Equipping Parents for The Journey
Running your home like a submarine captain is a great idea… …if your house is full of submariners! Have you seen “The Sound of Music”? It is one of my all-time favorite musicals. In the scene where Captain von Trapp introduces the kids to Maria (Julie Andrews), he uses a whistle to call each of the kids...
Technology can be both a blessing and a curse. Kids tend to be early adopters while some parents lag behind… sometimes so much that they often give up. Are you able to manage your family’s online activities effectively and completely? In this session, we’ll walk you through some very tactical ways to make technology...
Though rarely discussed in church or in Christian circles, the destructive tentacles of pornography reach into most families. Once in its grip, this monster is difficult to cut loose with just one’s own efforts . . . temptation is just too strong and sticky. In this audio, Pastor Dave Carl and Pastor Steve Fischer...
Kids pick up destructive myths about God from culture that can lead to passivity and confusion. Children’s Pastor Dave Carl discusses how to spot and clear out the spiritual cutter that stands in the way of a solid foundation of truth. https://parentingpathway.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Straight-Talk-Stuff-Kids-Believe.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS...
Food had always been the greatest need in the Glenview. Despite the fact that those that lived there often referred to it as “The Village of Corn” there was never enough food. The farmers in the area simply farmed the way their parents and grandparents farmed. The harvest had been poor in the past...
We, as parents, should not allow our preschool-aged children to engage in certain activities until they’re a little older. For instance, full-contact football or diamond-cutting should probably wait until their motor skills have improved. And learning calculus might be more beneficial once your child has a foundational understanding of basic mathematics. A bunch of...
Perhaps it is easiest to teach theology from behind a pulpit. However, when it comes to our kids, theology is learned best while slurping spaghetti, casting a fishing line, or looking out the car window. This is true for a couple of reasons. First of all, theology is not something “other” than normal life....
In our competitive culture, of course we want to see our child do well. But Chuck Swindoll spells out some valuable lifelong lessons we can teach a child after he or she has lost....
If you weren’t parented well, are you doomed to repeat your parents’ mistakes? Chuck Swindoll urges new parents to draw firm boundaries and find great role models to learn from....
Chuck Swindoll discusses the differences between parenting boy and girls. Girls learn self-respect and trust from how their dads treat them. Boys learn how to treat a girl from their moms. Chuck Swindoll outlines some differences in parenting a boy versus a girl....
Chuck Swindoll knows how grandparents can play an extremely valuable role in a child’s life. Without having the role of disciplining, they can present a longer, calmer view of life....
As much as you may protect your children, sooner or later they will learn that life isn’t fair. Chuck Swindoll says that how you walk them through injustice can steer their attitude for life....
