March 4, 2019 | Dr. Kara Powell | By Kara Powell and Steve Argue Adapted from Growing With: Every Parent’s Guide to Helping Teenagers and Young Adults Thrive in their Family, Faith, and Future (Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2019). “But I don’t want to ride with you. I want to keep riding with my cousins.”…
December 13, 2018 | Carey Nieuwhof | I think it’s kind of fun that God puts families into a little box called a home—where they bump into each other daily for years on end—and tells them to love each other. Nice experiment. It’s always amazed me that many of us have a tendency to communicate least graciously…
By Jim Burns · March 1, 2019 For better or worse, media has a powerful influence in our kids’ lives! Today’s media sends nonstop communication, delivering its voice through television, movies, Internet, music, magazines, books, computers, smartphones, tablets, and more. Frankly, it is impossible for parents to have control over every message that is being…
December 13, 2018 | Parent Cue | One of the bottom lines of parenting is not just raising obedient, or even happy kids, but rather raising responsible adults who love God, love others, and love themselves. In fact, the way your kids love God has a profound effect on everything else. It will impact how…
One of the bottom lines of parenting is not just raising obedient, or even happy kids, but rather raising responsible adults who love God. The way your kids love God has a profound effect on how they see the world and the way they see themselves. It will impact how they view some of the…
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February 22, 2019 | Dr. Chinwé Williams | 0 Comments In our attempt to keep pace in this fast-paced world, or to be a model parent who takes good care of our families, many of us experience times when we aren’t quite at 100%. Sadness and the occasional low mood are a normal part of…
February 20, 2019 | Liz Hansen | 0 Comments About 50,000 thoughts pass through our minds each day. FIFTY THOUSAND. I suspect that number is even higher for parents of preschoolers! It’s true that many of these thoughts are the equivalent of mental space junk— Add milk to the grocery list . . . This…
December 12, 2017 | Mike Tiemann | “Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.” That’s what Donovan sang way back in 1965. Sure—on the surface, it’s a sweet ode to his true love. But let’s be honest. He might as well have been singing about being a parent. I know I’ve felt that…
February 11, 2019 | Reggie Joiner | Time flies fast from elementary to college age, so get ready to change your parenting habits. Every child seems to move in warp speed toward the teenage years. I was caught by surprise when a new declaration of personal independence was automatically assumed the day my son got…