Kids Religion

Told with equal parts raw honesty and unbridled compassion, All Day recounts a year in Liza Jessie Peterson's classroom at Island Academy, the high school for inmates detained at New York City's Rikers Island. A poet and an actress who had done occasional workshops at the correctional facility, Peterson was ill prepared for a full-time stint teaching in the GED program for the incarcerated youths.

On the football field NFL great Jim Kelly was a strong-armed passer, leading his team to victory after victory. In The Playbook for Dads he passes principles instead of footballs, still using his talent to lead men, but now he leads them to greatness as fathers, in his view the world's most important job. With an emphasis on preparation, hard work, and perseverance, Kelly tackles such essential issues as respect, character, accountability, and spiritual discipline.

Raising a Catholic family is never easy, especially not when it comes to discussing our faith with our children. Despite trying our best, sometimes we all need help addressing issues of faith respectfully, honestly, and accurately.

The purpose of this book is to be an encouragement to parents. I think parenting is the most important job we will ever have while we are on earth. For me, it was the hardest job I have had—and I’ve had several jobs. The reason parenting is so difficult, I believe, is that it is a 24-7, pretty much nonstop job, with the exception of some date nights, Mother’s Day outings, date nights, or weekend getaways with a spouse.

God created sex to be good. But our culture is drifting away from a biblical worldview and is promoting an unhealthy view of sexuality. The church has taken a defensive approach, giving our kids a long list of "do nots" with few words of hope or redemption. Do you want something better for your child? Rediscover God's plan for sexuality and instill a positive perspective of sex and identity in your children.

Have you ever had a best friend who loves you no matter what? Someone who listens, cares, and is always there? Guess what? You have a very special friend—God! In "God Calls Me Friend," children will discover how much God loves them and wants to be close to them. This simple, heartwarming story includes playful rhymes. Little listeners will learn that God is always near—whether they are happy, scared, excited, or feeling alone. Includes easy-to-understand Bible verses that help children ages 3-8 see how much God cares for them.

The Relationally Intelligent Child teaches parents the crucial insights of a must-grasp concept: relational intelligence. This tool for growth and connection will not only change a child’s life, but also a parent’s own relationships. You’ll discover five key elements that can engage and equip your child with skills for being relationally intelligent with family, friends, and others. This book also includes a special online version of the Connect Assessment® to help parents understand their children’s relational strengths.

How can a good parent like you become an even greater parent? By shifting the focus to what's right with your kids instead of what is wrong with them. Discover how you can replace your frustration with joy by taking the pressure of performance and comparison off your children's shoulders. Based in the belief that every child has God-given greatness within them, Play to Their Strengths shows you how to move with the natural momentum of your kids' talents and make the shift to a collaborative, strengths-based, and motivational approach to parenting.

Discover the courageous hearts and daring adventures of the Bible's most remarkable heroes in "Adventures in Scripture for Kids: Exploring The Great Men of the Bible"! Dive into a world where ordinary boys become extraordinary men through faith, obedience, and God's miraculous power. Perfect for young listeners aged 8 to 12, this book brings the Bible's epic tales to life in a way that's engaging and educational.

Parenting can be hard work, and our lives continue to get busier and busier. Is it possible to lighten the load but still raise great kids? From his experiences as a dad and interacting with countless other parents, Jay Payleitner has gathered scores of secrets worth passing along - simple things moms and dads have learned over the years. Some of the ideas are old-school secrets passed from one generation to the next; others deal with issues that would have never crossed Grandma and Grandpa's minds.

In a world increasingly anti-Christian, how can you communicate in a way that leaves listeners hungry for more? Stories are a God-designed way to impact hearts. But many Christians reject stories as just for kids. Christine Dillon has trained thousands of people in storytelling. Ten myths come up over and over again, and they block Christians from using this life-changing ministry tool.

Life is very stressful for everybody, and I found in meditations a bit of "safe space," that's how I call it. Anytime I can, I like to listen to my guided meditations, relax and fly away to a different world full of peace and relaxation. In the past three years, meditations was a big part of my life and helped me a lot in many situations....I love to read a story to them every night, but sometimes this is not possible. That's the reason why I started to collaborate with some guided meditation professionals to create five stories that I could play at home for my kids.

Do you want to access the deepest states of relaxation? Are you looking for a resource that will enable you and your child to sleep better at night? Yoga nidra, or the “sleep of the yogis” is an accessible meditation practice that cultivates well-being on multiple levels. This simple practice of guided, deep relaxation promotes authentic rest.

As a Christian parent, you want your children to develop good character and godly wisdom. But how do you go beyond hoping and praying to teaching them ethical knowledge, practical skills, and virtuous habits? This innovative guide provides practical, effective ideas you can use to help your children build their faith and character in 50 ways, including engaging with the Bible and culture, interacting with God and others, making good decisions, becoming better learners, and managing conflict.

Dave Burchett sets out to discover how life might be different if he awoke each morning consciously looking for the easy-to-miss postcards from God. Waking up Slowly is an intimate, warm, and touching story of learning how to more fully appreciate each moment. During his journey, the author finds regular reminders of daily joys with his Labrador pal, Maggie, often at his side.

You often hear that you need to read or study the bible, but every time you do, you can barely remember which Scripture you just read or what it said.

Invite the children you love to experience God through powerful stories from the Bible. They will imagine the walls of water in the parted Red Sea, figure out why Joseph chose to forgive his brothers, hear about a paralyzed man Jesus healed, and discover God’s exciting plan for their lives. Most of all, this Bible storybook helps children understand God's incredible love for them. With Bible stories told in actual Bible text, this storybook teaches that God loves us, saves us from our sin, and invites us into a new life with Him.

This 2-in-1 book opens communication channels between your child and God daily. Explore 165 rich Bible stories and prayers, encouraging kids to dream bigger while learning about God in an age-appropriate manner.

In this incredibly useful book, happiness expert Richard Bevan and change transformation expert Lisa Bevan provide parents, teachers, and carers with 20 basic and easy-to-do activities and exercises that will trigger your children to start to have an appreciation and experience of the key factors that are the cornerstone of anyone's happiness. But more importantly, it provides you with 20 fun, interesting, and simple activities and exercises you can do with your children to help them develop the core skills and knowledge to enable them to realize and maintain their happiness.

Para los padres que se sienten atraídos en cientos de direcciones, mareados por el volumen de estrategias contradictorias y cansados por los programas para padres que complicaron su propia infancia, Las 6 necesidades de cada niño es un mapa de ruta innovadora que integra la ciencia de la conexión con herramientas prácticas.