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The television is blaring with a Veggie Tales video while your laptop plays the theme for CNN. Your teenage son is practicing his drums. The twins are arguing about who is ...
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Your heart beats a little faster as you look in the mirror. You dab on a little extra cologne. You're getting ready for a date. You've been through the toughest years of ...
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Dried jelly permanently sticks to the refrigerator handle, the upstairs bathroom smells like dirty diapers, and three bicycles block the driveway. The teenager broke curfew ...
Use this 13-session parenting course to discuss how to raise healthy, happy, God-centered children. This course looks at how we can strengthen the parent-child bond, gain confidence ...
Passing our faith onto our children is vital. How can we help them want to know Christ? This six-session course will discuss how to make God real to your children by teaching them ...
Parenting raises a lot of questions. We want to raise responsible, respectful, and successful children, but we're not sure how to do that. How can we avoid raising children who ...
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Jesus cared for the disabled wherever he went, and he expects us to model his compassion. The first step in developing an effective ministry for children with special needs ...
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Most people have a desire for intimacy, yet the divorce rate alone shows that intimacy is not easy for adults. But how has today's sexual ethic affected teenagers—those ...
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The number and population of Christian schools are growing by leaps and bounds. More and more Christian parents are pulling their children out of public schools, citing ...
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To some Christians, the word pro-life is centered almost exclusively on opposing abortion. To others, being pro-life demands opposition to nuclear war, economic injustice, ...
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The suicide rate for teenagers is climbing. It is now the third leading cause of death among young people aged 15–24, and the second leading cause of death among college ...
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"Logical, age-appropriate consequences can solve most disciplinary problems," says Suzanne Woods Fisher in her article for CHRISTIAN PARENTING TODAY. Parents often ...
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Some parents put unrealistic expectations on their children, who attempt to meet those expectations—and when they miss struggle with feelings of failure. Other parents ...
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All parents go through it—that moment when their child reveals their embarrassing habits or secrets in public. This usually happens in a socially damaging setting, ...
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Balancing work demands with family life can be a complicated and stressful responsibility. Jane Kise, in her article for TODAY'S CHRISTIAN WOMAN, recommends preplanning ...
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As Christian women, most of us want to please those around us. After all, doesn't being a servant of Christ mean that we should say yes as often as possible to those who ...
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"Parents need to be intentional about creating a stronger parent-child bond," writes Kathi Hunter in her article for CHRISTIAN PARENTING TODAY. In a culture filled ...
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Sundays looked different years ago. They were the days people went to church, got together with family or friends, and kicked back and relaxed. But as time went on, Sundays ...
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How can children today differentiate between what is real and what is make believe? Years ago a child's imagination was the only creator of make believe. Today there is ...
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Most people remember their first prayer, whether it was "God is great, God is good, and we thank him for our food" or the classic nighttime prayer, "Now I lay ...
