Teens

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  10 Steps to Help Your Child Move from Fear-Filled to Fearless Be brave! T-shirts, coffee mugs, and book titles all shout out this little line. Let’s be honest though. Being brave isn’t as simple as saying a cute quip. Culture, from social media to... Lynn Cowell Nov 06, 2018
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  How to Listen to My Adult Child Talk about Childhood Pain without Freaking Out As parents, none of us want to hear that our grown children have suffered pain—especially if we were the cause of that pain, or were around when it happened and could have prevented it. It’s much easier to... Cindi McMenamin Oct 16, 2018
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  10 Things to Do with Your Children before They Graduate High School Graduation: a culmination of hard work, emotional investment, sweat and tears. And I’m not even talking about the kids. Yes, the kids have done a lot of work to get to graduation, but we... Shannon DeGarmo Oct 09, 2018
• 5 Important Topics You Need to Discuss with Your Teen Girl With limited time and attention, the most critical conversations include matters of her physical, emotional, and spiritual health. Yet, keep in mind that talking is only part of the process. It’s equally... Jonathan and Erica Catherman Oct 03, 2018
• How Picky Should I Be about My Kid and Media? The question we must all ask ourselves is this: how will I honor God with this gift of raising kids, and how will my family utilize media for good? Meg Gemelli Sep 25, 2018
• When Is it Appropriate to Help My Adult Children Financially? The plea comes through a plaintive phone call or a tear-stained face. “What am I going to do? I just don’t have enough money.” They can’t pay their bills. The fridge in their apartment is empty except... RJ Thesman Sep 21, 2018
• What You Need to Remember When Babies Leave the Nest God designed nests to be temporary, so He must have intended for parents to do more than only parenting. May Patterson Sep 17, 2018
• How to Pray for Your Daughter’s Future Husband Being uncomfortable with the idea of my young daughter having a future love life shouldn’t stop me from praying about it. Brent Rinehart Aug 20, 2018
• 10 Ways an Adult Daughter Can Improve Her Relationship with Her Mom A woman’s relationship with her mother is one of the most complex yet sacred bonds she will ever have. It is complicated, rich, beautiful, and sometimes painful. Many women are conflicted: They love their... Debbie Alsdorf and Joan Edwards Kay Aug 15, 2018
• 6 Practical Tips to Help You Lovingly Care for Aging Parents Many of us are struggling to navigate the family role-reversal. The parent who cared for us now needs our care. Kathy Howard Aug 10, 2018
• 7 Important Talks to Have with Your Children The Talk, the dreaded talk…but aren’t talks classified by our children as lectures? And we all know, lectures don’t work well. God’s Word tells us these talks should be conversational, like our talks with... DiAne Gates Jul 24, 2018
• 8 Steps to the Best Summer with Your Kids As wonderful as summer can be, keeping ourselves sane and our children occupied, happy and safe can be quite a juggling act. Lane Jordan Burday Jul 17, 2018