Parenting Principle #3: Affirm Your Kids
Every kid – even the most challenging ones – need and deserve affirmation.
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Parenting Principle #1: Put God First
If you want to lead your kids to the promised land, follow the timeless advice of Moses to parents and grandparents. The first principle is simple: put God first.
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Healthy Couples Keep Talking
Love and trust are great, but without the practical skill of good communication, your marriage might not go the distance.
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Trust Is Earned, Not Freely Given
Choosing love will lead to a life-long marriage, but it’ll feel like bondage without a daily commitment to earning trust.
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Love Is a Choice, Not Just a Feeling
If you’re working from a faulty definition of love, your marriage is missing the foundation it needs to last a lifetime.
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Stop Using Universal Quantifiers in Conflict
Universal quantifiers are over-generalizations that only add fuel to the fire in your conflict so avoid them at all costs!
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Personality Types In Marriage
Understanding your temperament can help you appreciate your spouse, rather than trying to change them into your likeness.
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When Your Kids Get Rejected By Friends
When your kid is heartbroken over friend drama it can be hard to know how to react as parents. Keep these tips in mind so you’re ready for it!
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Ethos, Pathos and Logos in Marriage
Aristotle said three things are necessary for any good “argument”- logos, pathos and ethos. Find out how these three things can help you in your next marital conflict.
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How to Stop Being So Defensive in Marriage
John Gottman defines defensiveness as “self-protection in the form of righteous indignation or innocent victimhood in an attempt to ward off a perceived attack.”
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Test Your Co-Dependency in Parenting
Co-dependency is the excessive emotional or psychological reliance on a partner or even our kids.
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When Your Kid Gets Bullied
If your kid seems depressed, withdrawn or lonely, they may be experiencing bullying.
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Take the Selfishness Test for Your Marriage
Selfishness is at the root of marital disfunction. Discover the areas where you need to improve.
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Boundaries With Teens
John Townsend says that parents (and their boundaries) are like guard rails helping to keep their teenagers on the right path.
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Let the Budget Be the Bad Guy
Sick of fighting over money as a couple? Sit down and create a budget together, and then blame the budget when you can’t buy that new toy!
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Parenting Grade School Kids into Confidence
During the elementary school years, kids are developing competence (and hopefully confidence) as they compare themselves to their peers. In today’s topic we look at Eric Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development to identify some do’s and don’ts of parenting kids into confidence.
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Attachment Types in Parenting
Our kids will grow up with a particular attachment type – which will impact the quality of their future relationships. Good parents will do everything they can to help their kids form healthy attachments.
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Attachment Types in Marriage
Just like personality types or love languages, we all tend toward a particular attachment type. Being aware of your “type” helps you identify your default tendencies in times of stress and conflict.
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Pre-Marriage Basics (Series)
Learn God’s design for marriage and three basic principles for a healthy, life-long marriage. Workbook includes couples’ survey and sample wedding order.
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Does the Bible Promise My Kids Will Be Perfect?
Parenting would be easy if the Bible had an instruction manual that guaranteed perfect kids. But, that’s just not how it works.
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Four Roadblocks to an Apology
Apologizing is difficult to do but a necessary skill if you want to have a healthy marriage. Avoid some typical excuses for why people don’t want to say “I’m sorry.”
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The Pledge of Allegiance, Family, and God
The flag deserves our respect and honor. But God deserves our total devotion.
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What Parents Need to Know About Teens and Suicide
Teen suicide is on the rise and parents need to get engaged in the lives of their kids to know if they’re at risk.
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Don’t Play the Comparison Game with Your Kids
Nobody likes to be compared to someone else. The comparison game tends to highlight our weaknesses and how we don’t measure up to others. It leaves us feeling deflated and insecure. So, why do so many parents fall into this trap with their kids?
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