Christian parents are called to raise their children within the covenant calling God gave them. Part of this is that they are called to apply discipline to the children. How do parents do this? What is the purpose of this discipline? This article shows the biblical roots for discipline and the way it can be applied positively and negatively, then looks at the purpose of discipline.

This article presents five things for fathers to avoid in raising their children: criticism, overstrictness, irritability, inconsistency, and favoritism.

This article shows how Martin Luther was a family man who loved children, and wrote about child-rearing himself. It also highlights how he had to grieve multiple times on account of losing children.

This article considers how the Lord Jesus in his ministry regarded children. Mark 10 is one text that is given some attention.

This article stresses the importance of having the little children in the worship service.

Should parent be teaching children to pray when the children haven't professed their faith? This article looks at the biblical guidance on how and when to teach our children to pray.

Should you have children? We live in an age where children are seen as a means of self-realization or an accessory to the good life. What is the purpose of children? This article explains.

Is "I don't know" a refrain from your children in response to your questions regarding their behaviour? This article shows how parents, teachers, or other caregivers can often use this as a cue to let a child off the hook instead of calling heart motivations to task. Thus, the author suggests ways to handle this response in an effort to disciple the children God entrusts to us.

Children should be part of the worship service. This article gives reasons why, and also explains what should be expected from children during the worship service.

Elders have a responsibility to shepherd children by ensuring that they receive the sign and seal of the covenant through baptism, and that their parents understand their responsibility to nurture those children.

When we develop the character of our children, we mark their souls morally and ethically. This parenting involves ploughing and planting the Word of God in them. One tool God provides for this is the catechism. The catechism provides children with solid, thorough knowledge in today’s confusing world. It gives a workable framework within which we can live.

Is your father someone you can glory in? God gave parents abilities and opportunities to provide for their children. He also gave them authority over their families, has endowed them with life experience, and has made them His representative. All of these things qualify their parenting call, and makes them deserving of respect.

Children should ask their parents for guidance in the way of God’s wisdom. This article gives reasons why children should do this, how they can do this, and the resultant benefits they will experience.

Parents have a responsibility toward their children when it comes to their children marrying. The Bible tells us that believers should not be "unequally yoked" with unbelievers in marriage. This article shows the way such a mindset can be cultivated through family instruction in children's lives while they are still young.

Parents have a responsibility toward their children when it comes to their children marrying. The Bible tells us that believers should not be "unequally yoked" with unbelievers in marriage. This article shows the way such a mindset can be cultivated through family instruction in children's lives while they are still young.

God has called parents to administer discipline toward their children. This article shows how parents should administer this discipline.

This article looks at parents' biblical calling to administer discipline toward their children. This discipline is guided and limited by God's word and love for God and the child.

This article looks at the biblical call for parents to administer corrective discipline toward their children in order to keep them from the path of sin.

This article discusses the foundation behind discipline in the Christian home based on the covenant and God's word. The author highlights what the relationship between parents and children should look like, and what Christian discipline involves.

This article discusses the foundation behind discipline in the Christian home based on the covenant and God's word. The author highlights what the relationship between parents and children should look like, and what Christian discipline involves.

God's covenant call has an impact on how parents should raise their children. This article focuses on parenting daughters as covenant children. Enabling daughters to fulfill their calling and role means teaching them the virtues of being a godly woman.

Ephesians 6:4 lays the foundation to Christian parenting. Exploring this text, the author of this article shows that the foundation to parenting lies in the guidance of the Lord Jesus Christ. He determines the extend of parenting and the obedience of children. This article discusses the respective roles of the father and mother.

Ephesians 6:4 lays the foundation to Christian parenting. Exploring this text, the author of this article shows that the foundation to parenting lies in the guidance of the Lord Jesus Christ. He determines the extend of parenting and the obedience of children. This article discusses the respective roles of the father and mother.

Parents are entrusted with the responsibility to rule over their children, guide their development, protect them from evil, and train them in the way of the Lord. This responsibility is given to them by God, and the father has a special role to play in the way he exercises his authority in the home. This article focuses on the way the father exercises his authority during the child's different stages of growth.

