![Make Church a Positive Experience for Kids Make Church a Positive Experience for Kids](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/86665.jpg?h=150&w=100)
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Children need to feel that they are an important part of the church community, says Michelle Leise in her article for CHRISTIAN PARENTING TODAY magazine. The thoughts, feelings, ...
![Help Children Make Faith Their Own Help Children Make Faith Their Own](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/86666.jpg?h=150&w=100)
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Deuteronomy 6 tells us to impress God's commandments on our children. We are to talk about them when we sit at home, walk along the road, lie down, and get up. Clearly God ...
![Nurture a Child's Faith Nurture a Child's Faith](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/86667.jpg?h=150&w=100)
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The foundation for an enduring and strong faith is not primarily built through friends, conferences, camps, VBS, a mid-week program, or Sunday school; faith is truly and ...
![Use Stories to Pass on the Faith Use Stories to Pass on the Faith](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/86668.jpg?h=150&w=100)
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"Stories are a powerful way to connect with kids," says William Bennett in his article for CHRISTIAN PARENTING TODAY. `God reveals himself through the eternal ...
![Understanding Teens Understanding Teens](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/86530.jpg?h=150&w=100)
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Teenagers are often viewed in our culture as "alien creatures, strange beings from another planet." Many books teach how to survive them, not enjoy them. Christian ...
![Strengthen the Family Strengthen the Family](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/86600.jpg?h=151&w=100)
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Certainly divorce, out-of-wedlock pregnancies, and child and spouse abuse have had a tremendous effect on the structure of the family. But what, aside from talking, have ...
![Loving Discipline Loving Discipline](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/86646.jpg?h=150&w=100)
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Biblical discipline focuses on heart changes, not merely outward behavior changes. It includes consistent training, calm correction, biblical teaching, and clear communication. ...
![Raising Counter-Cultural Teenagers Raising Counter-Cultural Teenagers](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/86647.jpg?h=150&w=100)
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The apostle Paul admonished his disciple Timothy, "Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, ...
![Fear Factors in Parenting Fear Factors in Parenting](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/86648.jpg?h=150&w=100)
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You go through nine months of preparation, but nothing really prepares you for the moment an infant is wrapped in pink or blue and placed in your arms. And then it hits ...
![Friendships That Benefit Parenting Friendships That Benefit Parenting](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/86649.jpg?h=150&w=100)
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New parents can feel overwhelmed, insecure, incompetent, and inadequately prepared, according to Mimi Greenwood Knight in her article for CHRISTIAN PARENTING TODAY. Knight ...
![Parenting Together Parenting Together](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/86650.jpg?h=150&w=100)
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Children are intelligent little beings. It isn't long before they realize both of their parents were not cut from the same fabric. Some things are okay with one parent and ...
![Model Self-Confidence for Your Kids Model Self-Confidence for Your Kids](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/86651.jpg?h=150&w=100)
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We've all seen those motivational posters—such as the one with a drop of water causing a ripple effect that reads: "Attitude: a little thing that makes a big ...
![Christian Teens and Sex Christian Teens and Sex](https://www-images.christianitytoday.com/images/86509.jpg?h=150&w=100)
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While the topic of teens and sex may make you squirm, please hang in there for the sake of young person you know and love. For as Jennifer Parker warns, "Peer pressure, ...