Parenting Tips - Christian Life Advice For Parents

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 04/28/2007 As you teach your child how to properly handle anger, you must help them to embrace two critical principles: *Every person is made in the image of God, and you must not tear at or rip away the image of God in another person even if its just Mom, Dad, sister, or brother. Anger is to be taken care of quickly and efficiently before it deteriorates into bitterness, revenge, or even violence. *A fruit of the Spirit is self-control. Since self-control acts like a 10-foot-high hedge to contain anger, we need to encourage the growth of this godly fruit in our children. Source(s): Parenting Today's Adolescent: Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Teen Years Copyright 1998 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

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FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 04/27/2007 Parents need to examine their own lives and behavior to make sure that they are not doing anything that would cause their children to stumble. For that reason, many parents refuse to drink alcohol, smoke or use drugs, knowing the probability that their children will imitate their behavior. Make sure by what you teach and how you live that your children understand that happiness and deep satisfaction come only from one Source, God (Psalm 16:11 and 43:4). Source(s): Parenting Today's Adolescent: Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Teen Years Copyright 1998 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 04/26/2007 Be involved in your child's life. Hint: Involvement is more than driving the carpool and never missing a dance recital. Involvement means crawling inside your child's head and heart to develop a relationship on the soul to soul, heart to heart level. Spend time doing things together that the child enjoys, have date nights with your child, and just hang out talking. Source(s): Parenting Today's Adolescent: Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Teen Years Copyright 1998 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 04/25/2007 Think of some ways your child has blessed your life. Go to him and tell him, then give him a loving embrace. Source(s): Copyright 1998 FamilyLife, a division of Campus Crusade for Christ.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 04/24/2007 Ask your child: Have you ever taken a stand for what is right when pressured to do wrong? How did taking a stand for what is right make you feel? What were the results? Source(s): My Heart Belongs to Him-My Identity. Copyright 2001 by FamilyLife Parenting Today's Adolescent: Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Teen Years. Copyright 1998 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 04/23/2007 Make a list of spiritual lessons you want to teach your children. Determine what kind of relationship with God you are seeking for them, what you expect them to know about Gods Word and the Christian life, and what values you want them to treasure. Source(s): Growing a Spiritually Strong Family Copyright 2002, by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Multnomah Publishers, Inc.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 04/22/2007 Where television is concerned, parents have to be incredibly involved in determining what their children will be allowed to watch and in what quantity. Consider the following: *Not allowing television viewing by children without prior approval by a parent *Limiting television viewing to no more than 30-60 minutes per day or a certain number of hours per week *Videotaping favorite shows. Then you can choose the ideal time for viewing, and save time by skipping over commercials. Source(s): Parenting Today's Adolescent: Helping Your Child Avoid the Traps of the Preteen and Teen Years Copyright 1998 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Thomas Nelson, Inc., Publishers.