5–Minute Parenting: Tips to Help You Raise Competent, Godly Kids.
Welcome to the 5-Minute Parenting podcast! I'm Sandra Kay Chambers, the founder and host of this podcast. I'm a wife, mother, grandmother and former teacher, journalist, and an award-winning children's author. My Fingerprint Devotions: 40 Devotions That Help You Realize You Are a Kid Uniquely Created by God for a Purpose (ages 8-12), helps kids realize they are unique, just like their fingerprints, and have a God-given purpose in their life. I'm also the author of a picture book, Maisie Discovers Her Fingerprint (ages 3-8), and an adult book, Lord, It’s Boring in My Prayer Closet: How to Revitalize Your Prayer Life, Hello, I’m Karen Ferguson, your new podcast host beginning February 2025! I’m a wife, mom, grandmom and author of the Questions for Kids picture book series. I have a background in K-8 education and a passion for equipping parents to raise competent, God confident kids. In this podcast, we cover parenting practices from both a practical view and a biblical view that will benefit your child’s physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual growth. Our goal is to help you raise kids with a positive, godly self image so they can become all they were created to be. I know you’re busy so we’ll keep it short, let’s take just five minutes and dive in! For more information and helpful resources, visit our websites at https://www.sandrakaychambers.com/ https://www.karenferg.com/ FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM @karenfergusonauthor @sandrakaychambers.com
Episodes
Many Christians have a hard time connecting with Heavenly Father because of past hurts in the church and with their own flawed, human fathers. This has created a sort of father wound crisis in the church that can affect families for generations.
Listen in and soak in Truth from the Word of God, about the Father's Love and His desire to walk with you to healing and a right perspective on His Good nature and His ...
Reading time in the home doesn't have to be serious or boring. Parents and grandparents can make the most of every moment with their littles to support and grow their literacy. Special guest, Christy Smith, is on 5-Minute Parenting today to share her GROW acronym, taken from her book It Begins with a Book: An Everyday Guide to Growing Young Readers. Christy shares fantastic tips and fresh ideas for making reading fu...
Welcome back to 5-Minute Parenting: Tips to Help you Raise Competent and God-Confident Kids! In this episode, we have return guest Kayla Green talking about an important topic of how to help children walk through grief. Kayla shares encouragement and wisdom based on her personal experience and short story, Edge of Sea Glass, that relates to this topic, speaking openly about the pain of losing her dad when she ...
In this episode of 5-Minute Parenting, author and motivational speaker, Kathy Vintson, has a special message of encouragement for moms.
Kathy understands the challenges of motherhood as well as the blessings, and the guilt that is sometimes associated with it when we fall short of "perfect parenting." Kathy brings a much needed reminder to moms that we are daughters of the King, and we don't have to try to be p...
Welcome back to 5-Minute Parenting! Today we have a special guest on the show bringing encouragement to moms. Cara Blondo is a writer, teacher, and podcaster who is passionate about helping women connect biblical truth to their everyday lives.
In this episode, Cara shares a two-pronged approach to our most common struggles as moms: defeat and discouragement. Moms are often the main gatekeepers and disciple-make...
Today, on 5-Minute Parenting, host Karen Ferguson talks with fellow Ambassador International author, Amber Bateman, who shares about modern dangers to mental health as it relates to parenting, taken from her book, Save Yourself Some Therapy: Four Modern Dangers to Our Mental Health.
Amber Bateman has a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University and is a Licensed Professi...
Join Karen Ferguson and special guest, author Alexandra Jensen, for an encouraging word and resource for moms.
Daily Grace for Moms of Littles is Alexandra's fourth book, and one this podcast host highly recommends!
Alexandra shares the inspiration and heart behind this 50 day devotional, and offers a fresh kingdom perspective for moms that goes against the messages of this world. Listen in as Alexandra re...
Does your child's bedtime routine feel like a battle of the wills? Are you looking for ways to make bedtime easier for your kids (and you)?
Join 5-Minute Parenting as special guest, Valerie Ellis, shares some of her tried and true tips for making bedtime easier and more meaningful through the ages and stages.
Valerie is a mom and certified teacher with countless hours in children’s ministry, and writ...
