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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.

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Draw Your Children Into the Bible

Our task is not only scriptural instruction but also role modeling.

Defining Success as a Parent

Get into the mind-set that everything you do as a parent ultimately is part of validating or nurturing your children.

Words Are Powerful

Celebrate personal moments in a powerful way that can breathe life into a young person’s heart and future!

Learning the Bible

Help kids ages 4-7 learn God’s Word

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Key Areas to Organize

There are a few key areas where you’ll get the most bang for your buck (and your time and effort).

The Real Job of Moms

A mom’s primary job isn’t cooking dinner, changing diapers or helping a preschooler glue colored macaroni on a coffee can as a Father’s Day gift.

Two Relational Styles: Holding and Tossing

How control and responsibility affect the relationship between you and your teen.

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Ideas for Creating Traditions

Here are a few ideas real moms and dads have created to set an atmosphere where words of affirmation and moments of celebration can be shared.

How to Influence Your Teen

These two examples show how an influencing parent should respond to a teen.

Working With the School

Achieving what is best for your child’s education

What Makes It Hard to Do Your Job

Here are some factors that can make it tough to validate, nurture and keep your fingers off the “control” button.

Two More Relational Styles: Grabbing and Folding

How control and responsibility affect the relationship between you and your teen.

How to Cope

Working through the pain and rediscovering joy

Ideas for Organization

Tips for family calendars, storage ideas, “office space” for kids and more

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Raising a Gentleman

Get tips for single dads who are raising sons.

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Control Versus Responsibility

Understanding the differences between control, responsibility and liability — and how those nudge parents to try controlling teens.

Feeling Isolated

When friends and family are distant during the greatest time of need

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Why Parents Want to Control Their Teens

Here are 5 things that make it hard for parents to give up trying to control their teens.

Start a New Tradition

When you’re grieving the loss of someone who isn’t at the table, traditional holiday family events can be especially hard. Perhaps this is the year to do something different.