Parenting Update Archives

Yielding my beloved, difficult child to God helped relieve me from always feeling I was responsible for his maturity and well-being.

Every parent wants to raise their kids to be healthy and disciplined contributors to society.

Those of us who say we focus on Jesus instead of Santa at Christmas need to make sure that Christmas for our kids is more exciting, not less.

No matter how hard you may work to help your kids experience God’s best for them, there are limits to what you can do. Prayer, though, has no...

I am humbled in gratefulness and moved by the Spirit to pray for parents whose innocent Christmas joy is absent this year.

If I’m being honest there were times in my early years as a stepmom that I didn’t even like my stepsons, much less love them.

We live in a culture that is constantly talking about love, lust, sex, and romance.

If you’re just starting out, you wonder, What are the essentials? What would someone experienced say about their parenting regrets?

We might not know how to train the character qualities that will help our children most and counter attitudes that will harm them.

Sometimes doing less is the best gift a tired mom can give her family.

Every year around this time, we’re asked, “What do the kids want for Christmas?”

That pornography is “harmless” is a lie from the pit of Hell.

Ignoring advice might not always be the best strategy, or the most biblical.

What can a family’s Advent prayers look like? And how can we keep weekly family Advent activities from becoming just one more holiday ritual?

One of the most powerful things we can do as parents is to teach our kids God’s Word, to help them learn how to hide His Truths in their hearts.