Have you ever noticed how demanding kids can be? I suspect it hasn't always been this way. Have you ever wondered what's causing this trend toward entitlement? And perhaps more importantly, do you ever wonder how to steer your kids away from this kind of attitude? Today's featured post from Faith Along the Way shares valuable insights about these very issues. Stop by her … [Read more...]
12 Techniques for Raising Bible-Saturated Kids
And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 Phew. That's a pretty tall order, isn't it? God may have said this through Moses to Old Testament Israel, but His words … [Read more...]
8 Game-Changing Mottoes for Christian Parents
Do you ever feel like parenting is chasing down and chopping up your very last brain cell? I sure do. Which is why doing some aspects of parenting on auto-pilot isn't a bad thing. I've found that having parenting mottoes, or phrases I repeat often (my kids might use the phrase ad nauseam if they knew it existed), have a way of keeping me sane while hitting home valuable … [Read more...]
Parenting Without Shame
I don't know about you, but I find "pet shaming" pictures hilarious. You've seen them. They're the ones that show something like a dog next to a chewed up tube of diaper rash ointment, and the dog is wearing a sign around its neck saying, "I ate a tube of Desitin and barfed all over the new carpet during my family's dinner party." The funny thing to me is that the dog … [Read more...]
Oh Behave! ~ Training Your Child to Behave in Church
...they all walked sedately into the church. The first clang of the bell rang out when they were on the steps. After that, there was nothing to do but sit still till the sermon was over. It was two hours long. Almanzo's legs ached and his jaw wanted to yawn, but he dared not yawn or fidget. He must sit perfectly still and never take his eyes from the preacher's … [Read more...]
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