Should you expect your kids to be obedient right away? How can you avoid a jailer mentality while still applying consistent boundaries for your family. How can you handle these things for older children and younger children?

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How can you make your home into a place where people, even your own children, want to be? How do you keep people prioritized over stuff? Are there biblical ideas that can be applied to how we practice hospitality? Steve and Kara share some things they have learned that help them to be a blessing to the people who come into their home.

What are we really saying when we say, "That's just who I am"? It is good to understand our strengths and weaknesses, but we shouldn't close ourselves off to change. God works change in the lives of Christians throughout our lifetimes, and this is a good thing.

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How can we teach our kids to interact in an honorable way with their elders. How can we give respect and deference to our parents and others in authority? How can we avoid the pitfalls of a culture where no one is honored and respect is not taught?

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Is dating a critical part of a marriage? What about when money is tight or the kids are young, how can you make time for each other? If you are thinking you don't even know each other anymore that creates big problems in a marriage. Taking time to be together can help keep you on the same page with your spouse and keep your family moving in a unified direction.

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Having multiple young children in the home at one time is exhausting in many ways. Don't give up! You are probably doing better than you think you are. How can you better manage the challenges of a full household while keeping your focus on the most important things when it just seems like everything is out of control? How can you make any progress with anything when there is nothing but constant distractions and interruptions? How can you maintain appropriate expectations, and genuinely enjoy the small successes during these busy years?

The relational challenges of extended family can be a big stressor on your marriage. Learning to recognize the different cultures within different families, generational differences, and communication style differences can help.

Can or should you do anything when your children develop strange or annoying habits that are not sin issues? What about a child who struggles with autism and the sometimes odd behaviors that come with that? Can we help our children minimize the habits which may become a barrier for them in their conversations or relationships in adulthood?

What does it do the the Christian family when couples try to plan the size of their family? Should the Bible's words about the blessing of children carry weight decisions about birth control? How does our culture's view of children color our own views? How can we acknowledge the serious health difficulties some women have while not disregarding or rebelling against God's hand in building our families?

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Some children are more difficult to parent than others. How can you parent these children with kindness and gentleness? Why can labels like ADD, ADHD, autistic, dyslexic, be problematic for your children and your parenting? A simplistic cookie cutter approach to parenting is often less than helpful. Your child's personality and way of thinking should be taken into account when working to overcome teaching and training challenges. How do you parent your children faithfully even though they can be very different from each other?

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