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Loving Your Prodigal

Parents of prodigals often feel helpless and tend to think it’s because they did something wrong. But sometimes teens just rebel against anyone who gets in their way. Here’s what you can do when a child goes astray.

Teaching Kids to Serve With Discernment

How do we prepare our kids to be “shrewd as serpents, and harmless as doves” when they serve? How do we teach them to discern how to give and serve with widsom?

Stewardship, Sacrifice and a Ceiling Fan: Teaching Kids the Joy of Giving

Give your children a sense of the importance of joyful giving by being a good model.

Loving Your Teen Through Life’s Seasons

Recognizing your teen’s seasons of life and how to support them

Coping With Adoption Stress

It’s essential for families to develop the ability to cope with the stress that adoption can place on parents and kids.

Expect to Feel Sad, But Be Open to Joy

Sharing your loss and honoring your loved one through holiday communication might be the perfect way to bring some joy back into the season.

toddlers and sexual discovery

How to Respond to Toddlers and Their Sexual Discovery

Your toddler’s new sexual discoveries are fueled by age-appropriate curiosity. For toddlers, this exploration is normal. However, you now have an opportunity to create a healthy foundation for biblical sexuality in your toddler’s future.

Principles for Telling a Child’s Life Story

How adoptive parents can sensativley share their child’s adoption story with them.

It’s all Fun and Games

Is your child Bob the Builder or Dora the Explorer? Here’s your chance to find out your toddler’s play style.

Innocence Lost

Helping our kids deal with harmful cultural messages

What is Beauty

What is Beauty?

What really is beauty? Depending on who (or more specifically where) you ask, you’ll get a different answer. Train your kids to look in the right places for beauty.

God’s Message About Family Relationships

Appreciate the precious gift of parenthood granted to you by your child’s birth family by embracing them through the love of Jesus Christ.

Nurturing a Biblical Work Ethic in Children

How do we foster and nurture a strong work ethic in our kids, which will be pleasing to God?

Birth Family Relationships

In our well-connected world, it is more likely than ever that your child will now, or someday in the future, have contact or relationships with the people who brought him into this world.

Why Children Need to Know Their Adoption Story

Four compelling reasons to tell your children the story of their adoption

Intentionally Focusing on Your Teen

We can engage our teens by caring about what matters to them.

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.

Ignite Your Child’s Love for Jesus

FaithLaunch isn’t the only method for introducing your child to Jesus. But it’s a good way to do it without pressuring your child, exhausting yourself or upending your family’s schedule.

A New Definition of Attachment/Regulation

Attachment is the affectional tie between two people.

Equipping Your Teen with Character

Even teens and tweens learn more by example than by teaching. Modeling proper virtues for your children is important.