Ministry To Parents Blog

When it comes to the culture of most Christian homes, there are a lot of things that just become “normal.” One normal family’s is different than another family’s normal, but everybody has things that start to happen in their homes...

Parenting comes with all kinds of questions: Will they ever do what I say the first time I say it? Am I too strict or too lenient? What if something happens to them when I’m not there? But beneath all...

Have you ever found yourself on a Sunday morning feeling like a circus trainer attempting to keep the animals from running amok? It’s typical for someone to be crying, someone to lose a shoe, someone having glitter in their ears,...

This is every kid’s dream. I’m sitting with thousands of other parents and their screaming kids watching Dude Perfect compete in silly challenges during their live tour in Grand Rapids. They’re shooting arrows at moving targets close to the rafters,...

The more money you spend, the less your young athlete enjoys their sport.  Let that sink in for a moment.  And honestly, you don’t need to read anything else that follows. If you arrived here wondering what the statistics were,...

I was a children’s ministry leader for over ten years, and I’m going to be fully transparent with you. I remember numerous times being annoyed by kids’ sports. Sports meant families missed church regularly, and the parents who served as...

In our family, it’s safe to say that life can often revolve around sports. We’re either playing in a game, heading to a practice, or watching something, sometimes all in the same day. Both of our kids have been involved...

For a long time, most parenting styles fell into four main categories: authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved. Authoritarian parents tend to have high demands on their children but are low in nurturing. Authoritative parents also have high demands but are more in...

In our role as youth workers, we often have opportunities to interact and work with parents.  At some point, parents may even come to us looking for parenting advice. The question is, what advice can we give when two parents have...

When my husband and I held our daughters for the first time, we didn’t know anything about anything! Of course, we understood the basics of care, but as far as how to parent? That one was a mystery. We talked...

We all know parenting is far from easy. As we work with kids every week, we frequently see firsthand how different families have different ways of raising their children. From authoritarian parents to permissive parents, understanding the styles that moms...

A few years ago, I stumbled upon a parenting principle that really did change the way I engage with my kids. At the time, both of our kids (who are a part of Gen Z) were in their teenage years,...