Parenting Tips - Christian Life Advice For Parents

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 12/15/2007 To keep children from building a pattern of deceit in their lives, parents need to model a life of integrity. Watch for the subtle deceptions we adults are so prone to—giving phony reasons for not taking phone calls, failing to keep promises to our children, offering excuses to get out of commitments, and so on. Instead, show your children by your own example how important it is to walk in truth. 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 12/14/2007 Make a library date with your child once or twice a month, and encourage him to check out books that he would enjoy. You might even check out one you could read and enjoy together. Source(s): Copyright 1998 FamilyLife, a division of Campus Crusade for Christ.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 12/13/2007 Worship is key in family life. Be sure to attend church as a family, and continue to worship in your heart at home after the service. 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 12/12/2007 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 it's 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.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 12/11/2007 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 12/10/2007 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 12/09/2007 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.