Recommended For Parents
Click on any of the articles links below - they are recommended to read.
Parenting for Faith
Click on any of the articles links below - they are recommended to read.
Parenting for Faith
- LifeMap - Faith
- Teach me to pray - article from Legacy Coalition
- Prayer for your Wilderness Journey - a prayer resource to use to guide your prayers for the prodigal child or grandchild who has lost their way.
- Raising Empathetic Kids
- Starting Out as a follower of Jesus? Have a look at this great resource.
- Welcoming Children to Worship. A great article by Christina Embree
- My child doesn't get anything out of church! Great article here by Christina Embree
- Questions for your child's future spouse - Dr Greg Smalley (Focus on the Family) Video here, Questions here
- Identity, belonging and purpose: Talking Faith with Kara Powell - YouTube – an excellent interview with Kara Powell from The Fuller Institute. For parents and grandparents.
- Troubled by recent legislative changes by our current government - watch 'Keep Going' from Family First (Posted 22/2/22)
- It’s just a phase, so don’t miss it – inspiring video for parents
- Ten Things We Can Do at Home – Why not try one of these once a week
- Do Family Dinners Matter? Watch this excellent clip from family First on the importance of Family Meals together
- Focus on the Family - Disciplining your Child with Grace
- Should Christian Families include Santa Claus at Christmas?
- An excellent collection of Faith at Home Resources
- Looking for a devotion for your kids? This page might help.
- The importance of parents in the growing faith in children
- Parenting for Faith Here are some ideas to help you build faith in your home
- Parent Makeover by Faith at Home author Mark Holmen. (Good to listen to a podcast while driving)
- Discipleship at Home: Four ideas – an excellent article on how to start out in guiding your family
- Catching a God-Sized Vision for your Family – Rob and Amy Rienow (Focus on the Family)
- Faith Five For Families faith_five_at_home_for_everyone.pdf
- Kara Powell (author of Growing Young) talks about the huge value in intergenerational faith communities
- FORUM ON THE FAMILY 2024: Jonathan Haidt - Author of “The Anxious Generation" (youtube.com)
- “Once they [kids] got phones… childhood stops being play-based, which is what a mammal brain needs to wire up properly… [and] it becomes phone-based.”
WATCH THIS Smartphone Addiction and Gen Alpha | Jonathan Haidt, Social Psychologist - YouTube: Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt reveals the scale of the impact that social media, smart phones, and video games have had on children’s mental health. He gives practical advice on how these problems can be addressed, such as phone free schools and parents not allowing children on social media until they are 16, and underlines the importance of addressing this urgent issue. - Five Boundaries to Put in Place for Your Kid's New Technology - Parent Cue (theparentcue.org)
- Parenting Place | How to talk to kids about money
- Ideas from the Parenting Place on dealing with a child who 'plays up at school or at home'. Parenting Place | Our son is becoming 'that kid' at school
- How to talk about those anxious moments Parenting Place | How to talk about: back-to-school anxiety
- Online Parenting Courses available from The Parenting Place - Find out more here
- Marriage, Family, Bible Studies and more – Here are some excellent resources from Focus on the Family that you, or someone you know, will find useful.
- Let's talk about Social Media - An excellent article from The Parenting Place that help with some ideas to address issues caused by social media.
- Let's Talk about Stealing and Lying
- Life Map - Health / Nutrition
- Good Lines for Great Communication - an excellent article with ideas of what to ask the kids and grandkids
- This is an interesting article from The Parenting Place that might be useful for parents or grandparents How to talk to your child about: Bullying
- Parenting in the 21st Century - an excellent four part series on parenting, well worth it!
- The power of curiosity, connection and ice cream | Parenting Place
- An excellent article for parents to consider - Should my child go on a sleepover?
