Parenting Update Archives

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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