourage your super-hero-loving kids in pointing to real-life individuals who have made an impact in history and today. 

Fostering Integrity In Your Child

Who are your kids when you’re not around?

Teach Kids Life Is Sacred

One way to help kids understand the value life from the start is to use these practical ideas to teach them that life, in and of itself, is sacred.

Young boy and his dad washing a window with a sponge and squeegee

Entitled to Be Thankful

One way to keep kids from feeling entitled is to encourage gratitude as your children’s first response.

Can Virtue Be Taught?

Parenting is an opoprtunity to help shape, model and influence the character of your children.

Why Do Right?

Kids may not initially comprehend the importance of doing what is right, so parents can help them better understand that moral choices are good for them.

Life Skills Checklist

Use this checklist to help prepare your teens for independence.

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Help Your Child Eat Healthy

Help your kids want to eat better so they’ll be prepared for a successful day.

The Value of Integrity

You can encourage your teens to not only tell the truth, but also value integrity.

So Your Teen’s Going to Prom … Now What?

Tips for parents about prom preparation and insights.

Pensive teen boy sitting in rain splattered car

Connecting With Your Emotional Teens

When you have an emotional teen, there are three things that your teen may need from you.

Encouraging Your Child’s Smarts

Learn about eight “smarts” that will help you recognize your children’s interests and abilities and help you strengthen them.

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Why Kids Need Healthy Fats

Even when you need to cut fat from your diet, you may want to increase healthy fats in your child’s diet. Learn why.

Why Your Child Needs Water

Dehydration can be a serious problem for children, especially when they don’t recognize that they need more liquids. 

Are You Ready to Go?

Learn new ways to help your kids take responsibility for getting ready to leave the house on time and with what they need to take with them.

From Pen Pals to Friends

Two girls formed a bond that spanned the miles — a bond that knew no bounds when one girl fell ill. Their friendship, a connection started through Clubhouse’s pen pal program, became a godsend for their families when crisis hit.

Illustration of child baseball player with multiple thought bubbles standing at home plate while his mom and dad watch

Four Sports Lessons . . . That You Don’t Want Your Kids to Learn

Sometimes all the lessons kids learn through sports aren’t positive. Here are some tips to help you avoid the negative lessons. 

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To Step into Your Calling, You Must First See Clearly.

Truth Rising exposes the cultural crisis we face and the bold faith it takes to confront it. Watch the film, then go deeper with a study on Hope, Truth, Identity, and Calling. You were created for this moment.

Choose to see. Choose to believe. Choose to act.