Parenting From The Source

Her daughter was abusing privileges extended to her. She had a credit card for her monthly allotment of gasoline. Not only did she often exceed her limit, but Mom found out that she sold credit-card-purchased gasoline to friends when she needed cash. “How can I trust her? I gave her the card because I wanted [...]

Proverbs 31 is not what many people think—a model against which women should measure themselves. It is actually a song that praises a virtuous woman and was used by a mother to teach her son, King Lemuel. Recent posts, Dating a Proverbs 31 Girl, Physical Beauty Not the Whole Story, and Proverbs 31 for 21st [...]

Gentleness, a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), might seem out of place in our brusque, twenty-first century world. However, when Paul wrote his letter to the Galatians, the world was no less harsh than today. Perhaps it’s that very harshness that makes a gentle spirit so valued. Teaching Gentleness to a Toddler A toddler [...]

Teaching patience to a child is a challenge. When my grandson was two, he began impatiently watching for his PaPa’s return from the farm almost as soon as the pickup was out of sight. When a two-year-old waits six months for Christmas, he’s waiting one fourth of the lifetime he’s lived up to that point. [...]

If our children trust us and know that we respect them, we have the groundwork for building good communication. For one way to develop trust and respect see Parenting from the Source: Communication The next step is building the necessary skills. Touch Is Our First Language of Communication Touch is a basic communication skill. It’s the [...]

Encouraging one another was important in the first century just as it is today. Barnabas was one of the early church followers of Christ. When we read his story in Scripture, it’s easy to see why he was called “Son of Encouragement,” Additionally, Paul often told the early Christians to encourage one another (I Thessalonians [...]