By editor on Jan 8, 2008 in Family Life | 0 Comments
AUTHENTIC PARENTING IN A POSTMODERN CULTUREby Mary E. DeMuth What is postmodernism, and how does this relate to you as a parent? Our children are growing up in a world that’s radically different than the one we knew as a child. In this postmodern culture, people discover and live out truth in new ways. Ms. [...]
By editor on Jan 7, 2008 in Family Life | 0 Comments
Connected Christian Parenting in an Age of IM and MySpaceby Peggy Kendall Raising children in these modern times has become even more complicated by the internet and all of the new technology that goes along with it. The author is an associate professor of communication studies at Bethel University. As such, she has a wonderful [...]
By editor on Dec 31, 2007 in Family Life | 0 Comments
CONFIDENT PARENTINGby Jim Burns CONFIDENT PARENTING—while this sounds like an oxymoron—Jim Burns maintains that it is possible. That if you want to raise your children to be responsible adults, then it is necessary to have a plan. Otherwise, you might end up with happy, but irresponsible kids.
By editor on May 18, 2007 in Family Life | 1 Comment
Generation Next Parenting by Tricia Goyer I’m not sure I agree with the basic premise of this book. Or maybe I’m just letting the fact that I fall into the category of the age of the author’s parents. I wasn’t raised the way her parents were. I didn’t raise my children the way she was [...]
By editor on Apr 23, 2007 in Family Life, NONFICTION | 0 Comments
HEAVEN FOR KIDS by Randy Alcorn Randy Alcorn is a parent and a grandparent, so he knows how important it is to pass along the correct, biblical answers about Heaven. So, in HEAVEN FOR KIDS Randy Alcorn has adapted his best-selling Heaven for the 8-12 crowd.
By editor on Apr 13, 2007 in Family Life | 0 Comments
RESPECTFUL KIDS by Dr. Todd Cartmell How will you teach your kids to be respectful rather than rude? Most parents wonder how to teach their children respect. The daily battles inside the home are frustrating and your children may be even rude at times. I know mine are. In RESPECTFUL KIDS, child psychologist Dr. Todd [...]
By editor on Dec 29, 2006 in Family Life, For Women | 0 Comments
HOLD YOU, MOMMY by Laurie Lovejoy Hilliard and Sharon Lovejoy Autry Hold you, Mommy! is a phrase said by lots of young children when they want or need to be picked up and loved on. But where do moms go when they need to be held by a parent? In HOLD YOU, MOMMY, the authors [...]
By editor on Sep 8, 2006 in Family Life | 0 Comments
BUILDING THE CHRISTIAN FAMILY YOU NEVER HAD by Mary E. DeMuth As a Christian, you want to do whatever it takes to ground your children in the faith. But if you weren’t raised in a Christian home, sometimes you don’t know what to do since you don’t have the foundations needed. If you are the [...]