Parenting Update Archives

Sometimes, it's the simplest activities in your very own kitchen that impress important truths into a child's memories.

When painful circumstances arise, our first impulse is to pick our kids up or bail them out. But hurtful experiences in our children's lives are...

We hope that by putting our daughters on birth control we will protect them from getting pregnant, or getting in a position where they have to make...

Of the 15 million single parent families in the United States, only 33% are attending church. There are many reasons why the single parent should...

How? It's the question we would sell our most valuable possessions to answer. How do we ensure that our children will grow up to love and serve the...

Defense by deflection postpones the glory of grace

Help your children feel your love by communicating it in the way God has wired them to best understand it.

In honor of Holy Week, I want to give you a valuable lesson on betrayal and forgiveness that you can share with children...

It's important to differentiate between normal and abnormal behavior in teens before thinking the worst.

I wonder if the reason that today's Christian mothers have an unfulfilling parenting experience is because they have misunderstood the purpose of...

While there may be times we have to grab the wheel from our kids, it’s important that we begin letting go in the teen years.

Our culture advocates strong parental involvement in pushing our children to ever-greater heights of success. However, by the law of averages, not...

If you’ve suffered the pain of seeing one or more of your adult children leave the faith, you may feel as if there’s nothing you can do to lead...

"How did you make the decision to do this?" This is the question I hear the most from people when they find out we foster kids. Most of the...

As moms, we start out the day with the best intentions. So then what happens?