Parenting Tips - Christian Life Advice For Parents

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 05/26/2007 Set aside a special day this month to spend time participating with your child doing his favorite activity (bowling, skating, miniature golfing, basketball, or artwork, etc.) Source(s): Copyright 1998 FamilyLife, a division of Campus Crusade for Christ.

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FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 05/25/2007 Ask your child: Why is it important that we choose friends wisely? 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 05/24/2007 Watch for opportunities to teach and apply Scripture in everyday circumstances. Sibling rivalry, for instance, offers a chance to teach what the Bible says about forgiveness. 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 05/23/2007 Get on the Internet with your child and do some surfing (exploring). Show your child how to navigate toward acceptable materials and away from questionable Web sites. Play your child’s computer or video games with him. Discuss any messages or themes that are portrayed as you play the game. 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 05/22/2007 As your child grows older, teach him to make sound, wise decisions in planning so that his schedule is balanced and not overloaded. Knowing the mechanics of time management and how to keep a schedule is helpful, but what's more important is knowing how to operate from a biblical mind-set, how to form important personal values, how to evaluate the cost involved with any choice, and how to analyze options and make a good decision. This may be the best inoculation to prevent chronic busyness. 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 05/21/2007 Help your child decide how he will handle peer pressure in advance. Talk out or role play different situations with your child, for example you can say to your child, You are at a friends home. No one else is in the house. Your friend produces a pack of cigarettes and asks you to join him for a smoke. What would you do? Do the same for possible situations involving other issues alcohol, drugs, pornography, cheating, stealing, going to forbidden movies, sexual temptation, and so on. 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 05/20/2007 Your influence plays a large role in your children's capacity to love others and to develop meaningful relationships. Strive to be a good example of Gods love as you relate to and interact with others. Source(s): Raising Children Of Faith: Study Guide Copyright 2002 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Group Publishing, Inc.