Parenting Update Archives

In this day and age, in the sex-craved society we live in, I would challenge you to add sexual integrity to your list of wants for your children....

The bad guy’s not just at the bus stop anymore. He has entrance right into your kid’s bedroom and hand-held cellphone.

Teenagers crave being heard and understood while navigating school, friends and other relationships and additional external pressures. Here are...

However, the armor of God in Ephesians is not designed to equip elite Christian soldiers, while other (less committed) Christians serve as...

Spanking is a sin when done out of anger. The Word of God says to not sin in your anger, in other words, reacting out of your sin nature is against...

Parents have a weapon in this war. Prayer is not a last resort when we get a late-night phone call but our first opportunity to fight for them.

There are so many things I know now that I wish I’d known then. And If I could go back in time, this is what I’d say.

Parents forget how much harder it is to actually be a teen in our present era of overloaded schedules and social media pitfalls. It’s more...

As persons of faith, finding a rhythm for our habits that feels like health should be one of our top priorities. But it doesn't have to overwhelm...

Grandparents who are raising their grandchildren make sacrifices every day. But even though challenges exist, there are many blessings to being a...

All my pampering and kid-pleasing needs to go, not only for my sake—but for the sake of my children. But how can I alter the way I parent, after so...

Here are five ways you can begin--or continue--discipling your children in the faith, even when they don’t appear to be listening at all.

9 prayers from Psalm 119 that will serve as prompts for your own prayers for your children and an opportunity to fellowship with God and his word.

How can we help our children sew church so deeply into the fabric of their lives that when they leave our homes, they will continue going to church...

Birthday parties for boys are so much fun to go to. You never know the theme you're going to get-dinosaurs, pirates, superheroes, etc. There is...