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FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 07/07/2007 A positive relationship with your children is grounded in their knowledge that you love them unconditionally. Make a commitment to express love for your child everyday in word and in deed, even when they make mistakes. Source(s): Raising Children Of Faith: Study Guide Copyright 2002 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Group Publishing, Inc.

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FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 07/06/2007 Ask your child: What qualities do you think you should look for in an employer when looking for a part-time job? 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 07/05/2007 Ask your child: What is the purpose of dating? 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 07/04/2007 Help your children discover that there is no greater good than serving God by reaching out to people with the love of Christ. Teach your child how to serve God by example. Serve in your local church, and volunteer when you can in the local soup kitchen or other areas in your community where you can help people in need. Involve your child when appropriate. 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 07/03/2007 Realize that maintaining control of those who influence your children is within the boundaries of authority granted by God to you as a parent (Colossians 3:20). Help your children to make wise choices of friends. Help them know how to determine the bad apples from the good apples, and make it more difficult for them to get together with those who look like bad apples. 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 07/02/2007 Consider making the Sabbath a day of rest for your family. Some ideas might be to make sure your children get their homework done by Saturday night, and avoiding shopping or doing chores on Sunday. If the children want to listen to music, insist that it be Christian music, and limit phone calls and visits to family only. During the Sabbath try to enjoy naps, reading, recreation, and relationship building as a family. 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 07/01/2007 Parents need to work at modeling appropriate expressions of anger for their children: *Don�t act or speak unless your emotions are under control (being �quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger,� as James 1:19 directs us). *Direct anger at the specific cause rather than spraying anger at your spouse or other people. *Seek resolution and reconciliation, not payback. 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.