Parents are key when it comes to keeping kids off drugs. Good parenting is the best anti-drug we have.
You have to support your children to have a healthy relationship.
My kids love it. I thought I was the coolest dad in the world when I got to be in a Bond film, but 'Harry Potter', too? Well, I think I qualify for a medal for exceptional parenting or something, don'...
I guess you just have to trust your kids, trust that their innate interest in life will win out in the end, don’t you think?
Hey, great idea: if you have kids, give your partner reading vouchers next Christmas. Each voucher entitles the bearer to two hours' reading time *while the kids are awake*. It might look like a cheap...
The biggest test for parents is not how they parent, but how the respond to disorder and unpredictability.
Replace a goal of obedience with one of connection and trust instead. Children are drawn to follow those to whom they are emotionally connected. By parenting not for obedience but for relationship, ki...
Many men have children, but not many children have 'Fathers'. Age releases to you reproductive skills. Fatherhood requires LEADERSHIP skills
Raising a child is a time of RAPID CHANGE! From the ages of 0 to 19, a PARENT can age over 30 years!
Parenting the outside of the child is as useless as polishing a rotten apple.
Listening to our kids with an open heart & mind is the strongest way to build a relationship with them - especially when they're wrong.
Mostly good is enough. Mostly good produces healthy kids who know they are valued and either forget the other parts or turn them into funny stories.
You'll never be hurt as much by being open as you have been remaining closed.
I wanted two girls," she said. "You and your sister. I wanted exactly what I had. Other people's children are too hard
God is at work telling a story of restoration and redemption through your family. Never buy into the myth that you need to become the "right" kind of parent before God can use you in your children's l...
Everything I had to give went to my children, and though I loved them and my husband utterly, the drudgery of the day-to-day made it seem as if not love but coffee, my Toyota and sheer logistics were...
Parents can tell but never teach, unless they practice what they preach.
If you want kids, choose your girlfriend like your future child has the deciding vote.
For Parents: Never blame or scold a child for their first mistake after all family is the first school from where a child learns.
To you who are parents, I say, show love to your children. You know you love them, but make certain they know it as well. They are so precious. Let them know. Call upon our Heavenly Father for help as...