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I am the mom of five sons: three adults, one 10-year-old, and one 9-year-old. This does not make me an expert; it means I am experienced and tired...

Maybe the beginning of school has been tough for your child, too. If so, it may be tempting to fall into despair, blame yourself, or to try to fix...

Many of us are struggling to navigate the family role-reversal. The parent who cared for us now needs our care.

It’s not their Sunday school teacher, classroom teacher, or another adult leader who will have the greatest impact on your child’s faith; it is...

Our first instinct is to pray for our own child's influence and protection. But it's very possible no one is praying for the child or young adult...

Some must-knows for every financially savvy single mom.

Your daughter needs to know your standards because everyone else is trying to sell her theirs. Take a look at few of the most common battles you’ll...

The curiosity of children and the questions they ask also can make us stop in our tracks with disbelief, shed a tear in sorrow, or hide our faces...

My husband and I will tell you that having kids is well worth the effort. But uniting together to raise kids certainly hasn’t been easy.

Learn how to plan a successful single moms event in your church.

Parenting isn’t a part-time birth-through-high-school occupation. It’s a full-time, life-long assignment given by God. Children are gifts and...

Here are six suggestions to help you and your spouse agree—or move toward agreement—on child-rearing tactics.

If you traveled before children, you will have to adjust your expectations— especially in regards to the time it takes to do anything!

The Bible only takes 26 verses before it tells us that we are created in God’s image: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he...

Should a single mom date? Shouldn't she? What rules should be followed, if she does?