Archive for category: Parenting

Why Good Parents Cuddle a Lot in Front of their Kids
/ February 22, 2011 4:34 pm

Why Good Parents Cuddle a Lot in Front of their Kids

This is #15 in a series of blogs by PJ and Ash on Parenting. This blog looks at why it is important for parents to show affection in front of their kids… Dads, after teaching your kids about the unconditional

Superdad or Superdud: The Loving Father
/ February 15, 2011 11:18 am

Superdad or Superdud: The Loving Father

This is #14 in a series of blogs by PJ and Ash on Parenting. This blog looks at how to be a father who loves his kids like his heavenly father loves him. The best fathers are daily away of

Superdad or Superdud: The Affirming Father
/ February 8, 2011 11:33 am

Superdad or Superdud: The Affirming Father

This is #13 in a series of blogs by PJ and Ash on Parenting. This blog looks at how to be a father that is affirming… God the Father verbally expressed his unconditional love for his son Jesus. One of

Superdad or Superdud: The Tender Father
/ February 1, 2011 3:03 pm

Superdad or Superdud: The Tender Father

This is #12 in a series of blogs by PJ and Ash on Parenting. This blog looks at how to be a father that is tender… God the Father used tender words on His Son, calling Him ‘beloved’, and he

Superdad or Superdud: The Present Father
/ January 27, 2011 12:32 pm

Superdad or Superdud: The Present Father

This is #11 in a series of blogs by PJ and Ash on Parenting. This blog looks at how to be a father that is present… > I want to draw a few lessons from Jesus’ baptism about how the

Raising believing children Part 2: Family Devotions
/ January 18, 2011 1:33 pm

Raising believing children Part 2: Family Devotions

This is #10 in a series of blogs by PJ and Ash on Parenting. This blog looks at how PJ leads his family in regular times of prayer and bible reading together: Family Devotions is what we call gathering our

Raising Believing Children: Part 1
/ January 11, 2011 11:31 am

Raising Believing Children: Part 1

This is #9 in a series of blogs by PJ and Ash on Parenting. This blog looks at how to raise children that believe in Jesus… An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, a man whose children

Raising Well-Mannered Children: Part 3
/ December 1, 2010 5:23 pm

Raising Well-Mannered Children: Part 3

This is #8 in a series of blogs by PJ and Ash on Parenting. This post looks at a Smyth invention called “Manners Mornings” that has borne much fruit in the Smyth household We invented a concept called ‘Manners Morning’

Raising Well-Mannered Children: Part 2
/ November 24, 2010 3:47 pm

Raising Well-Mannered Children: Part 2

This is #7 in a series of blogs by PJ and Ash on Parenting. The previous blog laid a biblical base for good manners. Here are some practical ways to actually do it. 1. Set a high standard from the

Raising Well-Mannered Children: Part 1
/ November 10, 2010 12:42 pm

Raising Well-Mannered Children: Part 1

This is #6 in a series of blogs by PJ and Ash on Parenting. It looks at what the Bible teaches about raising well-mannered children… The biblical case for good manners Mankind seems to know intuitively that good manners are