(Re-posted from Spring Break 2018… because, let’s be honest, we could all use a refresher.) Spring Break is upon us! I would wager a guess that, for some parents, spring break elicits feelings from when you were young and anticipated a week of sleeping in, … Read More
How To Resist Coasting Through The Last Two Months of School
I don’t know what it’s like for every parent, but for me, after Spring Break finishes, my head moves toward summer planning. I’m pretty sure that I’m not the only one who is tempted to forget the moment we are in. For our kids who are in … Read More
What I Learned at Disney (this time round)
Well, we did it again. We took four of the kids to Disney World over Spring Break. Here is a rundown of my top ten lessons from this year’s road trip. 33 hours is still a LONG time. That’s how long it takes to drive … Read More
4 MORE Practical Ways to Grow Your Child’s Love for Jesus
Welcome back to our four-part series on growing your child’s love for Jesus. Here’s where you can find part one, two, and three. Today we’ll close with four MORE ways to cultivate in your kids a love for Jesus. Live … Read More
4 Practical Ways to Grow Your Kids’ Love for Jesus – (Part 3 of 4)
As Christian parents, we want our kids to love Jesus just like we do. And there are very practical ways to grow that in our children. In this second part of our 4-part series, we’re looking at some very simple, down to earth ways … Read More
Practical Ways to Grow Your Child’s Love for Jesus (Part 2)
As Christian parents, we want our kids to love Jesus just like we do. And there are very practical ways to grow that in our children. In this second part of our 4-part series, we’re looking at some very simple, down to earth ways we … Read More
Practical Ways to Grow Your Child’s Love for Jesus [Part 1]
-by Brad Klassen As a parent, if you are like me, you have a desire and a heart to see your children love Jesus and grow in Him. This could be based on many different things. Maybe for you it’s because of the life … Read More
Five Secrets Noah Knew About Raising Jesus-Loving Kids
By Brad Klassen I have a deep desire to see my children choose to live life God’s way. I have prayed for it often. The problem is, my children have me as their father. I get tired and don’t want to play. I have been … Read More
3 Tips To Reset Your Parenting
We’ve all felt it before. That gut-wrenching, soul-killing sick thought that our parenting has screwed up our kids. For some reason, there is less laughter, more stress and more bad behaviour. You’re tired, the kids are tired of YOU (they yell as they run to … Read More
A Woman after God’s Own Heart
Guest Author: Kim Neufeld 1 Samuel 13:14 …the LORD has sought out a man after his own heart… I’d like to share with you something the Lord has been doing in my heart recently. It’s about my desire to become a woman after God’s own … Read More
“Mom, The World is Ending and I’m Scared!” – Talking with Kids about End Times
Guest Author: Jacqueline Dueck My young son came home from school one day, looking very upset. He ran straight to his room, without his normal, cheery hello. After a few minutes, I went in to check on him. There he was, sobbing on his bed. … Read More
A Fostering Testimony
Guest Author – Julie Warkentin Southland’s impact on our decision to foster was huge! No one there ever told us we should foster or adopt, though sometimes people wonder if they do because of the high percentage of families who do. What we are taught … Read More
A couple of great blogs from OTHER parenting sites!
Every so often, it’s good to let all the Renewed Family readers know about some other excellent parenting sites. Here are a couple of samples from two that I often look at. What Christian Parents Should Learn from the Normalize Atheism Movement by Natasha Crain from … Read More
How to approach Halloween as a Christian
This article was first published 2 years ago. Seeing as it is Halloween tomorrow, I thought it might be time to bring it up again! – Thom Dick As kids we were always allowed to participate in Halloween activities both at school and at home. … Read More
Practical Steps to Develop Courage in Kids
Let’s check the top 3 headlines from Sunday morning (I personally like the BBC so that’s where I’m going.) Trump: ‘One thing will work’ with N Korea Flooding as storm pummels US Gulf Coast Rate of fire – inside America’s arsenal Yah for us. Of course, … Read More
Still small voice, acid reflex or both?!
This morning, as I was getting ready for our Men’s Coffee Time, I had the feeling that I needed to ask God to lead me to someone who needed prayer. So, as I walked through my kitchen, I asked God to bring someone to me … Read More
Making friends in Middle School
I don’t care what anyone tells you being in middle school, those grades from 5-8 are hard. Probably one of the most difficult things about them is the way our friends change in those years. I remember being in grade 5 and crying to my [awesome] teacher, Mrs. … Read More
8 thoughts on transitioning to a new school
Depending on your child heading back to school might be exciting or terrifying. However, transitioning to a new school is always tricky. Here are 8 thoughts on making the transition a little bit smoother. ONE: Do a drive-by We are scared of the unknown, so make the … Read More