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Teaching Kids Life Skills

Are your kids ready for the real world? What are the basics that you’d like your children to know before they left home?

Romantic Comedy: No Laughing Matter

Is infatuation equal to love? Help your kids understand that a strong feeling of physical attraction is not the primary indicator that a person is in love.

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Manners and Making Friends

Help your child learn the necessary traits for developing friendships.

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Encouraging Siblings to Get Along

Foster your children’s relationships with each other so they can learn to appreciate what makes each sibling unique.

Helping Kids Accept and Enjoy Who They Are

Do your tweens struggle to understand and appreciate their identity? Help them grow in the confidence of who they are by being their sounding board instead of their boss, as they sort through, discover and learn to appreciate their own unique identity.

Teaching Kids the Weight of Words

Can the power of words be controlled? Can we teach our kids to train their tongues (and their typing!) so that their words are a force for good? Here are a few ways to help them discipline their speech.

Your Social Baby

Social development is important in every stage of childhood, even the first three years of a child’s life. Find age-appropriate ways you can promote healthy social interaction with your child.

Christian Faith in American History

Our children need to know the truth about the influence of the Christian faith in American history. After all, the freedoms we enjoy in America today originated in Judeo-Christian ideals that date back to long before the American Revolution.

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Is Your Teen Ready to Drive?

Instead of just handing over the keys, set reasonable boundaries for your teen and evaluate your teen’s driving performance until you are confident your teen can maintain good driving habits.

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Teaching Your Kids About Money

Teaching kids about money is a matter of sharing your ideas and values with your kids as you go through the routines of daily life together.

Life Happens in the Kitchen

Invite your children to do life with you in the kitchen, and you might be surprised at the communication that takes place.

What Do I Say?

How to answer difficult questions your children ask.

Readiness for Kindergarten: Your Child’s Mind

How Can I Help My Child Grow Intellectually? There are so many enjoyable ways you can support your kindergartner as he acquires these new skills! You are, after all, his most important teacher. Here are some suggestions: Challenge him to find different ways that numbers are used at home. These could include telephone books, measuring …

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Kindergarten Readiness: Reading

Here are some enjoyable activities you can do with your child to help prepare her for kindergarten.

Taming the Tattletale

Parents often pardon rather than correct the tattler simply because they do not know how to deal with the issue.

One Single Dad’s Story

When Don lost his wife to cancer, he was left to raise his 8-year-old daughter alone.

Take the Threat Seriously

It’s important for parents and guardians to be aware of the dangers children may face online.

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Kindergarten Readiness: Your Child’s Emotions

Here are some things you can do to prepare your child for kindergarten

Talk With Your Kids About Online Safety

Setting basic rules for Internet access can go a long way toward building a nurturing online environment in your home.

Overcome Your Tech-Phobia

Parents and guardians must get to know online technology if they’re going to help protect children from the dangers.