Parenting

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  10 Ways Your Grandchildren Need You during COVID-19 There are many cliches about grandparents: how they spoil their grandchildren, how they allow their grandchildren to eat treats and watch television, or how they hang every piece of their grandchild’s... Veronica Olson Jul 06, 2020
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  10 Lies the World Tells Your Teen about Sex As parents, we can’t be too busy to listen. We can’t just assume kids are safe. We can’t shy away from difficult topics because we’re unsure of what to say. Debbie McDaniel Jul 06, 2020
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  4 Beautiful Things That Can Happen When Life Doesn't Go How We Planned “This is not how my life was supposed to go.” Every person has had this thought at least once in their life.We have a plan of what we think our life will look like, but life throws us a curveball that... Cortni Marrazzo Jun 30, 2020
• 4 Ways to Help Your Kids Cope with the Pain of a New Normal Our sons’ and daughters’ lives look a lot different than they did just three months ago. Instead of hopping on the bus each morning to join their teachers and friends at school, they open a laptop and study... Joanna Teigen Jun 29, 2020
• A Prayer for a Grandparent’s Heart during Quarantine For the grandparents who are missing milestones and everyday hugs from their grandkids, life is a little longer these days. Today we pray exponentially for a cure and freedom to move about freely again. But... Meg Bucher Jun 29, 2020
• How to Undo Unhealthy Patterns in Your Family When we start a family, it’s easy to get swept into the fantasies of golden sunsets on the beach. In reality, it’s more like back-breaking work with sweat dripping into our eyes. The hard way is the way to a... Jessica Van Roekel Jun 23, 2020
• 4 Questions Christians Should Be Asking while Watching a Movie When we turn on the television, there is a tendency to allow the analytical side of our brains to turn off. But in an effort to find rest and pleasure, what formation of our own belief system is occurring?... Julie Davis Jun 22, 2020
• 5 Powerful Prayers for Teenagers Lifting up your own child or a teen close to you does not go unnoticed by God. In doing so we are inviting His Holy Spirit to reach them in ways beyond what we could possibly imagine. Cally Logan Jun 22, 2020
• How to Make Your Home a Safe Haven in This Scary World Over the past several months, our kids have faced the harsh realities of growing up in a broken world. A dangerous virus has infected our communities. The devastating pain of racism is exposed for all to... Joanna Teigen Jun 22, 2020
• 5 Ways to Make Time with Your Grandchildren More Meaningful If you passed my grandmother on the street in the 1970s, you’d have been unimpressed. A World War I immigrant who dropped out of school in the fourth grade to work in a textile mill, she looked like every... Lori Hatcher Jun 18, 2020
• 5 Ways to Teach Your Kids How to Pray through Every Life Circumstance Teaching children to pray evolves from the moments we tuck them into bed as toddlers at night and pray with them. Eventually, they develop their own language and understand why we engage in regular... Stephanie Thompson Jun 17, 2020
• 20 Inspirational Quotes from Joanna Gaines about God and Family Here are 20 quotes from Joanna Gaines to inspire fans to stay grounded in their faith, trust God and choose family over everything else. Heather Riggleman Jun 17, 2020