Parenting Tips - Christian Life Advice For Parents

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 01/13/2007 Children need to be needed at home. They long for approval, for a deep sense of belonging, for importance, for order and security. If they dont receive these things at home, they will seek them elsewhere. 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 01/12/2007 Its easy for parents to let the family become consumed by busyness. Activities and accomplishment become the basis for significance. To keep life properly focused, you should schedule times that ensure attention to priorities. For example, make sure that the entire family eats breakfast (or dinner) together each day, or schedule a special family night each week. Make it non-negotiable. 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 01/11/2007 Passive anger is deceptive, because it seems easier to tolerate than the behavior of a child who screams and throws a fit. But its a pay-now-or-pay-later proposition. Encourage your child to talk about his anger and to express it appropriately. Work together to resolve conflicts and to bring about reconciliation. 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 01/10/2007 Go on a short-term mission trip with your older children. (Check with your local church for mission trip opportunities.) Its a great way to teach them how to look at the world through the eyes of Jesus Christ and to refine their values. 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 01/09/2007 Set aside one day a month or every other month (something the child can look forward to on a routine basis) to take your child out on a date to a movie, dinner, miniature golf, bowling, or some other enjoyable activity. Source(s): Copyright 1998 FamilyLife, a division of Campus Crusade for Christ.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 01/08/2007 Acknowledge your childs accomplishments (big or small) with a special gift and/or greeting card). Source(s): Copyright 1998 FamilyLife, a division of Campus Crusade for Christ.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 01/07/2007 Children often see God when they look at their parents. When we model qualities of our Father in Heaven by allowing the love of Jesus Christ to flow through us and into our children, were succeeding as parents. Source(s): Growing a Spiritually Strong Family Copyright 2002, by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Multnomah Publishers, Inc.