© 2023 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved #author-byline-block_5cf1c9be599a53be0c168ff7a9a8c531 .author-byline-text{ font-size: 16px; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); } Electronic media devices are useful for communication, education, and entertainment. For many parents, they are also tools for keeping the peace — a quick and reliable way to calm down a child who...
Christian parenting in the 21st century can seem daunting—trying to keep up with the advancing technology is nearly impossible. So the question becomes: how do we parent well? Parenting well requires you to be intentional and patient, and it requires us to be engaged in our children’s life, walking with them...
Set an example for your children in practicing these 8 things. This is a powerful idea and word picture for how we live our lives. You can think about this when you’re thinking about how we interact with our kids, how we interact with people, and then the difficult circumstances—and...
Okay, now I get to talk about something that I love to talk about. Anytime I talk about raising boys, and it’s as relevant today as ever, it has two parts to it. You’ll see why I want to talk about how our sons need boundaries and freedoms. Now we...
If you’ve ever walked through an incredibly stressful season or some difficult circumstances, you may have experienced what myself and others call “survival mode.” It’s that mentality or feeling of just trying to get through it, trying to hold on, trying to survive. It happens when the demands of life...
It’s the most common question parents ask me at my parent workshops: “What is the perfect age to give my […] The post What if your kids already have screens, and you’re having second thoughts? appeared first on Christian Parenting.
© 2009 – 2021 Gwen Dewar, Ph.D., all rights reserved What are the effects of television on language learning? Studies report a link between TV and language development in young children. The more time kids spend watching television, the more slowly they learn to talk. What’s going on? Some people...
