Parenting & Families



Starting a family and raising children is a challenging and rewarding task.  The task of parents is to instill a set of moral values (teach each child right and wrong).  Unfortunately babies don't come with an instruction manual.  Every child is created as a unique individual with its own personality.  What works with one child often doesn't work for another.  What do you do if your child isn't getting the message you want to instill?  Help is available, you are not alone.  The websites listed below can help you raise a child who can grow into the person God intends them to become.  Always remember, God is just a prayer away!

Christian Parenting

• Blessed to be A Blessing - Christian Parenting Newsletter:  Christian Parenting.  Newsletters on the Christian life, husband-wife relationship and parenting of young children.
• christiananswers.net - Family Answers:  Useful biblical parenting and marriage tips.
• Christianitytoday.com: Parenting:  From Christianity Today, practical and biblical advice for parenting.
• Christian-Parent.com:  Offers practical tips and advice for teaching your kids responsibility.
• Christian Parents.net:  Common-sense Bible-based wisdom to raise children.
• disciplinehelp.com:  Website to help parents & teachers to handle over 100 different misbehaviors.
• Family Builders Ministries - Parenting:  .Parenting tools and resources for building stronger families.
• familylife.com - Parenting:  A family ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ with useful parenting resources.
• familyminute.org:  Positive parenting help from Focus on the Family.
• Effective Parenting:  Parenting through writing, teaching & counseling, eager to support families with practical suggestions
• Faithful Family.net:  Provide the tools you need to be the best parent you can be.
• ivillage.com - Christian Parenting:  Message board for parents to discuss family values, share experiences, find friendship and get support.
• Parenthood - a Divine Stewardship:  Christian parenting topics on family life, relationships, character training, and discipline to help parents raise children.
• Christian Parenting - Straight Ahead Ministries:  Focuses on Christian parenting of teenagers.
• Parents For Christ:  Provides biblically based parenting information.

Parenting-Non Christian

• Baby Center:  Complete resource for pregnancy & babies.
• BabyNet:  Tools & Calculator
• babyzone.com:  Excellent resource for babies and infants.
• homeandfamilynetwork.com - Baby
• homeandfamilynetwork.com - Pregnancy
• MEDLINEplus - Parenting:
• msn.com - Family & Parenting 
• parenthood.com:  Site with lots of information on parenting.
• ParenthoodPlace.com:  Live boards/chat, children, education, adult and childhood medical issues, news, babies, pregnancy, etc.  Not specifically a Christian site, but has a lot of useful info.
• parentteenguide.com:  Provides free booklets which provides tips for parents with a teen that is struggling in his/her family, home or school.
• parenting.com:  Articles, read expert questions and answers, and other parenting tips and resources.
• parents.com:  From the publisher of "Parents," "Child," "Family Circle," and "McCall's", has advice on the common issues for parents.

Single Parents - Christian

• Single Parents Network:

Single Parents - NonChristian

• singleparents.about.com:  A comprehensive site for single parents with feature articles, polls, chats, and links to resources.

Families

• Family Research Council:  Christian organization for preserving the family and ensuring that politicians stay in touch with family issues.
• Focus on the Family:  Christian organization seeks to strengthen the home
• The Family Corner:  Resources and Articles of Interest to Christian Families
• Family First: