Parenting Update Archives

You can’t help but feel a sense of loss when everyone else is celebrating their own relationships.

Equipping our kids to live outside the confines of WiFi allows them to participate in reality, and depend on the One in whom we truly find joy.

Pregnancy loss is a very common, yet unspoken event that many women experience.

I want you not just to survive during the crush of the morning rush but to thrive.

It’s important for parents to discern the underlying reason a small child asks “why” if we’re to give a loving and appropriate response.

Good father figures are becoming a rare fixture for today’s young men, and the effect it’s having on their lives has been devastating.

Don’t wait until they are older; start young. It’s important to embrace the immediate influence we have on our children.

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

It’s time to take back the territory of the hearts of our children and equip them to stand firm in the knowledge of God’s faithfulness.

There are days parenting can be frustrating. And I’ve had those moments when I’ve wanted to pull my hair out. But I am so thankful to be a mom.

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.