What is the next teachable moment or transition in your daughter’s life? How can you add affirmation and encouragement to that moment?
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Your teen is separating from you; make this transition easier by understanding what’s yours to control and what isn’t.
A mom’s primary job isn’t cooking dinner, changing diapers or helping a preschooler glue colored macaroni on a coffee can as a Father’s Day gift.
Preschool Go on a walk with your child, and collect leaves or other objects that reflect the changing seasons. Create habits that help you connect with your wife and kids, such as phone calls from work or special “daddy” time when you walk through the doorway at the end of the day. Post pictures of …
Every person needs both validation and nurture to fully develop into a healthy adult.
If every parent’s job is to make sure his or her children turn out “right,” it would mean God messed up.
Four compelling reasons to tell your children the story of their adoption
Is your child Bob the Builder or Dora the Explorer? Here’s your chance to find out your toddler’s play style.
The respect you show for each birth parent’s intrinsic value and humanity will boost your child’s own self-respect.
This clever discipline method is less exhausting and more successful than ranting, raving, blaming, pleading, begging or threatening.
Sippy cups, playgroups and lots of energy — welcome to the world of toddlers, where everyday is an adventure!
Attachment is the affectional tie between two people.
In our well-connected world, it is more likely than ever that your child will now, or someday in the future, have contact or relationships with the people who brought him into this world.
The sensitive parent is attuned to his or her child’s natural rhythms and responds to those appropriately and timely.
Even teens and tweens learn more by example than by teaching. Modeling proper virtues for your children is important.
Fathers must recognize and exercise the “Power of Permission,” a vital discipline not only for the child’s development but also for the parents’ peace of mind!
The beautiful truth for adoptive parents is that God has placed children in their families for healing and redemption.
Sometimes, a parent needs to set his own lifestyle aside and take advantage of the opportunities we have to spend quality time with our kids.
Parents of prodigals often feel helpless and tend to think it’s because they did something wrong. But sometimes teens just rebel against anyone who gets in their way. Here’s what you can do when a child goes astray.
If there is even one significant adult in a child’s life who will provide consistency and unconditional love and support, that child can attach.
