Parenting Update Archives

There is a difference between agreeing to hear your children out and granting their every wish like some parental genie. Teaching your kids that...

Rest is rare, especially during the early years of parenting. But it’s so instrumental to our sanity and our ability to keep showing up for the...

Our battles are not physical but spiritual. To be strong in God we must pray for protection from head to feet with His divine armor. As our...

We don’t have to create a weekend getaway with individual children to gauge their whereabouts on obedience. We just have to pay attention....

It’s easy to believe that in order to raise emotionally “stable” kids, we have to keep our feelings under wraps. But it’s okay to let it show. It’s...

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...

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...

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...

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

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....

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

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

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

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...

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...