Hey, Parents! Are you looking for some resourceful tips to help you in parenting your child/children? The staff at Children's Ministries is here to help. Each week, the kids get a takeaway called "MK Connect." This weekly Connection Bulletin keeps you and your family connected throughout the week. On this page, we are going to provide the Parenting Tips that we publish on the back side of this publication. Most of these tips are taken from the National Center for Biblical Parenting. You can go to their Web site and sign up for these messages and also see a lot of resources that are useful for parents.

Parenting Tips are available during the school year. Watch in the fall for new ones to be posted. In the meantime, click on a topic or date below to view a printable format of the Parenting Tips:

2009 Tips

• Some Helpful Working Definitions (April 25-26, 2009)
• The Way You Give Instructions (April 18-19, 2009)
• Cost vs. Value (April 11-12, 2009)
• There's More to Giving Instructions Than You Realize (April 4-5, 2009)
• View Your Family as a Team (March 28-29, 2009)
• Emotional Cues (March 21-22, 2009)
• Where a Bad Attitude Comes From (March 14-15, 2009)
• Approximately Right is Worth a Compliment (March 7-8, 2009)
• Stay Out of the Boxing Ring (February 28 - March 1, 2009)
• Not Just Behavior Change (February 21-22, 2009)
• Be Prepared for Resistance (February 14-15, 2009)
• It's Hard to Raise a Leader (February 7-8, 2009)
• Look for Positive Qualities Misused (January 31 - February 1, 2009)
• Resolving Anger Doesn't Require Venting (January 24-25, 2009)
• Three Basic Family Rules (January 17-18, 2009)
• View Disobedience as Danger (January 10-11, 2009)
• Teaching Honor in the Bathroom (January 3-4, 2009)

2008 Tips

• Another Way to Teach Kids Honor (December 27-28, 2008)
• Teaching Character to Three-Year-Olds (December 20-21, 2008)
• Understanding Why We Get Angry (December 6-7, 2008)
• The Most Common Parenting Question (November 29-30, 2008)
• Ending Every Discipline Time Positively (November 22-23, 2008)
• Identify the Cues of Anger (November 15-16, 2008)
• Fences Build Self Control (November 8-9, 2008)
• Dealing with Dishonesty (November 1-2, 2008)

• Communication is Key (October 25-26, 2008)

• The Unmotivated Child (October 18-19, 2008)

• Strong-Willed Kids (October 11-12, 2008)

• Teach Children What to Do Next Time (October 4-5, 2008)

• When Young Children Run the Other Way (September 27-28, 2008)

• Encouraging Moments (September 20-21, 2008)

• Defiance or Impulsivity? (September 13-14, 2008)

• Planning Consequences (September 6-7, 2008)

• Language without Logic (August 30-31, 2008)

• Perseverance (August 23-24, 2008)

We have posted the remaining part of the Connection Bulleting on a separate portion of our Web site. Click here to go there.