- Parenting a perfectionist child
- The Parenting Place on Strengthening Relationships under Pressure
- How to talk about: making friends (in real life)
- Helping Your Children Become Best Friends
God places a high priority on sibling relationships and Satan wants to destroy them. In this episode Brian Siewert talks with parenting expert Rob Rienow about how parents can help their children heal from conflict and become best friends in Christ - Tips for when the kids don’t want to go to bed
- Talking about Summer Holidays and good decisions
- Three Ways to soothe struggles between siblings
- Tips for Long Car Trip
- Why Take a Family Holiday
- Conversation Starters (for those long trips)
- Family Life have some very inspiring articles on Marriage and Parenting
- Body Image
- Baptism - what is it?
- Dealing with Bullying- a great resource from Tash (Police Constable)
- How to talk about: anything – ideas on how to talk about the tricky topics with your kids
- Coaching your child about lunchtimes at school
- School Struggles – What should parents do?
- Talking about back to school anxiety
- LifeMap - Technology
- Neuroscience of Device Zombies | Kathryn Berkett | TEDxTauranga (this video is excellent)
- How to talk about social media
- Teens, phones and Porn
- How to talk about: Sex, porn and technology (an excellent article for parents and grandparents)
- What parents need to know before their child starts using social media
- Reining in Screen Time
- Life Map - Sexual Integrity
- My Child Was Caught Viewing Porn! What Do I Do? - Parent Cue (theparentcue.org)
- Teaching your Children about Sex - Even though most parents did not receive healthy Biblical sex education from their parents, all studies show that the more positive, healthy, sex education taught from home, the less promiscuous and confused our kids will be. In this episode, Brian Siewert talks with parenting expert Jim Burns about how to teach our children the Purity Code and what to teach our kids from age 3 through the teen years.
- An excellent article about talking to your children about body image, useful for anyone who needs fresh thinking around how they think about their body.
- How to talk about: Sex, porn and technology (an excellent article for parents and grandparents)
- FAMILY MATTERS: Effective conversations about the harms of porn
- Talking with teens about Consent
- Tea & Consent
- What to Do When Your Adult Child Is Messing Up - Parent Cue (theparentcue.org)
- Perspective on Doing Life with Adult Children – an excellent podcast produced by the author of Faith at Home, Mark Holmen. If you have an adult child, you know that parenting doesn’t stop when a child reaches the age of eighteen. In many ways, it gets more complicated. Both your heart and your head are as involved as ever, whether your child lives under your roof or rarely stays in contact. In this podcast Brian Siewert talks with parenting expert Jim Burns to gain perspective on how to navigate the toughest and the most rewarding parts of parenting grown kids.
- Estrangement - Why Adult Children Are Cutting Ties With their Parents
- Grandparenting Difficult Grandchildren - From Legacy Coalition
- Juggling grandchildren and elderly parents? You are not alone
- The Power of Playing with Your Grandchildren
- Spiritually Impacting Grandkids at Christmastime
- How to be a Mighty Prayer Warrior for your Grandchildren
- Perspectives On Grandparenting - In this episode Pastor Mark Holmen interviews Larry Fowler who is the founder of the the Legacy Coalition (https://www.legacycoalition.com/) which has become a powerful movement that is helping grandparents across the US and world to become more intentional with a renewed purpose for their role as spiritual influences in the lives of their grandchildren. This episode will inspire, motivate and equip grandparents with grandchildren of any age, stage or walk in life.
- What do grandparents and grandkids have in common? A podcast from Mark Holmen, author of Faith at Home
- Grandparents are great
| Grace-based discipline family charter |
| Practical Parenting Ideas |
| The ABC of discipline |
| Blessing Your Child |
| let_your_kids_be_bored.pdf |
| my_kid_doesn’t_‘get’_anything_out_of_church.pdf |
| do_not_hinder-_welcoming_kids_to_worship.pdf |
| life-map-technology.pdf |
| life-map-sexual-integrity.pdf |
| life-map-health.pdf |
| life-map-faith.pdf |
| grandma_teach_me_to_pray.docx |
| how_to_stop_being_teased___bullied_-_simplicity_parenting.pdf |