Welcome to the Parent’s Corner!
“It takes a village to raise a child” is an African proverb that means an entire community of people must interact with children for those children to grow in a safe and healthy environment.
My family has been blessed to be able to grow with and serve alongside our fellow Grand View tribe. Raising children under the influence of strong and Godly leadership that not only teach God’s Word, but LIVE IT, too, is a gift I personally have seen revealed numerous times as my own children have transitioned into adulthood.
I pray that as you follow along with our blog page you will find encouragement, wisdom, and maybe even a little bit of laughter as collaborators from our school and church share from their lives and God’s word.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6
What Advice Do You Listen To?
We have all heard the expression “young and dumb.” Now before anyone stops reading because it sounds like I’m calling you stupid, I am NOT saying anyone is stupid. The word dumb in this case is referring to a knowledge level and not a mental state. Until we learn something, by definition we are “dumb”…
Can God Help My Family?
Can God help my family? Recently, I was able to teach a class for single parents here at our church. While studying God’s Word in order to prepare to teach this class, I found a simple Bible truth that is repeated over and over again in scripture. This truth applies to not only single parents,…
Rearing Adolescents
The lesson today will deal with the years of a child’s life between 10-12 years of age. While not officially a teenager, you will start to find some behavior changes that you have never dealt with before in the life of the pre-teen child. This is the time of adolescence, and it will not be…
Stop the Arguing!
Many would say arguments are just a part of life. “I am not always going to get along with my sibling, friends, or parents”. “My children will always be at fighting or picking with each other.” “We just should just get used to it”. But what if we could learn to get along. What if…
Battles Worth Fighting For
This is short and sweet, and borrowed from a friend – but worthy of print!! 8 FIGHTS WORTH PICKING WITH YOUR KIDS:Saw this somewhere and it was immensely helpful and challenging.Parenting is hard. Parents have to choose their battles. Here are 8 fights worth picking with your kids: The Reading Fight:Make your kids read. Because…
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