Parenting Update Archives

Even if you're not the full-time parent, your faithfulness in bringing your children up in Christ is solely your responsibility.

So why am I considering sending my fragile little girl out into the wild middle school, especially after I’d kept my big boys home?

The Legacy Journey (follow-up class to Financial Peace University), is about helping you think long-term and make a difference.

A close relationship between parent and child appears to instill in the child the desire to want to live out the values of the parent.

One young girl says, "We don’t like it when people are rude and start rumors about us. So we shouldn’t do that to others.”

I felt as if everything I touched had broken. There was a trail of broken things behind me—opportunities, aspirations and people

I am glad I have daughters. They are strong and smart and serene. They are not afraid of your sons. And neither am I.

All of our well-meaning attempts to fill up our children’s summer with enriching activities may actually be harming them.

Children in single parent families statistically experience the highest rate of abuse and neglect. Can the church do anything about it?

Parenting can be so busy that you fall into a pattern of simply reacting to what’s going on around you. But that's not God's best!

What’s a parent to do? How can you get your kids to starting eating and enjoying the fruits and vegetables that God created?

Whatever you do, do your work heartily, as for the Lord rather than men…It is the Lord Christ whom you serve (Col. 3:23-24).

When your child disobeys, does it hurt your feelings? I want you to write this down and put it on your fridge: “It’s not personal.”

Are you a single mom who has struggled to forgive your ex-husband? Are you a single parent who struggles to trust in a new relationship? Or maybe...

Teens in relationships may be susceptible to being digitally abused by their boyfriends or girlfriends, according to a new study.