Parenting

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  3 Christian Cliches Destroying Young Adults' Mental Health ...to ignore the rich provisions and helpmates He’s given us forfeits the full life He calls us to live.   Amber Ginter Apr 26, 2023
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  The One Thing Your Estranged Child Needs From You: Unconditional Love Mom, you did nothing wrong. Your parenting was enough. You raised a strong, independent child who, unfortunately, made bad choices, fell in with the wrong crowd, and was influenced by the world. There is... Linda Gilden Apr 24, 2023
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  5 Ways to Navigate a Strained Mother-Child Relationship This Mother's Day If tension and hurt keep you from being together as a family, choose one small way to extend an olive branch of peace to your estranged loved ones. It could be a note expressing that you are thinking about... Amanda Idleman Apr 21, 2023
• What Is God’s Calling for Mothers? God has little to say about whether you stay home or work full time. If your house is a disaster or if you love organization. He doesn't care what your jeans size is or if your kids are quick learners in... Amanda Idleman Apr 20, 2023
• How to Know If You're a Helicopter Parent, and Why That's Harmful Helicopter parenting goes past our normal and healthy desires to protect and be involved in the lives of our children. Here's why it actually hurts your kids in the end. Amanda Idleman Apr 20, 2023
• 9 Tips for the Mom Who Just Has No Time to Read the Bible With Mother’s Day upon us, we take time to recognize and celebrate how much moms love, provide, and care for their families. A mother’s work and responsibilities aren’t always glamorous, but caring for her... Pamela Palmer Apr 20, 2023
• Childhood Grief and 6 Ways to Help Your Kids Through It Once I was able to push past the confusion, a flood of thoughts flooded my mind. How was I going to be there for my dad? How would an absent mother change the relationship with my sister? How could I be the... Alicia Searl Apr 19, 2023
• 6 Tips to Raising Difficult Children Okay, full disclosure here. I struggled with the title of this article. Our children, young or older, are gifts from God. They are precious and called with a purpose. God has a plan for them, filled with... Jennifer Maggio Apr 18, 2023
• Passing on a Christian Worldview to Kids Includes Immunizing Them from Bad Ideas Many young people today leave the faith because they lack the necessary immunity from the bad ideas of our culture. Christian parents must not only present the truth to their kids, they must find ways to... John Stonestreet and Shane Morris Apr 18, 2023
• 5 Ways to Incorporate Faith Into Your Family Instead of broken relationships, sexually motivated lyrics, or vain self-love in many of today's songs, try instead songs that deal with the soul of life. Jaime Jo Wright Apr 17, 2023
• 10 Signs You're Raising a Kid with a Bad Attitude Let’s face it: No parent wants to raise a child with a bad attitude, but somewhere between the ages of zero and 18 every child has one, which means every parent must deal with it.Ephesians 4:23 tells us “Be... Donna Jones Apr 17, 2023
• 21 Outdoor Spring Activities to Do with Your Kids Play enhances cognitive development in children. Running around outside stimulates the brain to better attention and apprehension of academic material. If I had followed through on my inclination to cut back... Annie Yorty Apr 13, 2023