Kids Archives

Christmas, even with all its various challenges for families, presents a wonderful time to build lasting memories and focus on the Savior.

If you’re just starting out, you wonder, What are the essentials? What would someone experienced say about their parenting regrets?

Every year around this time, we’re asked, “What do the kids want for Christmas?”

If you wish to avoid the risk or possibility of being hurt, do not adopt a child. Do not foster a child.

What can a family’s Advent prayers look like? And how can we keep weekly family Advent activities from becoming just one more holiday ritual?

Adoption didn’t just change the course of their lives and the families who loved them. Instead, adoption has changed your life and mine.

As exciting as it is to be a new mom, it’s also unfamiliar territory. And although being a mother is wonderful, there’s no going back. Ever.

There are five parenting traps that many well-intentioned modern parents fall into without even knowing it.

I believe parents have a few things in common with politicians: making speeches, addressing problems, protecting reputations and giving hope.

Through prayer and the daily application of God’s truth, we can discipline our kids so that they will learn to discipline themselves.

I need to confess my sins to my children. They need to know I sin; they need to know I repent, and they need to know I’m forgiven.

Back when I was at school, teachers stopped kids from saying bad words, not Bible verses. Last I checked, “Jesus” wasn’t a four-letter word.

If you’re struggling and wonder whether your child is turning into a spoiled brat, hang in there. You’re not alone.

Several years ago, I quipped before an audience, “Election years make people crazy.” And that was before I had any idea what was coming in 2016.

We’ve all been on the other end of a question that we have absolutely no idea how we’re supposed to answer, let alone on a kid-appropriate level.