Parenting Update Archives

Books provide a bottomless well of ideas for costumes. Help your child understand the character and choose a few simple props to demonstrate the...

Remember that your role as a parent is not just a duty but a divine calling—a chance to shape lives and nurture souls.

I don’t know what Halloween is going to look like for you in your community this year. Imagine how it would be different if you focused on ways to...

One of the best things about homeschooling is that you get to choose as many science experiments as you like! After all, hands-on learning often...

We are often surrounded by little ones we love — kids or grandkids, nieces or nephews, or children of our hurting friends who are also dealing with...

Here are the different deep life questions Baby Boomers, Gen X, Millenials, and Gen Z are asking (and why it matters).

Jesus invites those of us who are weary and burdened to draw closer to him (Matthew 11:28-30). When you start to wonder if you are enough for your...

 I want my son to know that I'm a better person because he's in my life. I also hope he knows the world is a better place because he's in it.

Whether you interpret Proverbs 22:6 as a promise for raising your kids “in the Lord” or a warning about not doing so, there’s one thing we know:...

We all want our children to be successful, but pray that they use their specific talents for the Kingdom of God and do not become prideful or...

In a growth mindset, you focus on the progress you made yesterday or the previous attempt. You look back at where you came from and acknowledge the...

The more she matures, the more I'm confident our relationship will grow and that I will not only be a person to offer wise counsel in her life, but...

Our peace cannot rely on how our children are behaving or performing. Jesus “Himself is our peace” (Ephesians 2:14). In all of the ups and downs of...

God’s Word is living because its author is living. Children grow up, life moves on, but God’s Word always soothes our fragmented places.

One of the things that we struggle with as parents, especially this first year of school, is that our children will be outside the safety zone of...