RESOURCE RECOMMENDATIONS

WE ALL NEED A LITTLE HELP.
EVERY YEAR BRINGS NEW OBSTACLES AND DIFFERENT WAYS YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN YOUR CHILD BEFORE, AND THE ELEMENTARY YEARS ARE NO DIFFERENT.
BELOW ARE SOME OF OUR FAVORITES ON TOPICS YOU MAY FEEL A LITTLE LOST ON CURRENTLY.
Below are just a few of our favorite resources.
You can find endless podcasts, blogs, activities, conversation guides, and books through the link below.
Parent Cue

Books to Read

The Day the Crayons Quit - Drew Daywalt & Oliver Jeffers
What Do You Do With a Tail Like This - Steve Jenkins
A Bad Case of Stripes - David Shannon
Is Your Mama a Llama -Deborah Guarino
Mr. Poppers Penguins - Richard Atwater
Charlie & the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
The Boxcar Children - Scott O'Dell
Judy Moody - Megan McDonald
The Random House Book of Poetry for Children - Arnold Loebel
How to Train Your Dragon - Cressida Cowell
Diary of a Wimpy Kid - Jeff Kinney
The Borrowers - Mary Norton
Wonderstruck - Brian Selznick

Blogs & Podcasts

Raising Honest Kids

Courtney DeFeo
You will never regret placing a high priority on Honesty. Spend time focusing on it with your family. It will set the foundation and create a safe place for truthful and open communication for years to come.

Helping Your Elementary Kid
Understand How God Made Them

Parent Cue
One of the bottom lines of parenting is not just raising obedient, or even happy kids, but rather raising responsible adults who love God, love others, and love themselves

Conversation Guides

Sexual Integrity

Are we really going to talk about this? If you want your kids to grow up with sexual integrity, then the answer is—YES!

Technology

 So as we all stumble to keep up with this ever-changing world, here are some ways to have real conversations at every age to shape a healthy perspective on what technology can, should, and shouldn’t do in our lives.

Faith

 These phase-specific Faith Conversation Guides are here to help when the need arises, so you’ll be ready to talk to your child about faith.

Bullying

Whether your child is dealing with a bully, showing signs of being one, or even if it’s not on anyone’s radar, it’s important to talk to your kids about bullying. But what do you say?

Book Recommendations

To be an exceptional parent, you need to be an intentional parent. Fortunately, help is available by veteran parents and best-selling authors, Doug Fields and Cathy Fields—they want to help you move from Quick-Fix Parenting to Intentional Parenting. They’ve put together a workbook that provides you with 10 actions that will impact the future of your children. These 10 actions are doable! You can get started implementing these ideas into your parenting and you will see immediate results in your child—no matter their age.
It’s NEVER too early to start?
  • Do you want to see your children display confidence?
  • Do you want to see your children develop character?
  • Do you want to see your children have strong convictions?
  • Do you want to see your children express compassion?
  • Ultimately, do you want to see your children grow up to be competent young adults?
If so, this is the guide to help you achieve those results.
This WORKBOOK is a combination book & study guide. Read, reflect, write, practice and change. You and your child will be glad you did!
Know God: A 28-Day Devotional Experience for Kids

Knowing God doesn’t happen in a moment. It’s not like you wake up one morning and BAM, you know God, you have Him all figured out - everything there is to know - no more questions or doubts. Spoiler Alert: You can read every word in this book, fill in every blank, follow every suggestion, and still not understand all there is to know about God.
This book isn’t about knowing everything there is to know about God. It is about starting you on a journey to help you Know God more. Because even though there's no checklist for knowing everything about God, there are a few things you can do every day that will help you know Him better.
That's what this journal is all about - four things you can do today (and every day) that will help you Know God.
HEAR. PRAY. TALK. LIVE.
Parents have approximately 936 weeks from the time their child is born until he or she graduates from high school. It goes by fast. The responsibility to shape a child’s faith and character can seem overwhelming.

If you are a parent, you have probably realized by now that you can’t make a toddler share. Can’t force a child to have faith. Can’t compel a teenager to make smart decisions.

But there is something parents can do. They can make this week count. And then do it again, and again.