Parenting

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  Why I Don't Let My Kids Use the Term "Best Friend" My girls must learn now, at young and impressionable ages, that it is unholy to show partiality to others; it is unkind to purposely leave others out, so they feel esteemed; it is sinful to claim any other... Kate Stevens Apr 13, 2022
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  3 Ways Samuel’s Story Helps Us Witness to Children Who is your “Samuel” right now? What child or children has God placed in your care and how can you share the gospel in faith and leave the results up to the Lord? May we remember Samuel as we witness to the...
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  Are You a Prideful Parent? One way of ditching pride in parenting is by ensuring that you seek forgiveness from your kids whenever you wrong them. Besides, your kids will learn how to ask for forgiveness by watching you. Keren Kanyago Apr 12, 2022
• Christian Easter Basket Ideas: 20 Meaningful Gifts for Kids Christian Easter baskets have always been difficult for me to plan. Whether it's an easter basket gift for a toddler or a unique basket idea for a teen, I want the gifts for Easter to have meaning. So I... Kelly Givens Apr 12, 2022
• How to Bring Your Kids Up in the Faith My girls grew up seeing their dad read the Word and avail himself of tools to help him dig into it. They got used to me saying to them at the dinner table, "Listen to what I learned at women's Bible study... Elizabeth Spencer Apr 11, 2022
• 3 Principles for “New” Parents of Young Adult Children While I am not a child psychologist, I hope and pray that the following three principles can still be of some help to you if you’re in the same season as I am, of being a “new” parent of a young, emerging... Denise Kohlmeyer Apr 11, 2022
• Discovering Your Child Has Special Needs: 5 Prayers for the Journey This can be so hard to remember, especially when facing testing processes that tell us our child is or is not a label that can seem so totalizing. But our child is not that label. Our child is not that... Elrena Evans Apr 11, 2022
• Tips for Parenting Opposite Personalities  I am sure Isaac and Rebekah felt the same way as they parented Jacob and Esau—the smooth versus the hairy. The hunter versus the momma's boy. I am confident that the best counsel is not from Isaac and... Kate Stevens Apr 05, 2022
• Do I Introduce My Kids to the Easter Bunny? We run into trouble when we focus on the rituals and customs instead of glorifying God. Darcie Fuqua Apr 05, 2022
• How to Explain Easter to Your Kids For very young children, God's love and compassion will be the focus of the Easter story. As children reach middle elementary years, they can hear more about the terrible punishment inflicted upon Jesus... Annie Yorty Apr 04, 2022
• Is Foster Care for You? The very act of removing a child from her home is traumatic. While some kids will have higher levels of trauma, such as those who suffered abuse or sustained neglect, all children entering your home will... Sarah Hamaker Apr 01, 2022
• How to Talk to Your Kids about Pornography Still, knowledge about God's good creation - including His plan for sexuality - is far less dangerous than the distorted information our culture has to offer. Starting the conversation is your opportunity to... Cheryl Gilbert Mar 29, 2022