With our words we will affect the lives of those around us as we speak blessings, not curses, into their lives.
Parenting Trait
How to reach children ages 0-3 with God’s Word
Spending one-on-one time with each of your children
Every person needs both validation and nurture to fully develop into a healthy adult.
If the midweek scavenger hunts have left you searching for a more manageable morning system, here’s a plan of action.
Preschool Go on a walk with your child, and collect leaves or other objects that reflect the changing seasons. Create habits that help you connect with your wife and kids, such as phone calls from work or special “daddy” time when you walk through the doorway at the end of the day. Post pictures of …
See which of these traditions might work for your family!
What is the next teachable moment or transition in your daughter’s life? How can you add affirmation and encouragement to that moment?
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.
Use your children’s involvement in sports to teach them about life.
If every parent’s job is to make sure his or her children turn out “right,” it would mean God messed up.
Our task is not only scriptural instruction but also role modeling.
Get into the mind-set that everything you do as a parent ultimately is part of validating or nurturing your children.
Celebrate personal moments in a powerful way that can breathe life into a young person’s heart and future!
Help kids ages 4-7 learn God’s Word
There are a few key areas where you’ll get the most bang for your buck (and your time and effort).
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.
How control and responsibility affect the relationship between you and your teen.
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.
These two examples show how an influencing parent should respond to a teen.