Parenting Update Archives

“Dad, I’ve got a problem with my algebra class. See you later!” our daughter blurted out before slamming the car door and...

I’m writing to remind you of truths that are easy to overlook when you’re hurting: the long-term value of prayer and the mysterious working of the...

Bonding benefits everyone! Have fun exploring these ideas for quality indoor time without relying on screen time.

We have a beautiful opportunity to come alongside our children as they raise their own children, but sometimes we don’t always know the best way to...

These guidelines won’t tell you the rules you should or shouldn’t set for your kids, but instead equip you to implement rules that you decide on.

While under-parenting can throw our kids to the wolves, is it possible that over-parenting can turn our kids away from faith?

While we want our grandkids to remember their times on Papa’s farm, we want to leave them with a godly legacy.

How do we go on with life if estrangement and brokenness is to forever be part of the picture?

While she is in a church full of people who love her and who are teaching her faithfully, we recognize that the primary burden for her discipleship...

Entitlement has a sneaky way of getting the best of us. Kids, especially, find it easy to believe they are deserving of certain things or entitled...

Living in the same town as my grandchildren was no accident; this is something very important to us. Spending time with these little people brings...

It’s time we learn to step back and look at life through the lens of our grown children so we can be more of an inspiration, rather than an...

When we say something trite like “You'll miss this!”, we’re assuming we know the whole story.

As I give God all of my what-ifs, worries, and anxieties, He can calm my heart and remind me that He is in absolute control.

If you wait until your kids are perfectly behaved to take them to church, you may find that their childhood has come and gone with no “perfectly...