Parenting Update Archives

Raising a child is a monumental undertaking. The sheer scope of the task requires more than any one person can provide. The most influential person...

Theology is a big, scary, intimidating word to some people, but really theology is just the study of God. So, theology is ultimately important for...

Most everyone does it. In fact, studies show the average person does it 30 times each day. Yet, no one likes it. I’m talking about complaining.

Many would insist that drinking isn’t a sin. But for others, drinking has resulted the neglect of important responsibilities related to motherhood....

Instead of trying to react to an ever-changing barrage of information directed at our kids, we must be proactive and address the root cause of...

In the sadness of goodbye, we can have priceless conversations about the very real hope that’s found in Jesus.

If I don’t lay down the plan, if I am not the chief architect laying out what manhood looks like, then I can rest assured that the world will draft...

Scientists are just starting to understand the picture of how interaction with screens, social media, and a digitally-driven world impacts child...

When we catch our kids lying, there a few things we can do to break the chain reaction of fear and dishonesty. Free them up to embrace the truth,...

We gained wisdom by setting a budget and keeping it when we were young. But it also took us many months, maybe years, until we saw a positive...

God can show us how to parent so that we will raise children who grow up to love the Lord and want to walk with him.

When you become a father for the first time, your life changes in significant ways.

Single moms, God has just enough courage for you!

But there is an uncomfortable truth I sense more and more when using social media. A lurking danger behind all the connecting, content-creating,...

Sometimes it seems like we’re in a constant war for control, this boy and me, and something has to change. So I’m stepping out of the war and...