WHY TODAY'S PARENTS ARE ALL STRESSED OUT, & WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT

Post Written by Judy Keech

If you are the parent of an adolescent, and especially if you have more than one, chances are you are stressed out. Right now. Right now you are totally stressed out. STRESSED OUT!!! Or you are in denial--a whole other issue I promise to discuss later.

Face it. Balancing work, home, church, sports, theater, dance, speech therapy, tutoring, girl scouts, boy scouts, field day, testing days, parent/teacher conferences, grocery shopping, birthday parties, pool parties, play dates….You are STRESSED OUT!!!  

A Mama is a Mama, No Matter How Long

HOW YOUR ROLE AS A PARENT CHANGES AS YOUR CHILD GROWS

Part 1: The Early Years

Confession time: 

I once dreaded the thought of being the one responsible for the entertainment, training, and general parenting of a preschooler. I was never the baby-sitting type. As a teen every time I was forced to babysit, and yes, I said "forced", let's just say my soul was more than somewhat disquieted within me.

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The Simple Guide to TANTRUM Prevention 

while Shopping with Your Child 

Contrary to a popular belief that all children are born angels (who in their right mind would come up with that?

Have you ever been in a room full of toddlers? One might think he had slipped into an evil pit of selfish opportunistic egomaniacs. “Mine!! MINE!!!”, not my definition of angelic…nuf said) the Bible teaches we are ALL born in SIN. We all have need of redemption, and your precious little angel is no exception. 

BECOME A BETTER PARENT OVERNIGHT

5 EASY ADJUSTMENTS TO UPDATE YOUR PARENTING STYLE

Every parent wants to believe they are the best parent they can be. It’s no mystery that often times that means we set ourselves on a course toward a parenting style that is the OPPOSITE of the way we ourselves were parented, and often accompanied with the vow that, “I refuse to be like my mother!” or “I will NEVER be like my father!”  When in fact, our parenting styles should NOT be patterned after Mom or Dad, nor patterned to be the opposite of Mom or Dad, and our parenting styles should definitely NOT be patterned after current social trends or peer pressure fads, i.e. “you aren’t a good parent if you aren't making your own organic baby food,” or “if your child is not on the waiting list for a certain academy by the age of 6 months…” Social Media does not a good parent make! 

God makes good parents. 

After all, it is He who gifted you with your child in first place....