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Parenting Articles

Adoption
This section focuses on raising an adopted child and the concerns surrounding the adoption process.
  Thinking About Adoption
 
Discipline
This section includes discipline tips focusing on honor-based discipline and other discipline methods.
  Disciplining with Honor
  Honor-based Discipline
  The Three R's of Discipline
  Three Discipline Basics
  Tried-and-True Discipline
 
General Parenting
The General Parenting section includes a variety of parenting advice and tips on such topics as showing love and affection to your children, raising a daughter, parents and education, being a hands-on parent and more.
  Kids and Pets
  A Father's Written Legacy
  Adding Creativity to Your Child's Day
  And You Were There
  Anger, Make it Productive
  Babysitter Checklist
  Becoming the Neighborhood Hangout
  Being Deliberate About Our Parenting
  Child Abduction Prevention
  Children's Music Chart
  Chore Chart
  Coupons for Kids
  Drive Time CD
  Example, Example, Example
  Extra-Curricular Activity Overload
  Faithfulness and Consistent Love
  Family Movie Review Websites
  Family Music Chart
  Five Key Needs of Your Children
  Fostering an Open Spirit in Your Child
  Fun things to do with your kids
  Goal Chart
  Great Ways to Start Your Kids' Day
  Heart Chips
  Help Define a Vision for a Child's Life
  Helpful Tips on Internet Safety
  Helping Your Kids Handle Divorce
  Helping Your Kids Set Goals
  Helping Your Kids with a Family Move
  Helping Your Overweight Child
  How Can I Get My Kid into Harvard?
  How to Build Social Competence and Skills in Your Children
  How to Deal with Bedtime Struggles
  How to Show Your Kids You Love Them
  How to Talk with Your Children
  Instilling the Spirit of Christmas
  Kid Conversation Starters
  Kids & Culture Interactive Quiz
  Leading Your Family
  Life Skills – Teaching the Excellence Edge
  Like All Good Things,
  LIMITING TV TIME
  Love and a Legend
  Making Our Problems More Manageable
  Motivation and Personality Type
  New Mother Woes
  NOW is the time
  Overcoming the Fear of the Dark
  Papa Roach and Broken Homes
  Parental Involvement in School
  Pass The Piggy
  Peacemaking Skills for Kids
  Pillow Journals
  Pillow Talk Journal
  Preparing Your Child for a Sibling
  Protecting Your Children from Strangers
  Questions for Kids about Television
  Quick Tips for School Success
  Read With Your Children Lately?
  Real Accountability in Education
  Recommended Reading List
  Relieving Test Anxiety: Taking the Anxiety Out of Tests
  School - Get Ready!
  Seven Principles to Highly Effective Parenting
  Seven Things Fathers Need to Know
  Six A's of Good Parenting
  Solid Grounding a Must with Children
  Tattling - How to Stop It
  Teaching our Kids to be Kind
  Teaching Unselfishness to Your Children
  Teaching Your Kids About Money
  The Importance of Showing Appreciation
  The Key to Your Child's Heart
  Tips for Parenting Long-Distance
  Traveling with Children during the Holidays
  Understanding and Instilling the Power of Music in Your Children
  Using the Television as a Teaching Tool
  Video Game Time Chart
  When Your Kids Leave Home
  Why Kids Tattle and What To Do About It
  Your Child's Memory Style
 
Grandparenting
Articles for grandparents on building relationships with their grandchildren.
  Building a Relationship with Your Grandchildren
  How to Help Your Children Grieve
 
Parenting Teens
Find help on parenting teens, with such topics as teen dating, teen drinking, teen parties, selecting a college, communicating with your teen and more.
  A Parent's Guide to Teen Drug Slang
  A Word of Hope for Parents of Teens:
  An Open Letter to My Daughter
  Building a Relationship with Your Teen
  College Kids- Keeping in Touch
  Four Ways to Honor Your Teenager
  Learning from Our Children
  Life Support: Take A Time-Out
  One Question That Can Change Your Relationship with Your Teenager
  Suicide Warning Signs
  Teen Conversation Starters
  Teen Parties: Keeping Your Child Safe
  The Dating Dilemma
  The Summer Before You Leave
  Validate Your Teen
 
Single Parenting
Looking for a parenting article concerning the special needs of single parents? The Single Parenting section includes tips on single parenting as well as parenting long-distance.
  Financial Pitfalls for the Single Parent
  Remember Single Mothers
  Tips for Parenting Long-Distance
  Tips for Parents Who Don't
 
Stepparenting
The Stepparenting section includes parenting help on the special dynamics of blended families.
  Building Relationships with Your Stepchildren
  Stepparenting Tips
 
Published Editorials
Find published editorials by Family First staff on parenting topics.
  If Children Could Vote
  Remember Single Mothers
  Parents Do Matter
  Families in Wartime
  The Power of a Mother
 

 

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