Parenting

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  Why Every Parent Should Talk to Their Teen about Mental Health Emails, text messages and Facebook messages poured in minutes after I had posted a photo of myself and my daughter hanging out in the hammock, my new war;or tattoo on display with the semi colon replacing... Heather Riggleman Jul 16, 2019
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  5 Things Your Child Might Be Learning at Church That Aren't in the Bible A Christian heritage is a beautiful thing. Raising our children in church plants seeds that later will yield a bountiful harvest. “Train up a child in the way he should go;even when he is old he... Betsy St. Amant Haddox Jul 12, 2019
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  How to Curb the Conflicts of Co-Parenting Co-parenting requires dealing with the “worms in the can” and letting painful emotions take a back seat to the needs of the children. Pam Kanaly Jul 11, 2019
• What Are God's Ultimate Goals for Your Family? Most of us, at some point in time, have thought about goals. We’ve set some, achieved a few and probably failed to accomplish others. We have worked for organizations with goals and objectives, and perhaps... Brent Rinehart Jul 11, 2019
• 3 Vital Words for Successful Teens Based on my experience of parenting teens, pastoring teens, and being a teen, I’d like to burn three words into the hearts and minds of all teens: FOCUS, FORCE, FAITH. David Murray Jul 10, 2019
• 10 Ways to Help Your Child Be Less Materialistic Did you notice that the title of this article is "ways to help your child be less materialistic" instead of "ways to help your child not be materialistic"?... Brenda Rodgers Jul 09, 2019
• 7 Things to Do If Your Teen Hates Church Thirty years ago this fall, I fell onto my knees in my dorm room and gave my life to Christ. He used his church to turn a stubborn, confused teenager from darkness to light. As a young believer, the church... Joanna Teigen Jul 09, 2019
• 3 Ways Parents Can Cultivate Growth in Their Teens As a parent raising actual teenagers, I’m familiar with the temptation to drift into a hands-off, watch-and-see, hope-they-grow form of parenting stewardship because raising and discipling teenagers is hard... Lindsey Carlson Jul 04, 2019
• Who Are You When Your Nest Is Empty? I’m a mother who, after 20 years of hands-on mothering, only kind of has an outlet for mothering. I’m pretty much done and yet also not really quite yet. Elisabeth Klein Jul 03, 2019
• 10 Things You Need to Know about Motherhood "A couple of months before I discovered my husband and I were expecting our first child, we moved cross-country. Although I’d lived in the same area of the south my entire life, I knew God was... Gloria Furman Jul 01, 2019
• 5 Things Single Moms Need to Know about Sex Hollywood’s image of the single mom is far different from reality. In fact, single moms are much more than a list of mistakes and failures. They are truly amazing in a million different ways, and they need... Shannon DeGarmo Jun 27, 2019
• 4 Ways to Be a Grace-Focused Parent The story of the Prodigal Son in Luke 15 teaches parents 4 ways to be focused on grace as you parent your child. Mike Nappa Jun 27, 2019