Helping Your Teen Deal With Anxiety

By Jeannie Cunnion When the internal and external voices whisper the lies You're insignificant, You're not enough and You don't measure up, we want our children to know, deep in their souls, that the only One who gets to define them is the One who created them and calls them beloved. I recently overheard two … Continue reading Helping Your Teen Deal With Anxiety

50 Questions to Ask Your Kids at the Dinner Table

By Carol Cuppy, https://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/50-questions-to-ask-your-kids-at-the-dinner-table/ Photo by cottonbro from Pexels 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. As … Continue reading 50 Questions to Ask Your Kids at the Dinner Table

A Simple Way to Start Family Devotions

By Tim Shoemaker, https://www.focusonthefamily.com/parenting/a-simple-way-to-start-family-devotions/ Photo by Pragyan Bezbaruah from Pexels Simple, practical and fun ways to start—or start again—family devotions that the entire family will connect with. Stop and start. Those three words described my attempts at teaching our kids spiritual truth. Sure, my wife and I took our boys to church, but they needed … Continue reading A Simple Way to Start Family Devotions

Practical Resources for Teaching Your Kids at Home

Posted by Julie Hamilton Batura, https://dailycitizen.focusonthefamily.com/practical-resources-for-teaching-your-kids-at-home/ Almost overnight, as a result of the COVID-19 global pandemic, millions of parents and children have been catapulted into an at-home learning environment. What’s the first thing they should do? Don’t panic – take a big deep breath. But as the days of this crisis roll on, you’re likely … Continue reading Practical Resources for Teaching Your Kids at Home

No Perfect Parent

https://videopress.com/v/wT22phtu?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata A well-known myth of parenting is that parenting creates the child: “As the twig is bent, so grows the branch.” Unfortunately, as most parents would admit, this isn’t true. No matter how great a parent you are, how many books you read on the subject of parenting, how many conferences you attend, and how … Continue reading No Perfect Parent

How to Help Your Kids Be Responsible

https://videopress.com/v/LQHF11W4?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata Do you ever get frustrated trying to teach your kids responsibility? Have you replaced your child’s school supplies over and over? Are you reminding them to clean five times a day? Nurturing responsibility into the hearts of children is not for the faint of heart.  We believe in the power of inspiration, which is … Continue reading How to Help Your Kids Be Responsible

Rite of Passage Experience

https://videopress.com/v/PvnwnMDL?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata Parent Guide for 6th Grade Rite of Passage Experience It’s time. You knew it was coming, but you had no idea how fast it would actually get here. I am talking about the day when your sweet baby actually grew up and is now beginning the process of changing into a young adult. It’s … Continue reading Rite of Passage Experience