Parenting Tips - Christian Life Advice For Parents

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 04/14/2007 When your child enters high school, take him on a spiritual journey through the book of Proverbs. This book of the Bible has some of the best wisdom for life issues, such as how to make good decisions concerning the opposite sex, how to make right choices, how to work, and how to be a faithful and responsible steward of what God has given you. 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 04/13/2007 Tips on dealing with sibling rivalry: *Clearly spell out the boundaries and limits. No hitting. No saying I hate you. No bossing each other around. And no cut-downs. Establish non-negotiable penalties for stepping over the limit. *Have your children memorize Romans 12:10, 17. *Don't fuel your kids competitive spirit by comparing them with each other, by playing favorites, or by constantly putting them in situations where they have to compete against each other. *Pray for your children. Ask God to make them best friends. *Pray that He will divinely engineer situations where they have to look out for each other, and applaud them when they do. 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 04/12/2007 Let your media choices set a high standard for media use by your 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.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 04/11/2007 A first step in effective parenting is to begin with the end in mind by developing a vision for what you want your children to become. Make a list of character qualities that you would like to see developed in your child. Source(s): Raising Children Of Faith: Study Guide Copyright 2002 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Group Publishing, Inc.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 04/10/2007 If you want a spiritually healthy family, you must make sure that each member consumes a healthy diet of the everlasting Word of God. 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 04/09/2007 Ask your child: Have you ever given into negative peer pressure? How did it 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 04/08/2007 Order pizza, rent your child's favorite movie and watch it together. Source(s): Copyright 1998 FamilyLife, a division of Campus Crusade for Christ.