On today's 5-Minute Parenting podcast, Host Karen Ferguson welcomes and interviews author Rachel Kovac about her new book, Their Future is Shining Bright: a Guide to Homeschooling in High School. Rachel brings a fresh and much-needed voice to the homeschooling community, focusing on the unique challenges and opportunities of the often-overlooked high school years. As a writer, speaker, and educator, Rachel under...
Host Karen Ferguson welcomes special guest, Teresa Argenbright to share "Vocabulary building games you can enjoy on the go - screen free!"
Teresa is a children’s book author with a lifelong love of language, rhythm, and storytelling. Her newest book, Charlotte and Penelope and the Neighborhood Stage, is the second in The Menagerie Series, a charming, rhyming picture book series filled with clever wordplay, ...
Welcome back to 5-Minute Parenting: Tips to Help you Raise Competent, and God-Confident Kids!
Today’s guest is Tammy Kennington - author, podcaster, and preschool director turned reading specialist, and she is here to talk about Dyslexia and how parents can identify it and help their children overcome it.
Dyslexia is neurologically-based and affects 1 in 5 children and adults, many of whom are incred...
Join Host Karen Ferguson and special guest Cara Ray on the topic of Parenting through the Seasons: Trusting God through every Stage.
In this episode, Cara walks us through 4 distinct seasons of parenting and connects them to the 4 natural seasons for a discussion that is both fascinating and encouraging. Cara brings an inspiring and heartfelt message to remind parents that no matter what season you are in, and ...
Check out this new 5-Minute Parenting episode with award-winning author Valerie Fentress, just in time for Easter! ✝️ Many Christian parents wonder what they should do with the Easter Bunny and don’t want this commercial symbol to distract from the true meaning of Easter.
Valerie is on the show today with a resource that reclaims the Easter Bunny, using it to teach kids about the true meaning of Easter. J...
This episode is for all the boy moms out there!
Award-winning author and family ministry leader, Christie Thomas, joins 5-Minute Parenting to share quick and simple tips for raising strong boys, providing answers to the following questions:
1) How can I better connect with my sons?
2) How can I help my boys grow spiritually?
3) How can I deal with the physicality of boys without feeling overwhelm...
Host Karen Ferguson welcomes author, Jenny Marcelene, to 5-Minute Parenting to share her debut book The Dreamer. Jenny's heart is for unreached people, and this first book in her Christian-themed global adventure series for children ages 6 to 10, shares the Afghan culture with young readers in a relevant and exciting way.
Jenny's goal is to cultivate a biblical worldview and spark prayer for the Gospel am...
Karen Ferguson welcomes back Sandra Kay Chambers, the founder and original host of 5-Minute Parenting! In this episode, Sandra shares exciting life updates and a teaser for a new book that's coming soon!
Sandra has had some important life changes since last being on the podcast, but what hasn't changed is her passion for books and writing.
Listen in as she shares the heart behind her soon-to-be-published c...
5-Minute Parenting host Karen Ferguson loves sharing good books for families and on today's episode she is recommending a great one for children!
Join Karen and special guest, author Laura Sassi, who has a new Easter book available, called Happy Easter, Risen King! Laura shares the inspiration behind this joyful, colorful book and also good points about how to share the Easter message with your littlest ones!&n...
Join Host of 5-Minute Parenting, Karen Ferguson, and special guest Bill High, founder of Legacy Stone, as they talk on the topics of family legacy and The Family Conflict Blueprint, a transformative curriculum for building stronger, biblical families.
Today's episode covers these questions and more:
1) What does “legacy” mean and why should we look at it through a biblical lens?
2) At what stage i...
Do you have a relunctant reader in your home? Join 5-Minute Parenting Host, Karen Ferguson, for practical ways to help your children fall in love with reading!
It's true that some kids are more prone to enjoy reading than others, but doing what we can as parents to support literacy in our homes will help our kids find greater confidence and success in their school years and in future work years.
Reading is...
We welcome Kimberley Payne back to 5-Minute Parenting to provide tips for spiritual health and growth using the P.A.T.H. method of praying + 5 simple (and fun!) ways to memorize Scritpure.
Parents and grandparents will find these tools very useful in discipling their children and grandchildren. These strategies will help make prayer more natural and fulfilling for young people (and people of all ages), and it w...
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