Parenting Update

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  Is Over-Parenting Turning Your Kids Away from Faith? While under-parenting can throw our kids to the wolves, is it possible that over-parenting can turn our kids away from faith? Rhonda Stoppe Feb 05, 2019
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  10 Things Grandchildren Need to Hear “For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things…” (2 Peter 1:12)Last week all our children were home along with their spouses and our eight grandchildren. We live on a ranch in... Rhonda Stoppe Jan 29, 2019
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  How to Cope with Family Estrangement How do we go on with life if estrangement and brokenness is to forever be part of the picture? Dr. David B. Hawkins Jan 29, 2019
• How Can I Help My Child Grow as a Christian? While she is in a church full of people who love her and who are teaching her faithfully, we recognize that the primary burden for her discipleship in these early years falls on us. Scott Slayton Jan 21, 2019
• 10 Ways Entitlement Manifests Itself in Our Kids Entitlement: belief that one is deserving of or entitled to certain privileges. I grew up in a small Kansas town that didn’t have a shopping mall. So, when we went to any city that had one, it was a BIG... Jennifer Waddle Jan 21, 2019
• 7 Things to Do to Make ‘Grandma Day’ Special Twelve years ago my son placed his son in my arms. And I’ve been in love ever since. Living in the same town as my grandchildren was no accident; this is something very important to us. Spending... Anne Peterson Jan 21, 2019
• How to Keep from Embarrassing Your Millennial-Aged Child It happens. For reasons unbeknownst to us, we cause our young adult children to become annoyed or worse yet, embarrassed, just by being ourselves.  Call it a generational thing, but chances are... Cindi McMenamin Jan 15, 2019
• Why "You'll Miss This" Is Not Really Helpful Advice for New Moms When we say something trite like “You'll miss this!”, we’re assuming we know the whole story. Kendra Fletcher Jan 15, 2019
• 2 Words That Moms Need to Stop Using Right Now As I give God all of my what-ifs, worries, and anxieties, He can calm my heart and remind me that He is in absolute control. Cindi McMenamin Jan 15, 2019
• 10 Ways to Make Taking Your Kids to Church Less of a Struggle It’s Sunday morning. You’re looking forward to going to church and celebrating God’s Word. You put on your Sunday best and tell the kids to get ready for service.  Your children... Dolores Smyth Jan 07, 2019
• How to Get the Strength You Need to be a Mom When we talk about theology and motherhood, we not only need to use our words; we need to use the right words. Gloria Furman Jan 07, 2019
• 8 Ways to Love Your Unrepentant Child Many parents ask themselves, "Did I do all I could have? Why, since I raised him to know the Lord, did he stray so far from God?" Sarah Hamaker Jan 07, 2019