Parenting

I’ve been a single mom for five years now, and am struggling with Paul's assessment of singleness being a good thing.

Moms can often entertain thoughts like these: “Did I make the right decision? How will this experience affect her? Will she forgive me for messing up? Will he be scarred for life?” When we allow those thoughts to linger, Mom Guilt results. Here are 7 prayers to help free you.

I wish we’d prayed with our children more than we did. I admit it was hard to find the time—and the energy—but when we did, it was so worth the effort. Maybe you’ve experienced the joy of praying with your kids or grandkids, too. While we made plenty of mistakes, I’ve learned a lot over the years about how to pray (and not to pray) with children. I hope to keep these things in mind as I look forward to praying with my grandchildren someday.

Despite the rising awareness about mental health, parents aren’t sure how to start the conversation with their teens or they may feel like it’s a non-issue. The tips below will equip you to open the door to start conversations with your teens.

We want to see our grandchildren grow up grounded in their faith. But how can we make sure it happens? Is there any guidance from the Bible that is applicable to our modern lives?

If you are struggling with helping your children learn gratitude and contentment, here are five ways to teach your kids to be grateful, in season and out.

A Christian heritage is a beautiful thing. Raising our children in church plants seeds that later will yield a bountiful harvest. “Train up a child in the way he should go;even when he is old he will not depart from it” (Proverbs 22:6 ESV) However, as important as it is for your child to be in church, it’s just as essential to understand what your child is being taught in church.

Co-parenting requires dealing with the “worms in the can” and letting painful emotions take a back seat to the needs of the children.

God gives us the Scriptures to show us exactly what He wants to accomplish through our family.

Elders need those who are younger to lovingly listen, respect, and connect with them. Younger folks need those of us who are older to let go, keep up, and show more of Jesus.

Our kids get their materialistic sin nature from birth, but our culture exasperates it. As parents, we can help our children be less materialistic through some practical practices.

As parents, we’re eager for our children to experience the priceless gift of church for themselves. We feel grief and frustration when our teens resist attending services as a family. Here are seven ways to help teens break down their barriers to the church.

Here are 7 essential phrases sons need to hear from their moms to feel valued and capable later in life.

As a grandparent, you play an important role in your grandchildren’s lives – so important, in fact, that your influence on them has eternal significance.

If you are the parent of a teenager, here are three ways you can cultivate your teen’s growth in godliness:

I’m a mother who, after 20 years of hands-on mothering, only kind of has an outlet for mothering. I’m pretty much done and yet also not really quite yet.

As a parent, it can be hard to know what to say to counter some of those messages that your teenager gets from the world, especially when Scripture doesn’t directly deal with selfies or Instagram or texting. How do you apply ancient words to modern times?

When our parents grow old, we often become their caregivers, and they rely on us like we used to rely on them growing up. Our roles shift, and we have to parent our parents.

Though it might seem that we (moms and kids) have different needs, the gospel reminds us that our greatest need is actually the same. We are all sinners in need of grace.

Single moms are much more than a list of mistakes. They need our love not judgment. And just like the rest of us, they need biblical direction and Jesus.