28 May How and Why to Emotionally Connect with Your Kids
Making a heart connection with a child is a special part of parenting. One reason connecting emotionally is so important is that the heart is a person’s spiritual center; that’s why God chooses to live there.
08 Oct Emotional Kids Need This Life Skill
When the intensity increases and your child loses control it's important to take a Break. With young children, as young as two or three years old, have them sit in a particular place, a chair, a carpet square, the hallway, or a bottom step. For older children you might send them to the hall or to the parent's room or to another quiet place.
10 Apr The Value of Grandparents
Grandparents meet a special need in the life of their grandchildren. In fact studies show that kids believe that grandparents are very important and value their relationships with them. Furthermore, most grandparents find their role very rewarding.
14 Mar My kid makes me so angry! What should I do?
“Be angry and do not sin …” Did you ever think the Bible would tell you to be angry? But that’s exactly what Paul tells the Ephesians. That said, Paul is quick to also warn them to not sin since Paul knows how powerful and dangerous anger is.
22 Nov How to Use Conflict With Teens For Good
Conflict forces young people to wrestle with things in their hearts. Their desires, emotions, and beliefs get intertwined and they often aren’t thinking straight. Conflict also helps teens develop tools for handling differences in life. Three life skills are exercised in every conflict situation: Problem solving, emotional management, and healthy communication. Parents can help their kids learn how to approach differences by thinking strategically.
04 Sep 10 Truths about a Child’s Anger Parents Must Understand
Many parents find themselves frustrated with emotional outbursts in their children and don't know how to correct without getting emotionally involved. One of the key indicators of maturity in kids is the ability to manage and communicate emotions in a healthy manner. But when they handle emotions poorly, it’s important how you respond. For example, the child who doesn't like an instruction or limitation may reveal frustration outwardly, sometimes in a small way and other times with downright abuse.
25 Jul Teach Kids to Control Anger – Not Vent it
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Children can slow things down inside their hearts before the eruption, and you as the parent can teach them to do so.
18 Apr The Secret of Contentment – Philippians 4:11-19
➨Listen/Watch/Read the sermon “11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. 12 I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. In any and every circumstance, I...