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Why Neglectful Parenting Falls Short

Do you feel like your life is mostly chaos? You have an opportunity to overcome neglectful parenting habits to build a strong foundation for your kids and family.

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Why Permissive Parenting Falls Short

Does the permissive parenting style work? Learn more about the practical side of this parenting style and its potential risks and pitfalls.

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Why Authoritarian Parenting Falls Short

Why do you parent? Do you give thought to your decision-making process for the parenting choices you make? Learn more about how the authoritarian parenting style falls short when it comes to effective parenting.

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We Have Everything We Need to Support Single Moms

Church, when you draw near to a single mother and her children, you’ll begin to understand just what the enemy has tried to rob them of. Hope. Family. Belonging. Faith. Purpose. Peace, Love. Dignity.

Living Your Best Life Later

Living Your Best Life Later: The Power of Writing Letters to Your Kids

In his book Your Best Life Later, pastor Andy McQuitty explores how writing letters to his kids not only prepared his kids to live their best life, but also how he could live his best life as a father. Explore these messages from Andy to positively impact your parenting approach with your kids.

Invisible Disabilities: Hidden, But Real

Invisible disabilities may be internal or mental, so people living with these issues can endure bullying at any age.

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Train Your Teens to Manage Technology Wisely

Our long-term goal as parents is to raise children who will practice self-control and manage technology well on their own.

Living With Healthy Grief

Learn how to deal with the grief that comes from the death of a loved one or from divorce. It includes the stages of grief and provides teens with ideas on how to walk through the process of grief after a loss.

Back to School Blues

Overcoming the Back to School Blues

Does your kid have the back to school blues? Discover some tips to help your kids overcome their negative feelings about returning to school.

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Simple Tools for Improving Your Child’s Study Skills

Helping your kids strengthen their study skills will pay off in the long run as their grades improve and they build self-confidence.

The Source of Self-Worth

Our teens’ self-worth must come from their knowledge of who Jesus is and from the assurance of His love and care. Parents can emphasize these truths as they model acceptance, forgiveness and love.

4 Words Kids Use When Coping with Emotions

You can help your children to learn true freedom when coping with emotions and difficult situations by teaching them to think about life using certain words and phrases.

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A Parent’s Book of Prayers: Daily Devotions

I hope these prayers lead you to pray for your child on a number of topics you might not have considered before.

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Mom: Friend or Foe?

Ask the Lord to give you empathy for your mother, to help you understand, and to show you how you can love and support her in her struggles.

25 Things I Want My Kids to Know

There are hundreds of things to teach our kids during their lifetime. Here are just twenty-five things that I want my kids to know. What would be on your list?

We Are Created to Move: 5 Fun Exercises for Kids

God intentionally created our bodies to move! Here are some fun ways you and your kids can get some exercise together.

All Created Equal: Celebrating Freedom on Independence Day

A concept emerged that led to the birth of American freedom, a celestial idea that still reverberates – that all men are created equal.

6 Ways to Help Your Highly Sensitive Child Thrive

Parenting sensitive children is a tremendous privilege and responsibility. Here are six ways that we can help our highly sensitive child thrive through our parenting.

Self-Care for Moms is Essential

Moms, are you busy, stressed, and tired? Take the self-care assessment below to learn what areas of self-care for moms you can strengthen.

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Roe Finally Did Go. Now, How Can Teens Have Conversations about Abortion and Pro-Life Topics?

You want to train your teen to have thoughtful conversations on difficult cultural topics. One marked by compassion and kindness.