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Parenting Techniques

Sibling Rivalry: Teaching Kids to be Kind

Here are some tips parents can use to encourage kindness between siblings.

The Truth About Lying

Teach your children to consistently tell the truth.

Plan Ahead So You’ll Say the Right Thing to Your Kids

Planning out what to say in frustrating parenting moments can help you speak life into your children instead of tearing them down.

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Serving as a Family

Serving others teaches kids to think beyond themselves and their own needs.

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How to Encourage Your Kids to Do What’s Right

Here are five ways you can encourage your children to do what’s right and raise them to value and demonstrate integrity.

Perseverance: How Your Kids Can Overcome Hardship

Perseverance is an overlooked but essential quality that parents need to instill in their children

How to Get Your Kids to Wear the Right Clothes for the Weather

As your children learn to dress independently, help them consider the weather when making clothing choices for the day.

How to Respond When Your Kids Are Bullied

Parents can help their kids break out of the bullying cycle.

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Teaching Thankfulness

Encourage your children to develop grateful hearts that bless others and frame their own perspective.

Raising Daughters in God’s Wisdom

How have you instilled God’s wisdom in your girl’s lives?

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Complicated Attachment Dynamics

There are several reasons that attachment between children and their caregivers may be disrupted. Here, the natural and environmental risks to forming secure attachment, and the consequences, are discussed.

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Attachment and Adoption

Adoption may create a situation in which parent-child attachment is a challenge. In this article, parents can learn some principles and strategies for encouraging attachment in an adopted child.

How to Speak to Your Children When They Misbehave

Effective parenting scripts to employ when responding to your child’s misbehavior

Manhood Is Not the Problem: Teach Your Sons to Be Men

Teaching our boys to be men is not dangerous, and we fathers should not shrink from this essential task.

How to Be Intentional About Raising Christ Followers

Rhett H. Wilson gives parents five ways to guide kids to become devoted Christ-followers.

How to Parent Your Kids Without Shame

Shame may be an effective method for modifying behavior, but it shapes a child in all the wrong ways.

Do Your Kids Know You Value Their Character?

Do you encourage your kids to pursue achievements or to develop their character? Your parenting might be telling of which you value more

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Celebrate Religious Freedom and God’s Love

Students are celebrating their religious freedom and reflecting God’s love by bringing their Bibles to school

Ways for Your Kids to Have the Best Playtime

Do you want to ensure a happy playtime experience for your children? Here are a number of ideas for helping your children feel comfortable when meeting new playmates, and more!

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How to Be Intentional With Your Children

No two kids are the same. Small adjustments in your approach can help you parent each of your children effectively.