Parenting Tips - Christian Life Advice For Parents

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 07/21/2007 Bring your child a refreshing drink while he's doing chores or yard work. Source(s): Copyright 1998 FamilyLife, a division of Campus Crusade for Christ.

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FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 07/20/2007 Ask your child: When others choose you for a friend, would you say they are making a wise choice? Why? 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 07/19/2007 Enlist your child (or teen) in an age-appropriate Bible study. 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 07/18/2007 Did you know that music can affect and influence your child's emotions and moods, and can play a significant role in romantic relationships with the opposite sex? Help your child choose his CDs, music videos, and radio stations wisely. Evaluate together the lyrics of his favorite songs, and songs played on secular radio. Ask him what the lyrics are teaching him. Discourage him from listening to any radio stations or CDs that do not measure up to Philippians 4:8. 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 07/16/2007 When your child makes a mistake and succumbs to peer pressure, talk through the situation and gently help the child articulate in his own words what went wrong. Role-play the situation to help the child understand how a better choice could have been made. Although discipline may be required, balance it with forgiveness and encouragement. Being a young person is very challenging. He needs to know that you are on his side. 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 07/15/2007 Children will behave like children, you can count on it. You will need to train your child in some areas over and over again. Above all, don't give up! Source(s): Raising Children Of Faith: Study Guide Copyright 2002 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Group Publishing, Inc.