Parenting Update Archives

The current lack of healthy role models in our culture can be discouraging when you consider the influences your son has growing up.

All children sometimes throw fits and disobey, and that fact does not hinge on the adeptness of the parents.

“You will never find the time to spend with your children. You have to make time and plan for it. There is no other possible way.”

Sexual abuse is a daily headline, so parents need to have their eyes wide open to vigilantly protect their children from predators.

Did you know that there is actually a National Grandparents Day? We don't need gifts, but there is one gift we can give our families.

Sadly, my kids have learned (though my divorce) that a family is more peaceful when marriage is not in the picture.

Far too many modern churches and families are caught off guard by young questioners in their midst.

Miley Cyrus made sure she was not overlooked at this week’s MTV Awards - but does your teen long for that same attention?

Am I communicating that their pleasure should be the focus of hours spent with others. Is that really what I want to be teaching my kids?

Be encouraged that there are THOUSANDS of loving and willing fathers whose main focus is to stay involved in their kids' lives.

As the parent of a son, your sacred duty is to help him grow up to manhood in ways that honor God's good design.

It is cruel and unusual punishment to completely drown your children in toys and expect them to manage them.

Sometimes, busyness makes your parenting systems go haywire. That's when "survival mode" parenting kicks in.

God places babies between our arms and beneath our hearts, and we cradle them safely there, but soon the letting go begins.

Single parenting can be rough and lonely. And although Jesus is our Redeemer, we must still deal with heartache.