Sometimes it feels as if the best we can do as a family is to survive. The ups and downs of life leave little energy or hope of doing more than simply gritting our teeth and plugging ahead with life. Anything beyond this seems a long way off. But there is reason to believe that our families can thrive.Healthy, God-centered relationships with your spouse and children can be had only through building on the right foundation. There must be genuine faith, morality, spiritual understanding, discipline, enduring patience, character, kindness, love, and much more. This is a daunting list, one that.....

Optimistic, practical, uplifting yet down-to-earth, Zig Ziglar tells parents what they need to know to raise positive kids in a negative world. Ziglar deals specifically with areas of encouragement and discipline. He emphasizes family time for moral input and for sound education in all facets of life. Ziglar touches base with the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of Raising Positive Kids; and explains the importance of close communication. The more solid, sensible, common-sense loving steps we take, the greater the chances of helping our children become the kind of children we want them to be and wish we had been.....

Why leave your child's life to chance when you can give it to God? Stormie Omartian and her husband Michael have spent the past 20 years raising children and learning the power of praying for them. Now, in 30 short, easy-to-read chapters, she shares how you can pray through every age and stage of your child's life. Learn how to turn to the Father and place every detail of your child's life in His loving hands. Pray for such things as their safety, character development, peer pressure, school, success, future mate, friends, relationship with God, family relationships, and career choices......

  Will Your Kids Stand Strong in the Face of Today’s Culture? What strikes fear in your heart as a concerned parent, pastor, youth worker or educator? Isn’t it that our kids will fall prey to the wrong crowd, succumb to cultural pressures and make wrong choices that will bring pain and suffering to their lives? That fear is real. We all sense the danger. 'While we need to fear what our kids could be tempted to do,' Josh McDowell explains, 'we need to be more concerned with what our kids are led to believe.' In Beyond Belief to Convictions.....

Since the 1992 release of their Gold Medallion Award-winning book, Boundaries, Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend have heard these three questions rephrased thousands of times. As parents begin to realize the tremendous impact poor boundaries have had on their own lives, their concern naturally extends to their children. How can they help their sons and daughters form healthy boundaries that lead to well-rounded characters and successful adult lives? Now there are answers. Boundaries with Kids helps parents apply the Ten Laws of Boundaries (first described in Boundaries) to the challenges of raising children. In their popular, readable style, Cloud.....

Help your child through the turbulent "growing pains" years with the wisdom of Dr. Dobson. In this essential paperback, he speaks directly and sincerely to adolescents about the topics that trouble them the most. Product Type: Paperback $11.99..

What does it mean to be a man? Moreover, how does a father instill these qualities in his son? By Raising a Modern-Day Knight. Beginning with a biblical perspective of manhood, author-pastor Robert Lewis shares a unique approach to shaping a boy into a man by equipping him with three essential elements: a vision, a code of conduct, and a cause (Christianity) in which to invest his life. Complete with ceremony ideas to celebrate accomplishments and ingrain them in his mind, this softcover is as insightful as it is practical in raising a boy to be a chivalrous, godly man......