Parenting Tips - Christian Life Advice For Parents

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 02/03/2007 Verbally affirm masculine dress and appearance in your sons and feminine dress and appearance in your daughters. Compliment your sons when they dress up and wear a tie. Rave about your daughters when they wear a dress, or dress modestly. Young men and young women are hungry for affirming words as their sexual identities emerge. 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 02/02/2007 From now until your teen leaves home and moves on to adulthood, you will slowly relinquish control, and the child will increasingly not be at home. In the interest of keeping tabs on how your child is handling new challenges, consider recruiting a network of parents, teachers, youth workers, coaches, employers, and other observers who will feel comfortable in sharing information with you occasionally. If they see your child doing something or going somewhere that they know you would not approve of, they should feel free to call and tell 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.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 02/01/2007 Pray regularly for your child. Bring every concern, dream, desire about your child to God in fervent, persistent prayer. 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 01/31/2007 Fix your childs favorite snacks and relax with him by listening to some of his favorite music. Source(s): Copyright 1998 FamilyLife, a division of Campus Crusade for Christ.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 01/30/2007 Ask your child: What are some of the benefits of having friends who influence you in positive ways? What are some of the consequences of having a friend who influences you in negative ways? 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 01/29/2007 Read the Bible at mealtime. What a great way to serve your family spiritual food! 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 01/28/2007 When trying to find a wholesome movie at the theater for your family, resist the urge to see the newest movie within a week of its release. This way, you have time to collect reviews, seek out other information on the movies content, and carefully listen to what others you respect have to say about the movie. Check out the following great resources for help in evaluating the suitability of movies: Screen It! Entertainment Reviews for Parents, http://www.screenit.com and Movie Guide. Ted Baehr has years of experience in evaluating movie content from a Christian perspective. Write him at 3554 Strait Street, Atlanta, GA 30340. 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.