Kids

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  10 Ways to Make Your Family's Dinnertime More Meaningful Dinnertime is called and no one shows up. “Food is getting cold,” you call, and there is still no response. You yell for the tenth time, and finally the troop comes crawling in. Sitting kids complain, “yuck,... Lisa Brown Dec 06, 2018
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  Does Giving Christmas Gifts Send the Wrong Message to Your Kids? God looked upon his broken people and saw a need for a Savior. Faithfully, God kept his promise to deliver us from our own sin and give us His son to pay the price for our wrong. In the heart of our... Lisa Brown Dec 04, 2018
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  4 Creative Alternatives for Your Kids' Christmas Gifts This Year We’ve always tried to be minimalists when it comes to Christmas, but in the end, we buy more than intended. So, I decided that this year was going to be different. I started researching ways to do Christmas... Erica Sirratt Nov 30, 2018
• 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 27, 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 20, 2018
• 5 Bible Stories to Help Your Kids Gain Courage in Tough Times Life can be tough on kids but leading them to the feet of Jesus ushers in a hope that surpasses all their hard moments. I felt the first sting of letting go when I dropped mine off for school. It was my... Meg Bucher Nov 20, 2018
• 10 Reasons Your Kids Need You to Rest “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28). Now that I’m at the age where the majority of my friends have children, including two stepdaughters of my own,... Lindsey Brady Nov 20, 2018
• 10 Underrated Bible Stories Your Kids Should Know Some Bible events and stories are familiar, while we often overlook other stories that have more power to help our children than people realize. Modern day problems are not that different from those of the... Karen Whiting Nov 16, 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
• 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
• 10 Practical Steps Toward Raising a Faith-Sharing Child 1. Have Vision You, as a parent, need to make a long-term commitment toward raising your children to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. The word vision implies that you have your sights set on... Mary Marr Nov 05, 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 01, 2018