50 Parenting Ideas You Won't Regret

1. Tuck Love Notes in their lunchbox, dresser drawers and unexpected places.
2. Tell them why you love them
3. Worship together
4. Be affectionate
5. Plan a purity weekend with your tween/teen
6. Ask them questions
7. Ask then to grade you as a parent
8. Break your own rules (eating in bed, playing in the mud, etc).
9. Give them a Bible you’ve read and written notes in (next to meaningful Scripture) especially for them
10. Go on special dates with your child(ren)
11. Go on a family missions trip together
12. Memorize scripture together
13. Be intentional with holidays-bring Christ in
14. Engage every day: connect with them on a deeper level
15. Help them live counter-cultural
16. Serve with your children
17. Listen: stop what you’re doing and really listen
18. Don’t always rush to fix their problems
19. Be consistent (A doesn’t happen until B-parenting book)
20. Have regular family nights
21. Make activities matter (Don’t just fill time. Ask: why are we doing this? How does it benefit?)
22. Spend time doing something they love -music, running, games, drawing, etc
23. Write a Family Missions Statement together
24. Create Family Rules for your home
25. Look for teachable moments
26. Read to them (100 books to read to them)
27. Limit media (TV/video games) to a certain amount of time a day/week
28. Love your spouse in front of them
29. Pick your battles
30. Teach them to be strong
31. Create family traditions (10 new ones to start today)
32. Teach them to pray
33. Show them what true success looks like
34. Ask your kids for forgiveness when you fail
35. Stand up for them
36. Don’t over-schedule your kids
37. Give them down time
38. Pray for your kids- Let them overhear you doing so
39. Keep the TV out of their bedroom
40. Say yes as often as you can
41. Give them the opportunity to change a life
42. Use Conversation Starters at dinner
43. Create with them
44. Give them chores (age appropriate list)
45. Challenge them to read their Bible and reward them for doing so
46. Catch them being good
47. Reward kindness
48. Have fun with them!
49. Write in a family gratitude journal
50. Conduct regular family meetings
51. If you don’t accomplish any of these in a day, don’t be discouraged! Above all they need you to be there.

Article from We Are That Family Blog  
Reposted from Raising Godly Children