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Practical Activities To Do With Kids For Valentine’s Day

During this time of the year, our culture floats various definitions and examples of love towards our children. Use these activities and ideas to create a meaningful Valentine’s Day for your whole family.

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Loneliness Ends Where The Blessing Begins

The Blessing is something you can choose to give and live out in your home. It is a “choice” parents make to use five distinct elements to impact a child’s life. Each one is way to help a child understand their incredible worth to you, and to their God.

Fathers hold a key role in helping children know their identity

Fathers Encourage Identity Development

When fathers choose to serve the Lord, live consistently and seize the opportunity to be present and involved with their children, they encourage identity and teach values.

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What You Need to Know About LGBT Curriculum in Your Kid’s Public School

As a parent, you have the right to interact in a meaningful way within your child’s school community to impact success and learning.

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Bedtime and Naps: Getting Them to Sleep

Consider these ideas for getting kids to go to bed and stay in bed.

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Teach Kids About Money

Learn what to do to teach your kids about their finances, your giving of allowances and more.

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Help Kids Recognize Their Identity in Christ

Teach your kids that Jesus did for us what we could never do for ourselves: He measured up.

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Thanksgiving Traditions for a Family Focused Holiday

Whether your family has a long history of traditions or your new family is approaching the holidays for the first time, these Thanksgiving traditions can bless your family.

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Boundaries with Teens: The Key to Freedom

Equipping your teen with inner strength and a sense of responsibility can feel overwhelming. Learn more about how to build healthy boundaries for your teen concerning their increasing freedom.

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How to Get the Best Care From Your Child’s Doctor

Should you trust your pediatrician? Learn about five ways to enjoy a positive relationship with your child’s pediatrician so your child gets the best possible care.

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5 Characteristics of Biblical Discipline

Sometimes it’s hard to know if you’re disciplining your children effectively. Try using these five measures from the Bible.

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50 Questions to Ask Your Kids at the Dinner Table

Having conversations with our kids is critical for building a solid foundation of trust, demonstrating steadfast love, and teaching them how to grow as a young person. These 50 questions to ask your kids are a great starting point for conversations around the dinner table.

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Truth From the Bible for Cutters: When Feelings for Self-Harm Are Strong

Self-harm is an attempt to find relief from emotional distress. Here is what the Bible offers parents to help their kids who are cutting.

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Who am I? — Your Child’s Identity

Help your children understand what it means to be a priceless creation of God, no matter their age or stage.

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Help Your Kids Deal With Rejection

Does your heart ache when your children are rejected by others? Here’s four perspectives that can help them work through painful rebuffs.  

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Bullying and Cyberbullying

Bullying and cyberbullying may be prevented with intentional parenting. However if it does occur, there are some ways that parents can respond to help their kids cope.

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Mean Girls

Empower your tween to respond gracefully when confronted by “mean girls” and seek adult help if she finds herself being bullied.

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Discipline Is Worth the Effort

Your kids will feel most secure if they know you have set appropriate boundaries for them that you aren’t afraid to enforce.

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3 Ways to Effectively Parent Adult Children

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding. Proverbs 3:5

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Dealing with Bullying and Childhood Trauma

Many adults carry some kind of psychological hurt from their childhood years.