If you’ve grown up outside of a Christian home, it can be straight-up intimidating to try to raise your children to follow Jesus.
Infertility is exhausting, and it can make or break your marriage. Here are seven tips my husband and I learned along our own journey.
Knowing what to do with teenagers to tighten your bond isn’t always easy. But teens don’t need us less as they get older … just differently.
There are plenty of things vying for our attention during the holidays. Toxic thoughts don’t need to be one of them.
As states reopen and life attempts to go back to normal, I’m reevaluating my family’s needs. But what I’m finding isn’t necessarily a beach vacation.
My heart grieves as friends describe new struggles and blended family stress during the pandemic. It feels like too much to manage some days, doesn’t it?
Any semblance of date night just got drop-kicked out the door. But with a little commitment you can still make time together. 10 date-ins get you started.
With more COVID-19 closures, families are gathering at home and around the table again. If it’s been awhile, here's insight on making family dinners work.
Many blended family weddings incorporate a ceremony called “blending of the sands.” But in reality it does not mean they have obtained “familyness.”
Our Love Story Quiz This Valentine’s Day, take time to recall your love story. And then give your kids a love test—about you! This free printable offers questions will lead you and your love down memory lane. And will evoke adorable responses from your children. A sure keepsake for your love and memory bank. Fill […]
As much as we hope we’ll become idyllic people during this idyllic season, our struggles refuse to take a holiday.
“No jumping on Mimi’s couches. No snacks in the living room.” Welcome to disciplining kids at Grandma's. But whose rules do you follow? Yours or Mimi's?
No one tells you all your dreams can’t fit in one life. You may wonder if a strong woman follows or leads. Is she in the boardroom or the kitchen?
I know my kids’ emotions are complex. I'm learning that rather than the disease, those emotions are symptoms. So I'm seeking understanding and solutions.
Advice on seeing both the stepmom’s and biological mom’s perspectives.
Sure, social media has been known to ruin a marriage or two. But if used in appropriate ways, it's a tool to actually strengthen your bond.
Josh and Tracey Devine barely survived their blended family turmoil, but with God’s grace and the help of resources like FamilyLife Blended®, they are now helping other stepfamilies survive and thrive.
Research shows millennials may be the most family-oriented generation in the last 50 years. Millennial parents are changing the norm to raise healthy kids.
We just want our kids to win at sports! But often in the process, we ruin their fun and train them to despise our approach to life and worldview.
The nations are in desperate need of the gospel. The" least of these" are hurting, hungry, thirsty, unclothed, and homeless. The solution? Not my teen!
The Thriving Blended Family Stepfamilies aren’t just “families.” They have their own unique triumphs and joys, as well as challenges and needs. They are a unique type of family, with the redemptive power to break the generational cycle of divorce. Since FamilyLife began over 40 years ago we’ve been putting out biblically-based resources to help […]
You can be intentional with your kids over the summer. Here are 3 ways (+ a printable) to help you pull off a meaningful summer.
My son's first day of first grade introduction worksheet: What do you like to do with your friends? His answer, in wonderfully legible pencil: Chase girls.
Connect with your teen. Help them root their identity in Christ. Encourage your teen to read the book True Identity by John Majors and fill out the form below to download a free discussion guide to foster conversation between you and your child and help him or her apply these biblical concepts to their life.
Jock. Nerd. Popular. Band Geek. We all get labeled. Sometimes in a good way; other times, not so much. But these labels don’t describe the real you–your TRUE IDENTITY. This book will help you think about what–and who–really defines you. As you adventure into a life of greater independence, responsibility, and maturity, there is one […]
You've detected trends that are leading your kids away from church in college. But, let's be honest. Kids do what they like. Why can't that be church?
For 18 years, you have parented through a maze of joys, laughter, confusion, and even bruises. Now your child is a graduate. You have big changes ahead.
My kids need to see that their value isn’t tied to their grades or what school accepts them. I need to encourage them to follow God’s design and purpose for their lives and not insist they conform to a specific formula for success.
We give words of affirmation to someone shortly before or after their death. But why wait? Learn to speak life giving affirmations today.
It's sobering hearing that your body will never carry a child. That because of infertility you’ll never know the kicks of a baby growing inside you.
