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6 Practical Tips to Tame Your Temper

God offers His wonderful grace and peace for your heart so you can overflow to your child in the messes of family life. Although “pray

Brendon and Naomi are parents to three kids; ages 6, 4, and 2. After completing the Sibling Conflict online course Brendon reported, “This course has

There’s a parenting pitfall that nearly all parents get stuck in at some point: “If my child behaves well, I am a good parent. If

“Are you going to help me or not?” I snapped at Daniel, our fifteen year-old-son. He’d been asking for the past hour to go to

Recently, on a weekend when all our kids were home, we dug out the family videos for a trip down memory lane (or, in

We have raised our own three kids who are now in their twenties. Through personal experience, as well as working with countless families, we have

When your kids act up, Stop and Breathe. Breathing clears your mind and calms you down. When you don’t breathe, your brain stays in fight or

“It was as if I was breathing in God’s presence. I immediately grew calm, and instead of seeing the situation with anger, I saw it with compassion.