Listening to FamilyLife Today has given me the encouragement to persevere.

Gratitude is not natural; it must be nurtured.

In a FamilyLife Today interview, Dennis Rainey and Bob Lepine say that all of us are called by God to leave something behind—to have an impact on the next generation.

We need to work at modeling appropriate expressions of anger.

When we got out of the car, I could tell I had picked a bad day to bring a little kid to the mall.

Lying, no matter how small, is a big deal. If our children are going to develop the discipline to always embrace the truth, it will be with our help.

These steps will help you keep track of the truth.

As we shape our children’s convictions we need to be careful to give them God’s perspective of lies, false appearances, and misrepresentations of the truth.

Here are some ways to test how well your child is handling the deceit trap.

We need to model and teach a commitment to excellence.

A life of integrity is a life you can trust.

Using chores to teach responsibility.

This can be a time in your child’s life when she can begin to wean herself from her parents and begin to form her own identity.

The child who is developing more complex thinking abilities now has a better set of tools to use in being deceitful.

Do your children know what you expect of them when they spend the night with a friend?

Our children have approached their simple household chores with all the enthusiasm normally expressed for a root canal.

You can use all sorts of methods to teach your children how to earn, save, invest, and spend wisely.