Family Update Archives

Today's world needs more respect. Modeling respect provides opportunities to develop empathy and helps children see other people as valuable.

5 fun, creative ideas that will help your kids learn while keeping them busy--and hopefully burn some of their cooped up energy.

The day I became a mom, the line between my world and my son’s instantly blurred. In the process of loving my boy, I forgot who I was before I had...

The question we must all ask ourselves is this: how will I honor God with this gift of raising kids, and how will my family utilize media for good?

As the spiritual leaders of our homes we can use the help of these easy to access tools to help us know the best ways to talk about the Bible with...

As parents, we’re tempted to compare our kids to one another. Yet if we give in to those destructive comparisons, we’ll do long-lasting damage to...

Our world seems even more fear-driven than the remembrances of my childhood nightmares. The newspaper headlines scream fear. As parents, how do we...

If you are struggling with helping your children learn gratitude and contentment, here are five ways to teach your kids to be grateful, in season...

While I sincerely hope and imagine that the current circumstances we are facing aren’t permanent, it stands to reason that this huge (and lengthy)...

While every parent makes mistakes, there are some behaviors that can impact a child well into adulthood and even become stumbling blocks to their...

While we want our grandkids to remember their times on Papa’s farm, we want to leave them with a godly legacy.

Honest fear for our little ones can drive us crazy—plus affect our physical health— or we can look to the Bible for answers and hope.

When we try to create independence, sometimes we make our kids dependent on us. As we encourage kids to be strong, sometimes we make them weaker....

Gulp. Do we have to live out God’s truth first? The answer is a resounding ‘yes’. And here are four ways to accomplish that.

Children are born with a propensity to feel entitled and to demand that their needs be met.