Training up children in the way they should go.

Parent / Child Relations

Tantrums

I don’t know what to do except to be consistent and pray for help.

By: Tremaine Ware
Date: August 2008
Topics: Parent/Child Relations, Toddlers

Teenagers

Calling all Teenagers... Normal, healthy, smart, beautiful, talented, needed, wonderful.... Hey - I’m talking to you.

By: Rebekah Joy Anast
Date: March 2006
Topics: Teens, Parent/Child Relations, Girls

My husband is a mechanic, and in his line of work he meets all kinds of different people, because everybody needs their car worked on at one time or another. There are at least two kinds of people, the thankful and the unthankful.

By: Shalom Pearl Brand
Date: June 2007
Topics: Attitudes, Art of Training, Emotional Control, Girls, Influences, Parent/Child Relations, Self Control, Toddlers, Whining, Family Interest

The Ant

That night as we were eating the food that we had harvested that day, Gracie told her dad the story of the Ant and the Grasshopper...

By: Shalom (Pearl) Brand
Date: August 2009
Topics: Parent/Child Relations, Perspective

The Criminal

Dear Pearls,

We are the parents of 7 children, four are adopted. Once I was suspicious my husband was handling one of the girls, but when I confronted them, they both denied it.

By: Michael Answers
Date: March 2008
Topics: Parent/Child Relations, Perspective, Fathers/Men, Family Interest

The Fireman

When my son was three years old, I longed for him to have inspiring summer afternoons playing outside like I did when I was a child. One hot, sultry afternoon at nap time, I was reading to him his favorite little Red Fire Engine...

By: Debi Pearl
Date: April 2008
Topics: Perspective, Homeschooling, Toddlers, Parent/Child Relations

The Flavor of Joy

Parenting, like courtship, must be properly seasoned with joy. Parenting without joy is not only tasteless, it is tiresome. Joy is the expression of present life—yet more, it is the energy and vision of life that shall be.

By: Michael Pearl
Date: August 1998
Topics: Attitudes, Parent/Child Relations

The Gift of Wisdom

Who said God would not give wisdom to a four-year-old? When I spontaneously began to laugh with thanksgiving and joy, Gracie wanted to know what had made me laugh. So I explained to Gracie that God had blessed her with the gift...

By: Shalom Brand
Date: May 2009
Topics: Parent/Child Relations

The Magic Cape

How could I make ladyhood appealing to a toddler who simply thrived on getting muddy, jumping on the trampoline, pretending to be a dinosaur or alligator, and playing with Daddy’s tools?

By: Rebekah Anast
Date: September 2005
Topics: Parent/Child Relations, Toddlers, Art of Training

The Only Trophies

Every kid is lazy unless he is taught to work. And no one is taught to work with words or admonitions any more than someone can develop muscles in a classroom learning about muscles.

By: Michael Pearl
Date: June 2009
Topics: Parent/Child Relations