Parenting
Doubt: When Your Kids Struggle to Believe
Parenting Points A great fear for many Christian parents is their child walking away from faith and choosing to no longer believe. For many kids who grew up in the church, there comes a time when they must determine what they believe for themselves. In this moment, either the faith of their parents becomes the …
Covering Alabama with Bubbles of Love
Parenting Points On your mark. Get set. Blow bubbles! “Bubbles for Love” Day is part of the Alabama Family Rights Associations Parent Alienation Prevention and Awareness Week. On April 25, 2019, you can help spread awareness by blowing bubbles and “watching love grow.” Kenneth Paschal, State President of the Alabama Family Rights Association, explains that …
What’s Your View of Your Child’s Education?
Education Extra There are many decisions we face in raising our children. It seems the assessment of their needs is constant. Sleep training, feeding, disciplining, discipling, developing their giftings, and education. My family began considering education options early on. Through prayer, studying God’s Word, and speaking with wise and seasoned friends, I knew I wanted …
Walk For Life 2019
Mission Makers Brought to you by: Sawyer Solutions, www.sawyersolutionsllc.com “We Walk For Life because we want our community to know that our team at the Pregnancy Resource Center introduces women and families to the One whose grace is enough and to help them through their unplanned pregnancy one person at a time to make Life …
Understanding Infertility
Healthy Living Presented by Henderson Walton Women’s Center, www.hwwc.net Infertility is a very common problem affecting one in six couples in the United States. The rate of infertility increases as a couple gets older, with fertility decreasing significantly after 35. If you and/or your spouse are over the age of 35 and have been attempting …
5 Strategies of Surviving the Empty Nest
Special Feature I felt tears trickle down my cheeks, watching our son’s car disappear from view as he drove away to college. After twenty-six years of parenting three children, I thought I was ready for the “empty nest” season, excited for new freedoms and adventures to begin, and let’s be honest—fewer dishes to wash—but that …
When “Likes” Aren’t Enough: Social Media & the Search for Value
Parenting Points In the mind of every teenager echoes a simple question: “Am I enough?” One of the greatest struggles of the teenage experience is determining who they are, where they fit, and if they matter. Students seek to be cool enough, smart enough, athletic enough, popular enough, or successful enough. No matter what area …
Giving Your Child Their Best Education
Education Extra Everyone has an opinion, a strong opinion, and they’re not afraid to share it. It’s been true since before your child was born. Sleep training or co-sleeping. Disposable or cloth diapers. Bottle or breast. When it’s time for school, the debate continues. Everyone seems ready to assert their thoughts. Public, private, homeschool, tutor. …
It’s a Dance Party!
Are We There Yet? Your children or grandchildren are sure to smile and maybe burst into laughter as they meet their favorite Disney characters, Ninja Turtles, Star Wars characters and more- all while enjoying a “Dance Party.” There will be two “Live with the Characters” shows, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., on February 23, 2019, …
Connecting Your Child to God’s Word
Parenting Points In the book of Deuteronomy, Moses gives the people of Israel a picture of passing their faith down to the next generation. He encourages the people that “these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when …