Parenting

Develop a tough hide and soft heart

Do you ever feel that finding all the resources you need for successful parenting is an impossible task? On any given day, a parent may need to have handy a child psychology manual, a fix-it-yourself instruction guide, a volume on basic theology, and a good book on emergency first aid!

While you may not find all of those on this page, we believe you will find the resources here to be practical, invaluable, and uplifting as you seek to shape the hearts of your children. With these tools at your side, you can begin to see the role of parenting as not only one of the most challenging experiences but also one of the most rewarding.

Leading Your Children from Wayward to Wise

Sons and daughters . . . what a challenge! With sound advice from the Word of God, Chuck Swindoll targets the specific needs and pressures involved in leading your children (and teenagers!) from their wayward ways into the wise adults God desires them to be. May God have mercy on us all! Learn More

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Teach Your Kids Bad Theology: Lying Is Not So Bad

If you’re hoping to compromise your child’s biblical worldview, lying is an easy and efficient way to ruin his or her love for truth. Dave and Eric show you how easy it is to spin half-truths, tall tales, and bald-faced lies.

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    "Increasing the Priority of Your Family" from the series Parenting: From Surviving to Thriving

    (Psalm 127 and 128)Love and worship of the Lord must permeate the family, and parents must treasure their children as gifts. When the family comes before career and personal fulfillment, parents receive blessings that strengthen future generations and preserve peace in their community.

     

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Preschoolers and Theology

David Carl reminds us that opportunities to teach our children about a biblical worldview and eternal truths abound more than we realize. Many of the natural questions kids ask are a great springboard for us to teach theology—on their level, of course. Telling stories is a perfect avenue of instruction that leaves a lasting impression. Read More

  • Children's Resources

    Let a variety of media formats help you teach Bible stories, life principles, and theology to kids of all ages. At our children’s Web store page, you’ll find music compact discs, radio dramas, MP3s, and more to bring God’s Word to life and rouse your child’s imagination. More

  • Paws & Tales

    Discover a place where essential biblical values are taught through story and song by a cast of lovable bears, beavers, rats, owls, moose, and a lone weasel. At our Paws & Tales Web site, you can find a list of radio stations that air this fun radio drama. Our site also offers downloadable teaching tools for parents that correspond to the radio episodes. More

  • Special Needs

    Are you a parent of a child with special needs? Insight for Living’s Special Needs Ministries is designed to provide help and hope to those in disabling and difficult life circumstances. More

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    Parenting: From Surviving to Thriving

    In appreciation of your support of Insight for Living Ministries, you can choose to receive this resource when you donate today.

    You can do more than simply survive as parents—you can thrive! In this 286-page softcover book, Chuck Swindoll guides you through the stormy waters of the parenting years by examining practical, proven principles from the Word of God.

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