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When Parenting Isn’t Popular
Making responsible, though not always fun, parenting decisions pays dividends and yields goodness that lasts well beyond the moment.
Co-Parenting Doesn’t Have to Be Ugly
When the world is telling you to blame your ex-spouse and embrace bitterness, you can work on turning your thoughts toward a peaceful working relationship.
Phillip Bethancourt explains how the gospel has a profound impact when applied to parenting. Bethancourt, a husband and father to four boys, recalls the time his 7-year-old asked him what it meant to be gay.
Dennis and Barbara Rainey team up with David Robbins and his wife, Meg, to answer questions from listeners such as: How do I encourage my teens to make good decisions? How do I handle sibling rivalry?
Gender-Neutral Parenting Isn’t for Me
My husband and I are raising our daughters to identify with who God designed them to be, embrace the characteristics He gave them, and develop confidence in the goodness of their Maker.
Eryn Lynum tells how the gift of a jar of 936 pennies at her son’s baby dedication transformed her family’s life by keep them intentionally focused on the importance of each passing day.
Eryn Lynum was given a jar of 936 pennies at her infant son’s dedication. Each penny represented a week she would never get back, so she tells how she started parenting intentionally.
Ron Deal, director of FamilyLife Blended, talks about the vital role step-grandparents provide as they help create connection in their families.
Hear excerpts of various guests, including Phil Vischer, Bryan and Korie Loritts, Ron Deal, and Susan Yates sharing their experiences pertaining to FamilyLife’s Art of Parenting™.
Stepparenting and the Law
Even though the legal rights of a stepparent over his or her stepchildren is limited, love is not limited.
Todd Friel encourages parents to look beyond behavior modification when disciplining our kids; reminding us that we’re all sinners, even parents, so we shouldn’t be shocked when kids don’t behave.
Todd Friel talks to parents of prodigals who feel they are to blame for their child’s waywardness. Friel reminds parents that it’s their job to be faithful. It’s God’s job to bring their children to faith.
Parenting Is Not About Raising Well-Behaved Kids
If you view your kids as sinners who need salvation, you’ll see parenting as a rescue mission.
Stepparenting Teenagers
Adolescence is a natural time of turmoil in nearly every family.
Raising children in the limelight is diifficult. For Dennis and Barbara Rainey, the remedy was to live humbly and openly, and don’t pressure your kids to be anything other than who they are.
Paul David Tripp talks honestly about parenting children with the love, wisdom, and mercy only God can provide. Tripp reminds parents the law has no power to change the heart. Only grace can do that.
Guests Kathy Koch, Brian Housman, and Jonathan McKee offer tips and strategies to parents raising kids in a screen-filled digital world.