Parenting Update Archives

Every morning finds my clunky, awkward journaling bible propped halfway between an armchair and an endtable, coffee spilling with each elbow bump...

As new believers, we wanted our relationship with Christ to be part of our family’s daily life - not just Sunday only. Traditions provide vivid...

Most, if not all, parents hope to prepare their child for a smooth transition. After all, our babies are leaving the nest, flying on their own. A...

Our kids have many wants, but these five are the kind that are never written down, and seldom ever verbalized.

What sort of influence does the child's father play in a woman’s decision to terminate her pregnancy? What effect does it have on him?

This world is not our home, and we shouldn’t expect to be satisfied with what we have here.

Every Christian teaches the next generation of men, since all of us are responsible for building up the body of Christ. So what’s most important in...

Moms today believe they don’t need to seek wisdom from older women because they can find a podcast, blog post, or article on anything they want to...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Jesus was living in this millennium? Would he live on his parent's couch until it was time for him...

“If you were to take shame and put it in a petri dish and add silence to it, shame would grow exponentially. But if you were to take shame and put...

The responsible way in which we choose to handle modern media will set the tone for our children’s online behavior. Young children mimic what they...

From the doctor’s appointments, to the moment we never take to sit down, mothering three or more kids can drag us to the end of sanity as we know...

Regardless of the different parenting approaches I read in books and blogs, or the advice handed out to me in church or the grocery store, there is...

I need to confess my sins to my children. They need to know I sin; they need to know I repent, and they need to know I’m forgiven.

One of our responsibilities as parents is to cultivate the dreams God has placed on our child's heart. Here are 6 ways to start today.