Parenting Update

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  3 Ways to Be a Safe Space for Your Children to Run To There is a difference between agreeing to hear your children out and granting their every wish like some parental genie. Teaching your kids that they can’t always get what they want is a lesson that will... Dolores Smyth Oct 05, 2021
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  10 Rules of Deep Rest for the Busy Parents Little feet pound the stairs, though it’s only 6 am. Small voices fail at whispering, and soon the whole house is up. You speed through breakfast and morning routines before taxi driving each kid to their... Jasmine Williams Sep 28, 2021
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  Praying the Armor of God over Students Going Back to School Our battles are not physical but spiritual. To be strong in God we must pray for protection from head to feet with His divine armor. As our children enter new and challenging circumstances, our prayers are...
• Why to Have Heart Checks with Your Children We don’t have to create a weekend getaway with individual children to gauge their whereabouts on obedience. We just have to pay attention. Ultimately, I have found that daily, and sometimes hourly, heart... Kate Stevens Sep 28, 2021
• 3 Compelling Reasons to Share Our Feelings with Our Kids It’s easy to believe that in order to raise emotionally “stable” kids, we have to keep our feelings under wraps. But it’s okay to let it show. It’s okay to look your little one in the eyes and be honest with... Becky Beresford Sep 21, 2021
• 11 Ways Families Can Adopt a Grateful Heart Just like other emotions, gratitude is an emotion we must cultivate. The more we practice each of these suggestions, the more we'll see our hearts grow in gratitude. Tricia Goyer Sep 21, 2021
• Teaching Our Kids How to Worship, Not Memorize It all comes back to the heart. It’s easy to measure how much someone knows. We can check off a Bible reading plan or have our kids recite the books of the Bible. They can dominate in a game of Bible... Kate Stevens Sep 21, 2021
• 5 Ways to Help Your Daughter Navigate Mean Girls We’ve all witnessed it. The proverbial group of girls who pinpoint that one unlucky girl as their primary target. Or that one girl who likes to make everyone around her realize how privileged they are to be... Jaime Jo Wright Sep 14, 2021
• 4 Detrimental Things Parents Say to Their Children - and What to Say Instead Are our words building up our children? Are they providing the grace that they need and soothing their hearts, rather than accusing them? Careless, hurtful, accusatory, and angry words don’t give grace -... Cindi McMenamin Sep 14, 2021
• 7 Ways to Teach Your Kids Perseverance We all want to see our children realize the great potential we see hidden in them. How often have we seen our kids desire to achieve a goal but lack the will to do the work required to accomplish it? When... Amanda Idleman Sep 14, 2021
• 10 Prayers of Protection for Children Returning to School As a student, I looked forward to the start of a new school year. I am obsessed with school supplies, welcome new beginnings, and am always eager to fill my brain with information. In my youth, it never... Laura Bailey Sep 07, 2021
• 5 Ways to Prepare for Your First Time Homeschooling The great thing about homeschooling is that flexibility allows for a certain level of stress to dissipate. Instead of the morning rush and chaos getting kids up for school, lunches made, bags hauled to the... Jaime Jo Wright Sep 07, 2021