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Intentional Parenting

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Personality Differences: Conquering Chores Together

Learn to navigate communicating the importance of doing chores to your kids and form your perspective on how chores can impact your family.

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20 Cute Ways to Tell Your Husband You’re Pregnant

You know who the first person you want to tell is, so here are 20 cute ways to tell your husband you’re pregnant.

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Step Up, Speak Up: October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

Domestic violence awareness is critical. It’s not a comfortable topic to talk about, and it’s a heartbreaking reality to face.

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Did You Know You Are A Family Architect?

How are you intentionally building your family? As a parent, you have a unique opportunity to shape the design and oversee your children’s development.

Grandparenting: Leaving a Lasting Legacy

We are instructed to teach our grandchildren what God has done in our lives. He has entrusted us with leaving a spiritual legacy for them. 

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What Conscious Parenting Is Missing

What do you know about conscious parenting? Learn more about how this parenting approach and how you can develop a healthy relationship with your child starting with your parenting style.

Facing the Fear Factor

Does your teen function out of faith or out of fear? Find ways to encourage your anxious teen.

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Why Neglectful Parenting Falls Short

Do you feel like your life is mostly chaos? You have an opportunity to overcome neglectful parenting habits to build a strong foundation for your kids and family.

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Why Permissive Parenting Falls Short

Does the permissive parenting style work? Learn more about the practical side of this parenting style and its potential risks and pitfalls.

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Why Authoritarian Parenting Falls Short

Why do you parent? Do you give thought to your decision-making process for the parenting choices you make? Learn more about how the authoritarian parenting style falls short when it comes to effective parenting.

Living Your Best Life Later

Living Your Best Life Later: The Power of Writing Letters to Your Kids

In his book Your Best Life Later, pastor Andy McQuitty explores how writing letters to his kids not only prepared his kids to live their best life, but also how he could live his best life as a father. Explore these messages from Andy to positively impact your parenting approach with your kids.

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Train Your Teens to Manage Technology Wisely

Our long-term goal as parents is to raise children who will practice self-control and manage technology well on their own.

Back to School Blues

Overcoming the Back to School Blues

Does your kid have the back to school blues? Discover some tips to help your kids overcome their negative feelings about returning to school.

4 Words Kids Use When Coping with Emotions

You can help your children to learn true freedom when coping with emotions and difficult situations by teaching them to think about life using certain words and phrases.

6 Ways to Help Your Highly Sensitive Child Thrive

Parenting sensitive children is a tremendous privilege and responsibility. Here are six ways that we can help our highly sensitive child thrive through our parenting.

Self-Care for Moms is Essential

Moms, are you busy, stressed, and tired? Take the self-care assessment below to learn what areas of self-care for moms you can strengthen.

Dads: Make Every Day Count

One of the most effective parenting strategies is to simply take advantage of everyday opportunities to love our children and instill the right values.

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Talking to Kids about Mass School Shootings

When school shootings occur, our kids are likely to be afraid, mad, and confused. Remember that these are emotions created by God. They don’t need to be avoided, ignored, or silenced. However, as parents, we can direct our children towards the hope that God offers.

Parents Support

Grandparents are the Best Parent Support Group

When grandparents support their adult children in their new role as parents, a new bond is created and strengthened.

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How to Speak So Your Grandchildren Will Listen

Speaking so your grandchildren will listen, is more about personality types than it is about the generation gap.