Parenting Tips - Christian Life Advice For Parents

FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 10/13/2007 Offer to help your child with a project. Let him do most of the work, while you lend a hand, showing genuine interest in what he's doing. Source(s): Copyright 1998 FamilyLife, a division of Campus Crusade for Christ.

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FamilyLife.com's Parenting Tip for 10/12/2007 Ask your child: What would you do if you found that a friend was influencing you in negative ways? Why do you think a "friend" would try to get you to do something that they know is wrong? 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 10/11/2007 Memorize Scripture as a family on a regular basis. It's a great way to help your children "treasure God's Word in their hearts" (Psalm 109:11). 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 10/10/2007 The best approach to making movie decisions for your family is not to rely on the movie ratings system, but to view the movie yourself before you decide whether or not your child should see it. 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 10/09/2007 Since mutual respect is the foundation of all healthy relationships, how parents relate as a couple and speak to their children is the best model of the pleasing use of the tongue. If the parents speak respectfully to one another, they can then expect their children to do the same. 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 10/08/2007 If possible, through your church or perhaps with the parents of one of your child's friends, form an unofficial parenting partnership. Hint: Encourage the other family to monitor your child's attitudes, actions, and speech while in their home and to feel comfortable reporting observations to you. 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 10/07/2007 Make sure that your children are not so busy (with activities and commitments) that they do not have adequate time to play, rest, and just be with their families. This week, sit down and look over your child's schedule of activities. Determine whether you and your child need to make any adjustments. Source(s): Raising Children Of Faith: Study Guide Copyright 2002 by Dennis and Barbara Rainey. Used by permission of Group Publishing, Inc.