Raising Godly children with strong Christian Character
In my last post How Do You Live With A Prickly Person, we looked at what prickly means and I shared six ways to deal with strong personalities without getting angry or letting them pull your spirit down. My last point was: Recognize what triggers their prickly responses. Here are 6 Of The Most Common Triggers For Prickly People … Read More
When I speak about dealing with a difficult child, I often describe that child as prickly. Perhaps you live with a prickly person, whether it be a child, spouse, or some other relative. How Do You Live With A Prickly Person? Are you wondering what I mean by a prickly person? What are some prickly personality traits? This person may… Read More
One of the questions that many parents have asked me is, “With character training – where do I start? How do I know what trait to start with, or how to even begin?!” Perhaps you have looked at our 48 Godly Character Traits chart, and wondered the same thing! My suggestion is that you think about what is frustrating you in… Read More
Are you looking for practical tools to help you parent purposefully in the new year? It is easy to have great ambitions and goals for our parenting, but without specific planning, we tend to never quite follow through on those goals. It is vital that you make a plan to parent purposefully in the new year and choose tools that… Read More
As Christian parents, one of the most important things you can do fory our kids is to get them in the habit of reading God’s Word daily. However, it can be hard to know where to have them start, or how to set up Bible reading plans your children will enjoy. (This is an article that my son wrote about… Read More
As parents, we all want to do the best job we can in raising our kids. However, despite our best intentions, we often do things that we shouldn’t do as parents. I’m going to share 10 things every parent should stop doing. The list includes things I struggled with from time to time while raising our eight kids. There were… Read More
As parents, we want to keep a good relationship with our kids as they become teens and young adults. Often however, without meaning to, you may push your older kids away from you. Are you aware of things you may be doing that might turn your teens away? I believe that the biggest mistake that parents can make with their… Read More
I believe that there are advantages of growing up in a large family! However, the fact that we have eight children is looked at as unusual by many people these days. My husband came from a family of 14 kids, and there were 5 in my family. For us, having a “large family” just seemed normal. Many folks are quick to… Read More
Training kids’ hearts with Scripture is one of the best and most important ways to teach and train our children. God tells us as parents that we are to bring our children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4) He also provided everything we need for that task in His Word. “All Scripture is given by… Read More
If you homeschool, I HAVE A SECRET for you —- Homeschooling isn’t enough! After 31 years of homeschooling I still remember something I heard someone say in my 2nd year of teaching our kids. I was at a support group meeting, and this lady was attending for the first time. She was planning to take her kids out of public… Read More
