Topic
Prayers
9 articles
- How to Teach a Child to Pray for Other People
Your child's prayers are a list of their own stuff. That is normal. Concrete ways to widen the circle without shaming them out of praying at all.
- How Grandparents Can Share Faith With Your Kids
Grandparents Day is September 13. Most Christian grandparents want a role in your child's faith and are waiting to be told they have one.
- How to Teach the Lord's Prayer to a Child
A line by line walkthrough of the Lord's Prayer in words a child actually uses, and how to teach it over a few weeks instead of one long night.
- What to Say When Your Child Says They Have No Friends
What to say at lights out when your child tells you nobody played with them, why not to promise a friend, and how to pray it with them tonight.
- What to Do When Your Child Doesn't Want to Pray
Your child refuses to pray at bedtime. What the no usually means, what not to turn it into, and one thing you can say tonight instead.
- When God Doesn't Answer Your Child's Prayer
Your child prayed for something specific and it did not happen. What to say at bedtime when the answer was no, without explaining God away.
- How to Pray for Your Child's School Year
The backpack is packed and you have about sixty seconds. Three short, specific ways to pray for your child's school year, plus the verse to send along.
- How to Teach a Child to Pray in Their Own Words
Your child knows the memorized prayer but freezes praying on their own. Sentence starters, realistic expectations by age, and what to try tonight.
- Short Bedtime Prayers for Kids They Can Actually Remember
A few short, simple bedtime prayers your kids can learn by heart, plus an easy way to help them pray in their own words. No pressure, just peace.