Parents

First Aid Apparently, most doctors aren’t trained to give First Aid. I was surprised. Don’t panic! It’s just that doctors are usually specialists. So dermatologists can help with all your skin-related problems, but they rarely need to give you mouth to mouth resuscitation. They&rsq…

It was kicking-out time on the ward. I had to leave. I was a little relieved. Our first child had been born at about dawn that day. She had slept all day. From birth until late evening, we had seen little evidence that she was not a toy dolly. It was now late, the midwives had told me that I had to …

Dad. Your Question. Why did God put Goliath in front of the Israelite army? That’s a tough one. I gave some sort of an answer. It was only as I walked to work afterwards that I started to know the answer. In the last half an hour, I had fought with my anger and I had sent my son out the house …

Last week I stood with my four year old son in front of his school class and said, “We believe that the Bible is absolutely true” before reading them a Bible story and teaching them the song “My God is so Big.” For the sake of my son, his classmates and his teachers, I’…

Encouragement for children under pressure If you didn’t know already, it’s SATs time. The SATs are a test for all children at the end of Key Stage 1 and 2 (7 and 11 year olds) in English state Primary Schools. Normally the 7 year olds are only just aware of their existence, while the 11…

David Walliams' recent novel, Bad Dad, features a Rolls Royce in a high speed car chase, a break-in to return stolen cash and a gay female vicar who marries the hero’s aunt. It was the 2nd bestselling book of 2017. Only that dastardly Jamie Oliver beat him! There are a lot of children reading …

Apparently Jesus was actually born at the end of September. It’s all to do with the time of year sheep are out on the hills around Bethlehem and when Herod would have done his census. So Jesus would have been the oldest in his year, if he had gone to a British primary school. Although his earl…

Christmas is the easiest time of the year to invite friends to come with you to church. Which makes it a great opportunity to encourage your children to invite their friends, too. We asked one parent of primary-age children how they do this in their family: When you start talking about Christmas, a…

There are so many ways we can be distracted from the true meaning of Christmas during the holidays. Why not make time for one or more of these resources celebrating the birth our Lord Jesus Christ while you’re enjoying time together as a family this Christmas? Randall Goodgame Sing the Bible F…

If you would like to gather the family together for a devotional during the Christmas holidays we have two brilliant family devotionals to guide you:  Prepare Him Room helps you build family Christmas traditions around Christ. The memorable and meaningful activities, songs, and stories of Prepa…