Parents are entrusted with the responsibility to rule over their children, guide their development, protect them from evil, and train them in the way of the Lord. This responsibility is given to them by God, and the father has a special role to play in the way he exercises his authority in the home. This article shows that fathers should in their actions mirror our Father in heaven.

Should parents teach their children what and how to think? Is this not infringing on their rights and freedoms? This article gives one answer: God expects parents to teach children what and how to think.

This trilogy of articles looks at marriage, divorce, and the effects of divorce on children. This article focuses on the church's responsibility toward children of divorce.

This trilogy of articles looks at marriage, divorce, and the effects of divorce on children. This article looks at specific ways in which divorce does damage to children.

This trilogy of articles looks at marriage, divorce, and the effects of divorce on children. The author looks at the social, spiritual, and emotional impacts of divorce by looking at the stories of two adults.

Three reasons motivate Christian parents to pursue Christian education for their children: instructing children in the ways of the Lord, instructing them only in the truth of God, and instructing them to serve God. The responsibility belongs to both parents and children - children are to be diligent in their studies, and parents are to be supportive. With this approach, Christian schools become a way of worshiping and glorifying God.

Sunday can be a very busy day for a Christian mother. For mothers, Sundays still involve their daily work. This article gives some practical ways in which mothers can prepare for the Sabbath. How parents organise themselves around this day has a bearing on their children.

Parenting is hard work. This article discusses our calling in marriage. Children are a blessing of the Lord. The author also looks at when young couples should try and start a family.

Baptism is the visible sign of God’s grace to His church. This article looks at children of believers as members of the church, and also discusses infant baptism as believer's baptism.

Christian parents are called to raise their children within their covenant calling. Included in this calling is an obligation to discipline. This article looks at the biblical basis and purpose of dicipline, and how it can be used both positively and negatively.

Why is it that some children raised in Christian homes rebel against Christ? This article deals with the guilt many parents have over the rebellion of their children. The author maintains that parents should not be discouraged in their parenting, but continue to teach and be examples while praying for the conversion of their children.

This article shows that living an exemplary life as parents is a powerful tool in parenting your children.

This article gives suggestions for how children can build healthy relationships with their parents. The emphasis is on showing genuine love to one's parents.

Based on Philippians 4:8-9 this article aims at helping parents encourage excellence in their children. It gives some practical ways of communicating with children in such a way that they are encouraged to do well. 

The statement of the apostle Paul in 1 Timothy 2:15 has mystified Bible readers as well as Christian scholars for centuries. In what sense can a woman be "saved" by bearing children? What is so virtuous about bearing children that it could become the cause of women's salvation? What about single women or married women who do not or cannot have children? Even apart from these questions, the apostle sounds sexist and out of date in our modern era. How should we understand this passage, and how are we to apply it?

God's visitation of the fathers' sins on the children is never a simple punishment of innocent children for what the fathers did. The children are always guilty themselves of a sinful and rebellious life as the fathers' sins bear fruit in the lives of their children. (Exodus 20:5-6; Deuteronomy 5:9-10)

What can parents with unbelieving children do to help them?

The best education for our children is our living example. When we trust in the Lord, we encourage our children to not lose faith in the Lord.

This article is about Friends With Benefits and the casual way our society looks at sex, sexual immorality and lust. The article also looks at how we should educate our children with regards to sexuality.

This article is about world-wise children and the Christian school. The author discusses the fact that education should confront children with worldly ideas, and that education should teach children to discern.

This article is about the baby room in the church and the way we look at children and the worship service.

This article is about the use of birth control and contraception. The author also discusses children as a blessing from God.

This article is about birth control, procreation and the use of contraception. The author looks at children as a gift from God, the purpose of sex, and at marriage as the image of the relationship between Christ and the church.

In this article on infant baptism, the author discusses that there is one covenant and people of God, that God includes children in the visible church, that the promises of the baptism must be believed, and infant dedication.

This article about children in the worship service also looks at the work of God in children and children in Biblical assemblies.

This article is about the sinfulness of our children. The author discusses total depravity, Adam and original sin, and the parenting of sinful children

In this article on Mark 10:13-16 (and Matthew 19:13-15 and Luke 18:15-17), the author focuses on children in the kingdom of God, and the children of believers as part of the covenant with God. Genesis 17:7 is also discussed.