communication

Parent conversations: What are the building blocks of a strong parent/child relationship?

Post author:Sarah Reik, Rob Guenther
Post published:2023/09/29
Post category:Parent Conversations FIC Features Forward in Christ FIC Series

Parenting can feel overwhelming as we navigate through the trenches, and the number of “experts” who volunteer to help us has exploded with the advent of social media and the…

Parent conversations: How can parents reassure children during an uncertain time?

Post author:Sarah Reik, Nicole Balza
Post published:2020/04/30
Post category:Parent Conversations FIC Features Forward in Christ FIC Series

As the editorial staff developed the May issue of Forward in Christ, the mandatory quarantines had just begun. We had no way of predicting what would be taking place when…

Parent conversations: What do I need to consider before I give my child a cell phone?

Post author:Ann Zuleger, Ann M. Ponath, Nicole Balza
Post published:2018/04/21
Post category:Parent Conversations FIC Features Forward in Christ FIC Series

My oldest is 12. She’s in sixth grade, and almost all her classmates have smartphones. So far, her dad and I haven’t seen a reason for her to have one…

Parent conversations: What should we do when our children grow silent?

Post author:Jenni Schubring, Dan Nommensen, Laurie Gauger-Hested, Nicole Balza
Post published:2017/11/20
Post category:Parent Conversations FIC Features Forward in Christ FIC Series

What should we do when our children grow silent? There are days when we all would long for some silence as parents—during those long colicky twilight hours; the “why” stage…