Parenting Update Archives

Let’s dig a little deeper to figure out what is really going on with the anxious girls we love, and how we can maybe understand and help before the...

Monica Swanson, author of BOY MOM, shares how she prepares her sons to make the right kinds of friends, and therefore the right kinds of...

In today’s world, kids have more commitments than ever before. Sporting events, play practice and other events both after school and weekends can...

What your kids need to know about what they post on the Internet, for themselves and for God.

It’s hard for kids to slow down and control themselves. Your love and patience as a parent can help them process through this difficult emotion.

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...