Christian Parenting Single

Christian parenting single was one of my most demanding roles as a parent. Step parenting has been the most difficult, but I do have daily help and emotional support from my husband, which is great.

Single parents have so many responsibilities which can make it overwhelming. My family and friends helped me out a lot, and my church family was pretty amazing.

Christian relationships can provide the support that you are lacking in a single parenting household .

Enemy to Ally…

Dr. Kevin Leman provides a video curriculum titled Single Parenting That Works. It provides biblical guidance on bringing stability to your life and the lives of your children.

Single Parenting That Works, Video Curriculum By Kevin Leman / Sampson Resources Single Parenting that Works is a 6-lesson study designed to encourage single parents to build healthy relationships with their ex-spouses and to raise their children to love and honor the Lord. This study will help parents understand that they are not alone in the challenges they face. Parents will find practical, biblically sound guidance on being loving, caring, and effective parents to their children. These six sessions focus on: Bringing stability to children by helping parents get their own lives in order Learning to forgive one's ex-spouse and opening the door to healthy relationships Relating to one's ex-spouse with grace and maturity instead of retaliation and bitterness Developing positive self-esteem in kids so they can gain a sense of confidence and belonging Teaching kids to be respectful, responsible, and resourceful through "reality discipline" Relating to your children according to their unique, God-given personalities Items included in kit are... -Instruction Guide for planning and implementing the study. -Promotion kit of color posters, ads and clip art. -Facilitator guide -32-page Single Parenting That Works! Workbook -Audio CD of the entire series -Six 25 minute lessons on DVD

It is actually intended to be a small group Bible study which would be a great opportunity for you, as a Christian parenting single, to build Christian relationships with other single parents, as well as learning biblical principles that will be helpful in your task of raising your children alone.

Have you organized or lead a Bible study?

Most churches have special programs for married couples, women and men; but in many cases the topic of single parents doesn’t get the individualized attention that is needed. I'm sure that other Christian parenting singles would love to come to the Bible study.

If setting up a Bible study doesn't work out...

Single Parenting That Works: Six Keys to Raising By Kevin Leman / Tyndale House Being a parent is challenging enough. Being a single parent can seem downright impossible. But now, drawing on material from his successful Single Parenting That Works curriculum guide and video series, Dr. Kevin Leman, America's favorite parenting expert, brings help and hope to the legions of single parents who desire to raise happy, healthy, well-adjusted children in a loving, caring, and biblically grounded way. Using his trademark quirky, no-nonsense approach, Dr. Leman shows parents how to build healthy, mature relationships with their former spouses, how to develop their children's self-esteem, and how to relate to their kids and discipline them in accordance with their unique, God-given personalities.

Where would you like to go next?

To learn how to organize a Bible study

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To parenting toddlers and infants

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