Parenting Archives

Here's how to use the Beatitudes this year to be a distinct blessing to yourself and your family when you meet with them over the holidays.

When you look beyond your challenges as a caregiver to the God who cares for you, you can experience joy even in the middle of a tough situation...

Watching families at Ft. Hood lose their loved ones this past week was difficult. Yet, the Bible is full of promises for parents, and we can trust...

Recently I asked a beautiful teenage girl who is very bold about her stance for purity what motivates her to hold her ground. She said simply, "My...

Dinner is late again, and the living room looks like a failed disaster relief effort. You ask your son to put away his part of the mess, but he...

Whenever I look ahead I tend to get fearful. Doubts arise and questions pepper my thoughts. How will I ever afford college? How will I be able to...

Social media has become part of the fabric of American youth culture. Here are some of my thoughts on handling social media in your home.

You may right now be thinking, "I've been pushing against this wall forever…I just can't do it anymore." But let me encourage you to never give...

What evidence more strongly proves the dangerous folly of moral relativism than young people who can't distinguish between learning to "tolerate"...

Some Christians are all exercised about the fact that Where the Wild Things Are might be too frightening for children. They're wrong. The movie...

Humble, ordinary shoeboxes. How is it that these same lowly shoeboxes can be transformed into glittering treasure chests that delight a child's...

While I enjoy dressing up my baby girl and taking her to the church carnival, I don't enjoy Halloween. I don't like to be afraid...

The most explicitly subversive literature is often presented to the very youngest among us -- our children. Far too many parents seem not to...

Of all the groups most affected by the busyness epidemic—perhaps the American family has been the worst hit. Under all the self-assumed pressure,...

The original Halloween had more to do with faith than fear.