- Encourage them with Scriptures of hope and help
- Encourage them to remember that they didn’t grow up with perfect parents and their children will not have perfect parents either!
- Encourage them to get involved in a local, bible-believing church for spiritual growth and accountability as parents
- Let them know they are not alone, parenting can be frustrating and confusing for many parents
- Assure them that you care about them and plan to be with them to find solutions together
- Encourage moms to connect with other moms on the MomLife Today blog
- Encourage dads to consider connecting with other men in a Men’s Fraternity group
- Encourage them to pray with their children at all ages
- Encourage them to model obedience and humility by admitting their own mistakes in parenting
- Remind them that building a good relationship with their kids is a necessary first step to training them spiritually
- Remind them that it is important to develop a vision and strategy for the kind of people you want your children to become
- Encourage them (along with their spouse) to develop a parenting mission statement to guide parenting decisions
- Encourage them to take responsibility for the spiritual development of their children and to not leave it up to others
- Remind them that it is important to model Christian principles in addition to teaching them
- Encourage them to look to God’s Word for principles to address problem’s their children face or decisions to be made
- Encourage them to read and learn and grow personally by utilizing the resources offered by FamilyLife
