What might happen if every time we disciplined our children we remembered this powerful message of God’s love for us: “See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” (1 John 3:1).
Every parent wants their child to choose good, right behavior. Every family consists of real, mistake-prone people. No one is perfect. How do we
It was the first warm day of spring in Minnesota, which usually means MUD. The ground was still soggy from the snow melt, but the air was clean and fresh and the flowers were just beginning to peek through the soil. I was outside with two of our three kids…
As hard as we try to parent like God would, we are human, and sometimes we mess up. We lose our cool, we speak
Recently, on a weekend when all our kids were home, we dug out the family videos for a trip down memory lane (or, in
Have you ever noticed that some kids argue more persuasively than others? Or that some kids’ schemes are actually quite creative? Or that some kids’ resistance to our requests is so persistent that we actually give in to them sometimes?
Have you noticed that Christmas aisles seem to be stocked earlier and earlier these days? Commercials for Black Friday “doorbusters” are rampant, and there is even controversy about some
When Moses told the nation of Israel to follow God’s commandments and “impress them on your children,” (Deut. 6:7) he was not speaking just to
At times, children naturally enjoy each other. But conflict is inevitable. If parents allow it, isolated conflicts can turn into a persistent rivalry with the power
We have talked before about some “DOs and DON’Ts” of how to peel your kids off the screen. It may seem difficult to help your
When has someone connected with you (shown love and compassion) when you “misbehaved”, and what was the effect on you? Can you think of a
We love to receive emails from parents telling us about their experience with Connected Families! Here is one we received from a mom who has
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