Parenting Archives

There’s much to consider when joining two families. For a long time, it’s two families living under the same roof.

For parents, life goes on in June. For teens, life takes a pause. School is out for several weeks. So what’s the parent of a bored teen to do?

I want my children to become responsible adults. But I don’t want them to be the Lone Ranger, and tackle the world independent of the family.

To all of the moms exhausted by long summer days and seasonal viruses… take heart. Through prayer, we can regain our strength and help our little...

We yearn to have children and commit to parenting them to become more than just good kids. We invest our time to help them become contributing...

Ignoring advice might not always be the best strategy, or the most biblical.

Father’s Day forever changed for us six years ago. Just before the holiday, my husband passed away and I became a widow and single mom to our seven...

Mothers are sometimes stumped in their efforts to explain where daddies come from, especially when the father is absent in a child’s life.

You don’t have to teach a child to say, “Gimme that!” or “I want another one!” Greed comes naturally to all of us. It’s easy to want more than...

This weekend I read Maddi Runkles’ story: How she discovered she was pregnant her senior year of high school, confessed to her school, and...

Father’s Day can be painful to both the mom and child for many reasons, but no need to let it be a total downer when it could be an upper.

If I’m being honest there were times in my early years as a stepmom that I didn’t even like my stepsons, much less love them.

Moms can make a difference in how their kids cope with bullying by repeating to them the truth about who they are. But their most powerful weapon...

I was still a young mother, not yet 30, and I felt that my children’s public behavior was a reflection of me as a mother and woman.

The nursing home decision can tear families apart. If no pre-planning was talked about and the question has never been discussed, siblings can...