Parenting

Our once-blended family grew into a united, Christ-centered household through the transformative power of praying together—cultivating love, healing, spiritual growth, and lifelong faith in each of us, including our once-unbelieving child.

Your children will be in each other’s lives forever, and it's best when they like each other. To achieve this goal, it is vital to continue cultivating a home environment where they are encouraged to love, support, and encourage one another.

If you are wondering if adoption is right for you, you can prepare your heart in many ways. A few ways you can prepare your heart for adoption are listed below.

How can you make attending church a moment your family eagerly looks forward to rather than a weekly ordeal to overcome? Let's explore seven practical ways to excite your family to attend church.

A Minecraft Movie follows the quirky misfit Steve, whose discovery of two glowing boxes opens a portal to the pixelated Overworld, setting off an epic, video game-inspired adventure. When a group of unlikely companions accidentally stumbles into this realm, they must navigate its dangers and discover the value of friendship, courage, and belonging in this family-friendly film brimming with awkward humor and heartfelt lessons. Here are 3 things parents may want to know about it before watching! 

There are so many little things that matter to our children. Maybe you can ask your little people what matters most to them and see what transpires. Perhaps some of their answers will shock you or touch your heart. But, after thinking about this, I came to the realization all my children want is to be heard, seen, and valued. In other words, they crave my undivided attention to feel worthy, love spending quality time with me, want to feel safe, and like to have fun!

Besides a chocolate bunny and other sweets, fill your child's basket with unique and meaningful gifts, like seeds to plant or a bible story puzzle. The Easter basket is one more opportunity to sow the love and wonder of God in your child's heart.

Through their own experiences, parents can educate their children about times when God has shown Himself to be trustworthy in their own lives. This will help children be more involved and interested in learning about God, and they will be more prone to trust Him if their parents do.

The Bible wants all people to come to know Him, and we should not hinder children from turning to Him (1 Timothy 2:4; Matthew 19:14). Start now teaching your children about the true meaning of Easter. Here are six ways to help your child understand the true meaning of Easter.

It can be challenging to bring the Bible into your family’s life without feeling as though you’re force-feeding or pushing it on your children. But whether you start young or in your middle years, there are ways to make Scripture unique, needed, and, yes, a discipline.

Why do we experience mom burn out? Because we feel the extreme pressure our culture has put on the value of a mom. We feel this pressure from friends, family, social media, and more often than not, ourselves. 

Our children constantly absorb our words, actions, and reactions, whether we want them to or not or whether we realize it or not. Let’s review how we can be Christ’s example to our children.

We wanted so badly to be parents, but we were failing to be obedient to our own Father. We forgot to seek Him – first. He wasn’t our first plan; He was our last resort. We got ahead of ourselves and began planning on that dancefloor the day we said, “I do,” forgetting a major component (the most important component, might I add) of the equation – God! I guess you could say we were both lovestruck.

If you feel bogged down, disconnected from your faith, and wondering if your efforts are making a difference in the relentless drive of culture, you’re not alone. This article will help you articulate what you are up against and give you the fuel to dive deeper into the arms of Jesus and enrich your parenting rewards.

Everything changes so fast between the years 13 and 18, and it is like living through a five-year hurricane. Here are a handful of pretty hard-won truths I wish I had known before my kids became teens.

Today, as society has become more accepting of blended families, thankfully, so has the church. Here are seven ways faith can strengthen blended families.

Parents need to have a strong biblical foundation to teach their kids the basics of morality and right and wrong. That way, when they encounter people who try to challenge their belief in what is right or wrong, they'll have a good anchor in a book that has been around for generations. When parents are anchored in the Word of God rather than what's popular in society, they increase their chances of having good, healthy, well-adjusted children who grow up to be healthy, well-adjusted adults.

Hearing my mother be vulnerable with me about the state of our finances was comforting. I couldn't do anything to change the situation. However, I'm glad they were able to share their struggles with me. Because I knew they were struggling, it made it easy for me not to ask them for anything frivolous as they could not afford it.

It is perfectly okay for Christians to decide not to have children, as the Bible doesn't mandate parenthood, and the decision should be based on personal convictions, health, finances, and lifestyle. God's love for individuals remains unchanged regardless of whether they have children, and the purpose of marriage is to reflect the love between Jesus and the Church, not to fulfill societal expectations.

Along with patience, I wish I would have been a better listener. Instead of multi-tasking and answering my kids with half-hearted responses, I wish I would have stopped what I was doing, looked them in the eye, and truly listened as they spoke. When our kids feel heard, they gain a deeper sense of security and worth.