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Whether your family is taking a short trip to Grandma’s house or a cross-country vacation in the family car, these interactive activities will help the time pass more quickly.

When we give ourselves without reservation to our children, we draw them to us.

A few ideas on how parents can start cultivating an attitude of service in simple ways, by weaving threads of humility, consideration, and an “others-first” attitude into the fabric of everyday life.

In the battle for the hearts and minds of our children, we need to recognize that they need our intentional guidance in countering the deceptions of life.

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.

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

Parenting isn’t just a manual task—it’s the shaping of a life.

We need to work at modeling appropriate expressions of anger.

Our children need to catch a vision for being an ambassador for Christ.

Parents often feel tired from fighting the influences of the culture, but let me encourage you to hang on.

In most cases I find boredom to be a function of attitude—a result of my own selfishness and lack of vision or initiative or creativity.

These ideas won’t cure every problem in your home, but they will help you refocus on kingdom purposes.

Here are some issues to consider as you consider adding to your family through adoption.

Loving wayward children even when you don’t approve of their behavior.