7 Keys to Being a Good Spouse and a Good Parent at the Same Time

3. Create a climate at home where LOVE is communicated through your words AND your actions. Be affectionate with your spouse and also be affectionate with your kids. Serve each other. Learn each other’s “Love Languages.” Above all, make sure everyone under your roof knows that he/she is loved unconditionally.

4. As you love each other, make sure ENCOURAGEMENT sets the tone in your home. Be your spouse’s biggest encourager; not his/her biggest critic. Be your kids’ biggest cheerleader; not the one who is always correcting them (although some correction is simply part of parenting). Build each other up so much that nothing in the world can tear them down. Make your home a safe and sacred refuge of encouragement and love.

#5 is specific to your marriage. This is huge…