Parenting • Learning and education School choice matters: Educational options for your kids How can parents determine what’s best for their one-of-a-kind child? Consider three questions as you weigh your options. Article
Parenting • Parenting tips Is it time to practice an emergency drill with your family? Do you practice fire safety drills with your family? What about other basic emergency procedures? Take a peek at this... Article
Parenting • Faith and parenting Q&A: Revealing the truth about Santa to your child The answers to your daughter’s questions don’t have to require long, tortured explanations or feelings of guilt on yo... Article
Parenting • Parenting tips Helping your tween balance family and friendships Tweens typically want to get together with friends every day, but setting ground rules will help define what your twe... Article
Parenting • Parenting tips When your child struggles to make friends Teaching your child how to be a friend to make a friend. Article
Parenting • Faith and parenting What my daughter taught me about perseverance I wanted to be rescued from the losses associated with my divorce. Watching my daughter, I realized that God knows ho... Article
Parenting • Learning and education Alternate schooling for kids There really are no wrong choices when it comes to choosing alternative schooling for our kids. No two families are a... Article
Parenting • Faith and parenting Making devotions fun for kids It takes discipline and creativity to find ways to engage your children in faith – but it’s not impossible! Here are ... Article
Parenting • Media and entertainment The problem with princesses: Teaching little girls the difference between reality and fairy tales Are the princesses a harmless phase that little girls outgrow? I see three possible negative consequences of the "Pri... Article
Parenting • Pornography (women) Healthy childhood sexual development: Prevention (Ages 5-8) Raising healthy kids requires proactive parents who understand the culture they live in. Continue to help your child ... Article
Parenting • Development stages Q&A: Helping your child beat the bedwetting blues What causes a child to wet the bed? Our son is well past the age of potty training, yet I still have to change his be... Article
Parenting • Physical health School lunch box cheat sheet: Ideas to spice up your child’s lunch box If you care to print out this cheat sheet and bring it along on your next trip to the grocery store, it may just help... Article
Parenting • Faith and parenting Four Advent adventures for your family Find ideas for four different Advent adventures – one for each of the four weeks of Advent. With simple devotional re... Article
Parenting • Boundaries Q&A: What if my child wants a radical hairstyle? All kids want to feel heard and to feel that their desires will be honoured. So instead of brushing off his hairstyle... Article
Parenting • Evangelism Q&A: When your home becomes the neighbourhood playground We seem to have stricter rules than most parents on our street about where our grade-school children are allowed to g... Article
Parenting • Depression Helping kids bounce back from setbacks We can’t protect our kids from all the blows that will come their way. But it’s imperative that we teach our kids how... Article
Parenting • Sex education Guiding your son through puberty Is your son entering puberty? Here’s how to help him understand this mysterious body morph. Article
Parenting • Faith and parenting Building lasting faith in kids: Proven ideas from Sticky Faith research No single strategy is guaranteed to produce robust faith in all kids, but time and again, researchers found these sam... Article
Parenting • Verbal and emotional abuse Don't let your words wound your child's heart As parents, our words and actions can have severe consequences, and we have the power to shatter these somewhat fragi... Article
Parenting • Social teaching Preparing kids for the challenges of real life We do our kids a great disservice when we constantly coddle them. We need to equip them to handle correction and redi... Article