Parenting Tips - Christian Life Advice For Parents

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 08/04/2007 Building a relationship with your children requires a commitment to being vitally involved in teaching, training, and guiding them. Plan a regular meeting time with your child to do a regular Bible study or devotions on topics relevant to his season in life. Be sure to take advantage of those everyday opportunities that may come your way to help him grow in biblical character. 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 08/03/2007 Ask your child: When you start working a part-time job, how do you plan to manage your money? 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 08/02/2007 Ask your child: Have you ever kissed a member of the opposite sex? 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 08/01/2007 Write "I love you" or "Welcome Home" on a big sign on the door or on the front lawn to greet your child coming home from school. Source(s): Copyright 1998 FamilyLife, a division of Campus Crusade for Christ.

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 07/31/2007 Use positive peer pressure to your advantage. Consider challenging one or two of your child's friends to be a positive influence on your child while at the same time challenging your child to be a positive influence on them. 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 07/30/2007 In a fast-paced, busy world, help your child learn the value of quiet and rest. Encourage, insist, that your child spend time regularly just being still. This means not watching television or doing computer games, but reading, listening to soft music, or pursuing calm hobbies. This environment is also necessary for teaching your child how to have a daily time of prayer and Scripture reading. 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 07/29/2007 Anger is almost always a response. When your child is angry you can help him understand what hurt him and work through that issue together. 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.