Parenting

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  Should Parents Be Friends with Their Kids? If I were going to make a dress, wouldn’t I be foolish to begin without a pattern? Or if I were going to serve a sponge cake with a chocolate ganache for Thanksgiving, I would need a recipe, wouldn’t I? And... DiAne Gates Nov 30, 2018
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  5 Ways to Free Your Teen Whole Family from the Bondage of Phone Addiction A masked 17-year-old in California was arrested after lurking outside several homes, intimidating the owners, and eventually breaking into a home, waking the residents and demanding something from them:... Jonathan McKee Nov 27, 2018
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  10 Things Your Church Can Do For New Moms My screaming two-week-old finally succumbed to sleep. I glance at the clock, dim numbers taunting me from the changing table. 3 am. What time does the sun rise again? As the glider creaks in repetition... Meg Gemelli Nov 26, 2018
• 9 Things You Can Do to Model the Love of Christ for Your Kids When my youngest daughter was four years old, she twirled into the kitchen where I was putting away the lunch dishes and announced, “I’m going to be a mommy. The daddy will go to his job. Then I will do all... Kendra Fletcher Nov 23, 2018
• Why are Single Fathers So Important to the Church? If we want to stop the bleeding in this nation when it comes to crime, teen pregnancy and suicide, substance abuse, divorce, and so on…then we MUST get to the dads! Matt Haviland Nov 22, 2018
• 10 Bedtime Prayers for Your New Baby Between nighttime feedings, endless diaper changes, and the multitude of blessed responsibilities demanded by a new baby, bedtime prayers may not be at the top of a parent’s list at the end of the... Jennifer Waddle Nov 19, 2018
• 10 Effective Ways to Grow Your Relationship with Your Teenage Kids As a mother of a fourteen-year-old and a twelve –year-old, my role as their mother is changing. No longer am I the main person to speak into their lives. They now tell their friends more about what is new in... Michelle S. Lazurek Nov 15, 2018
• 5 Things Every Thriving Mom Needs I’ll never forget the day I lost it. I had known something was off. The signs had been there for weeks—the obsessive cleaning, the need for everything to be just right—but I chalked them up to my... Kara-Kae James Nov 14, 2018
• How to Know When Your Child's School is Not Right School is underway, and you’re concerned about your son or daughter. Perhaps you’re seeing failing grades, anxiety over the workload, or spiraling self-esteem. Although kids will feel a full-range of... Sue Schlesman Nov 14, 2018
• 10 Ways New Dads Can Foster a Relationship with Their Child Lori Wildenberg Nov 12, 2018
• 8 Bible Verses Not about Family that are Still about Family If you do a quick search of your Bible on parenting and family issues, you’re not going to come up with many direct results. Sure, there is a brief word of instruction to parents and children in Ephesians.... Amy Green Nov 09, 2018
• When You Feel Like the Worst Parent in the World Have you ever felt like the worst parent in the world? If so, you’re not alone.  I still recall the time at my son’s elementary school when frayed nerves and pseudo-single... Kristi Woods Nov 08, 2018