Crosswalk / Newsletters Only / Parenting Update / Archives

Parenting Update Archives

11 Ways Families Can Adopt a Grateful Heart

Just like other emotions, gratitude is an emotion we must cultivate. The more we practice each of these suggestions, the more we'll see our hearts...

11 Ways Families Can Adopt a Grateful Heart

Teaching Our Kids How to Worship, Not Memorize

It all comes back to the heart. It’s easy to measure how much someone knows. We can check off a Bible reading plan or have our kids recite the...

Teaching Our Kids How to Worship, Not Memorize

5 Ways to Help Your Daughter Navigate Mean Girls

Ground them in their identity. By this, I mean nothing will be more important than for your daughter to understand their intrinsic value, not just...

5 Ways to Help Your Daughter Navigate Mean Girls

4 Detrimental Things Parents Say to Their Children - and What to Say Instead

Are our words building up our children? Are they providing the grace that they need and soothing their hearts, rather than accusing them? Careless,...

4 Detrimental Things Parents Say to Their Children - and What to Say Instead

7 Ways to Teach Your Kids Perseverance

We live in a quick-fix culture. Embracing tough goals and pursuing solutions to hard-to-fix problems is not something we are accustomed to doing....

7 Ways to Teach Your Kids Perseverance

10 Prayers of Protection for Children Returning to School

It is difficult to release our children in a “normal” school year, add a global pandemic, political crisis, racial tensions, and general division,...

10 Prayers of Protection for Children Returning to School

5 Ways to Prepare for Your First Time Homeschooling

The great thing about homeschooling is that flexibility allows for a certain level of stress to dissipate. Instead of the morning rush and chaos...

5 Ways to Prepare for Your First Time Homeschooling

3 Ways to Keep Your Kids Off Their Screens

Including them doesn’t mean you’re lessening your authority, but you are teaching them self-discipline and determination. Teaching them the value...

3 Ways to Keep Your Kids Off Their Screens

3 Ways Apologizing to Your Children Is Important

If we don't take ownership of our faults and apologize to our children when we've wronged them or did something wrong that they witnessed or...

3 Ways Apologizing to Your Children Is Important

5 Biblical Ways to Prepare for the School Year Well

Now is the time to get ready for all that God has in store. It is the moment to prepare well and to seek the Lord in every area. We can coast until...

5 Biblical Ways to Prepare for the School Year Well

5 Prayers for Friends for Your Teen

My most genuine and best relationships have been nothing short of a gift from God. They've been friends when I wasn't able to be. They've stuck by...

5 Prayers for Friends for Your Teen

4 Video Games to Have Your Children Avoid

Most video games and apps today can gain access to your children. It is not a one-sided game anymore. With chat functions, YouTube tutorials and...

4 Video Games to Have Your Children Avoid

5 Back to School Prayers for Families and Teachers

Going back to school each fall brings a ton of rollercoaster-type emotions for parents, kids, and teachers alike. Whether you’re homeschooling,...

5 Back to School Prayers for Families and Teachers

6 Ways to Prepare Your Child for High School

It’s never been harder to be a Christian student. Realities like a global pandemic, social media, relative truth, and polarizing stances—even...

6 Ways to Prepare Your Child for High School

How to Help Your Children Discover Their Passions

Wanting success, growth, skill development, or even a winning season isn’t bad. However, those are just preferences and not requirements of our...

How to Help Your Children Discover Their Passions