From the moment you find out you're becoming a parent, everyone has a word of advice for you! When well-intentioned and from someone you trust, these words of wisdom have potential to shape and direct the course you take. But if you look to social media or Google for your advice, you’ll be overwhelmed with the results! So, how do we ...
Parenting
Is Selfishness Driving Your Parenting?
Last week's post on owning the spiritual legacy of our children hit home with many of you. I loved reading your emails sharing your thoughts and honest struggles. But you aren't alone. God's getting my attention on this subject too! The Question The question above was a theme of a high school's, Fellowship of Christian Athlete's morning ...
Who is Owning the Spiritual Legacy of Your Child?
Recently I had a conversation with a youth group leader about the parents' role in biblically training their children. He explained that until the COVID crisis parents were able to hide behind church and other "Christian" activities. Social distancing and COVID restrictions removed these resources and thus exposed how little parents in the 21st ...
Show Me the Father | Giveaway
She told me, "I've never done this before. I don't know how." Every one of us could echo those words when we first became parents or grandparents. We didn't have personal experience to draw on. I am so grateful that I was able to look at my mother, father, and grandparents to drive my new parenting role. But what happens if you don't ...
6 Tips to Attend Church with a Special Needs Child
I love my church. I mean I L-O-V-E, love attending my church. It is the time that I receive encouragement, strength, and have my heart refueled. But a few years ago, my eyes were opened to a different view of church attendance. Far too many parents view church as a place of disapproving looks, unattainable obstacles, and exhaustion. ...
5 Tips to Prepare Your Child to Attend Church
So far we have shared: 10 Tips to Introduce Your Child to Church5 Expectation Tips to Set Before Attending Church5 Tips to Keep Your Child Quiet During Church I pray that these tips to prepare your child for church have been very helpful as you return to church after Covid. And while this is just a drop in the bucket of tips, no quiet ...
5 Tips to Keep Your Child Quiet During Church
Multiple times a year on the ABCJesusLovesMe Facebook group parents beg for ideas to keep children quiet during church. Especially with Covid restrictions, many churches don’t offer viable options for younger children during “big church.” What's a parent to do? Continuing the series of ideas on how to attend church with young children, ...
5 Expectation Tips to Set Before Attending Church
I thank God that we attend a church that allowed my husband and I a chance to refresh and renew without our young children crawling all over us. Because of children's church, I came out of the worship service “filled up” and ready to hit the week ahead with our young children. But when we visited my parents’ church, we didn’t have ...
The What and How of Parenting One-Liners [Free Printable]
If asked what the most beneficial tool in my parenting toolbox is, I would say - without any hesitation, "One-Liners." These pre-scripted, parenting quotes have been instrumental in training my children. And parents and teachers continue to echo my sentiments as they have also seen these short phrases transform their homes and ...
Do Not Stop
What a fun week we had strolling down memory lane and celebrating what God is doing in and through the ABCJesusLovesMe ministry in the past 13 years. But my favorite parts were the "Then and Now" stories where each day we introduced you to an ABCJesusLovesMe graduate. As only God could do, the final "Then and Now" story was provided to me at ...