Life experiences test and grow our faith. Few experiences accomplish this like parenting.

Parents need to be in unison on the big stuff. They also need be in unison on the smaller stuff, like what food to eat.

What I'm about to describe is easy to read but can be very hard to implement. When you become a couple, you become a new family. Each of...

Ginny Cruz addresses the early years of childhood as a guest blogger, posting on a monthly basis. Ginny Cruz, MPA, PT, is a pediatric...

In my Thursday Unison Parenting blog, I brought up an advice columnist's suggestion that an annoyed restaurant guest should send a cookie...

This is the first of a two-part series (the other is in Further Insights) on making parenting decisions in front of your children.

Children don't mature in all facets of life in perfect proportions, like a gingerbread person. They might be better described as amoebas.

Cecil uses the image of a gingerbread person to identify five areas of development for your child.

Collaborative Parenting was the most difficult Unison Parenting chapter to write in trying to simplify complex techniques.

In guest blogger Ginny Cruz' initial post, she suggests three possible actions if your baby spits up during tummy time.

Cecil gives a humorous take on what it's like to parent boys.

Parents can put too much pressure on children and on teachers to raise grades. Here are ideas for how to handle academics better.

Peer pressure can be negative or positive. This post offers a model to help your child deal with the negative and affirm the positive.

In my last post, I talked about entrusting your teen to other parents. Now I'll return to the younger days. It is practically inevitable...

Cecil defines four parenting styles from his book and compares these to parenting labels created by other authors and influencers.

Attentive parenting requires paying attention to where your teen is going, including friends' houses.

One of the biggest questions that I get asked, after thirty-plus years in youth ministry, is how kids have changed over the years. My...

It's vital to let children know that their choices matter, leading to good results or bad results.

This introductory blog post shows the fundamental concept that helps parents teach choices, rewards, and consequences.