Parenting

"Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6).

Raising a child can be a daunting and, at times, completely overwhelming task. Why not approach it with the help of the world's greatest repository of wisdom—the Bible?

Cuddle Up With Your Child and Read a Great Book!
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Cuddle Up With Your Child and Read a Great Book!

Read, read, read! As parents, we want our children to develop the skill of reading, which includes decoding skills, comprehension skills and fluency.
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Turning the Hearts...The Empty Nest

As my wife and I sat for brunch on Mother's Day several years ago, tears welled up in her eyes.
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How to Teach Your Children Good Money Management Skills

The Bible has a lot to say regarding how we should be using our money and parents should be passing these financial principles onto their children.
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Your Word I Have Hidden in My Heart

Have you considered the many benefits—for all ages—of memorizing parts of the Bible?
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Mother to Grandmother

During our lifetime, we have many opportunities to experience wondrous events, such as the birth of children and grandchildren. The love we feel for them seems at times to be overwhelming. Is this what God experiences when a new child...
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The Mothers of 2015

As you look at the girl "tweens" (8- to 14-year-olds) of today, what kind of mothers do you think they will make for tomorrow? What type of young woman is our Western culture producing? Each girl has a clear choice...
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In Brief... World News Review: A Book About a Spoiled Generation

The Epidemic—The Rot of American Culture, Absentee and Permissive Parenting, and the Resultant Plague of Joyless, Selfish Children by Dr. Robert Shaw
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Review of The Abolition of Britain

A review of journalist Peter Hitchens' book, The Abolition of Britain, published by Quartet Books, London, 1999, 351 pages.
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This Is the Way... "A Father to the Fatherless"

Orpans living in a palace might seem incongruent to some, but not to the late King Hussein of Jordan.
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Wanted Parents Who Show Their Children How to Live

This generation has mortgaged the morality of the next, and struggles for a way to comfort itself.
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In Search of Heroic Leadership

God places great and grave responsibility on the shoulders of the leadership. We must all share the responsibility for the condition of the world, our nation, our church, our families.
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Turning the Hearts...Graduation Time is Special

Whether it is grade school, junior high, senior high or university, graduation is always a special time.
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It Takes a Church to Raise a Godly Child

There is an old African proverb that states, “It takes a village to raise a child.”
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Amusement Addiction Society's Unhealthy Obsession With Entertainment

Our society is obsessed with entertainment. Kids and adults alike seem attached to their MP3 players, PDAs, remote controls and other electronic devices. Newscasters and college lecturers have replaced "newsy" messages with more entertaining approaches. Is that bad? What steps...
One More Day With Dad
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One More Day With Dad

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How Do Bones Grow?

I don't know how God made it so that our baby could grow over 300 bones, and all the other working parts it needs—but I'm sure glad He did!
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A Hole in the Shape of a Father

A Hole in the Shape of a Father
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Just a Little Further

When my husband and I became parents, another part of the path in our Christian journey unfolded.
Making Life Work
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Making Life Work

Looking for some good advice? You may not realize it, but you probably already own the best self-help book ever published, one that's loaded with practical guidance to help you achieve success in your career, friendships, finances, family and every...
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The Empty Nest

Society has changed a great deal ever since farming stopped being the norm for families. But how has the family dynamic changed as a result?