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Is Your Child Cheating?

Do you know how and why teens cheat at school? Use these ideas to reduce the likelihood that your teen will cheat.

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First-Time Dads: Learning From Your Father’s Mistakes

Despite good intentions, all men make mistakes that affect their kids. It is wise to consider what we’ve learned from our dad, and how it may influence our own fathering.

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How to Cultivate Work Ethic for Teens

Teaching your teenagers about work ethic can often feel like an uphill battle. Keep reading to read a story about the importance of work ethic. Help your teenager learn how to approach the first part of the job process: the interview. Then, help them understand how to keep the job and cultivate a lasting work …

Four Key Beliefs From Scripture

Learning these four biblical principles will help you reap the wonderful consequences of a much closer walk with God and harmony with others.

How to Survive Baby Boot Camp

When you bring your baby home from the hospital, the rigors of basic training begin.

Rules for an Effective Conversation

Think about what kind of communication will get your message about drugs and alcohol across effectively and always leave the door open for further conversations.

Faith at Home

Take every chance you can to practice faith-talk with your children.

Rachel’s Challenge: Teaching Teens to be Kind at School

Help your teen embrace a culture of kindness when their world seems to promote selfishness.

Passing on Faith Requires Intentionality

In addition to being intentional about communicating with your children, be intentional about modeling and sharing your faith.

Repetition and Blessing

Parents need to continually repeat the basic truths of God to our children.

Virtual Choices … Real-World Consequences

The addictive nature of video games and social media means that too much of either isn’t healthy for teens.

Adoption Options

Adoption options include domestic foster care, domestic infant, international, open, closed and embryo.

Reasons for Educating Yourself

As you educate yourself about drugs and alcohol, you will feel more capable when talking to your child about the issue.

Teaching Teens to Care

Teach your teens selflessness . . . even in a materialistic world.

Preparing for Adoption

The more information a couple has when pursuing adoption, the more prepared they will be for any problems that may surface.

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More Ideas for Traditions

See which of these traditions might work for your family!

Other Rites of Passage

What is the next teachable moment or transition in your daughter’s life? How can you add affirmation and encouragement to that moment?

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Taming the Transition Times

Providing a way for your child to gain an understanding of how his day will go may eliminate some of the undesirable behaviors that tend to rear their ugly heads during transition times.

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Teaching Through Sports

Use your children’s involvement in sports to teach them about life.

Defining ‘Successful Parenting’

If every parent’s job is to make sure his or her children turn out “right,” it would mean God messed up.