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Everyday Parenting
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Fathers Impact Child Development
When dads are involved with their kids at all ages and stages of childhood, they will help them grow and...
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How to Talk to a Reluctant Teen
Six ideas for starting conversations with reluctant teens
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4 Tips To Stay Engaged With Your Teens
Here are a few shepherding tips that have helped me on this journey.
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7 Strategies for Relentless Parenting
Teen rebellion requires parental tenacity and persistence.
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Caring for Teens with Autism
Raising teens with autism takes patience and an ability to expect the unexpected. It’s a hard road, but a road...
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Confident, Selfless, Grounded: Helping Tween and Teen Daughters Navigate Friendships
A girl grounded in her identity will still feel discouraged when she doesn’t have the relational connections she craves, but...
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Understanding the Teen Brain
Understanding the teen brain requires patience, kindness, and grace. Learn from Dr. Ben Carson about how you can help your...
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Talking to Your Daughter about Her Worth, Identity, and Beauty
Talking to your daughter through the years about her worth, identity, and beauty requires your consistent compassion and investment. Learn...
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The 5 Love Languages and Your Teen
Do you ever wonder how you can help your teens feel loved? Consider how they might tend to feel more...
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Mental Health
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A Teen Suicide Attempt Can Rock the Whole Family
A child or teen suicide attempt represents much more than a medical problem. It represents a young person in crisis,...
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How Your Teen Thinks
Have you ever wondered what your teen is thinking? Jerusha Clark unpacks three ways your teen’s brain is changing and...
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Helping Teens With Anxiety
Here are several ways to help our teens change their anxious thinking habits and lead them toward a healthier mindset.
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How to Help Your Teen with Social Anxiety
Facing a mental illness is difficult, and as parents we want to take the burdens from our children. Rest in...
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Teens and Eating Disorders
Discussing body image and eating disorders is difficult, but it is important to create a safe place for your teens...
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How to Help Your Teenager with Anxiety and Depression
Four tips for parents on how to help a teenager with anxiety and depression. As your teen faces challenges, be...
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The Difference Between Teen Moodiness and Depression
Understanding the difference between normal mood swings and depression is an important part of parenting.
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How to Respond When Your Teen Is Hurting
Is your teen hurting? Instead of lecturing, try guiding your child with these three principles
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Confident, Selfless, Grounded: Helping Tween and Teen Daughters Navigate Friendships
A girl grounded in her identity will still feel discouraged when she doesn’t have the relational connections she craves, but...
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Sexuality
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Answering Parents’ Questions on Gender Confusion in Children
To be human is to be gendered — male or female. And one of the most important jobs of a...
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How Did We Get To This Gender-Confused Place?
Gender confusion is rampant and the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender activist movement has affected religion, pop culture, education, business...
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Transgender Resources
Transgender Resources “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy...
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How to Talk with Your Daughter about Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Same-Sex Attraction
Knowing how to talk with your daughter about issues like sexual orientation, gender identity, and same-sex attraction can seem overwhelming....
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How Do I Talk to My Teen Son about Wet Dreams?
My teen son had a wet dream last night. What should I do next? How do I talk about this...
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When Someone Has “Different Pronouns”: Explaining LGBT Pronoun Usage to our Kids
Learn how to address and answer your child's questions about LGBT pronoun usage. Then, cultivate healthy conversations about how to...
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Understanding the Myths of Gender Identity and Transgenderism
Male and female are not what we feel we are, but what we actually are. Help your kids sort the...
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Beyond Protecting Your Child from Bad Influences
Get tips to help you be a proactive parent during turbulent times.
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Teens Using Media: Why Social Media Shouldn’t Define Your Teen
Instagram and Snapchat may seem harmless and fun, but they can be addicting and damaging for your teens, when these...
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Spiritual Growth
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What Gen Zers Believe About God
Insights for parenting a new generation
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How to Engage a Teen Wrestling With Faith
Has your teen decided to “give up the faith”? Get insight into how parents can engage with their prodigals.
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How to Help Your Teen Get Closer to God
Learning how to get closer to God is a lifelong journey. For teenagers, growing closer to God depends on their...
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A Simple Way to Start Family Devotions
Simple, practical and fun ways to start—or start again—family devotions that the entire family will connect with.
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What Do You Do When Your Child Loses Faith in God?
When adult children deconstruct their Christianity, it can lead to isolation and self-centeredness as they prioritize their desires or preferences...
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Technology & Entertainment
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Beyond Protecting Your Child from Bad Influences
Get tips to help you be a proactive parent during turbulent times.
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Advice for Parents of Teens with Porn Addiction
When faced with their teen's porn addiction, most parents don't know where to begin to get the help he or...
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Entertainment, Worldview, and Your Family
What is a worldview and how does it impact how we view our family and our consumption of entertainment? Discover...
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Fathers Impact Child Development
When dads are involved with their kids at all ages and stages of childhood, they will help them grow and...
Read More
How to Talk to a Reluctant Teen
Six ideas for starting conversations with reluctant teens
Read More
4 Tips To Stay Engaged With Your Teens
Here are a few shepherding tips that have helped me on this journey.
Read More
7 Strategies for Relentless Parenting
Teen rebellion requires parental tenacity and persistence.
Read More
Caring for Teens with Autism
Raising teens with autism takes patience and an ability to expect the unexpected. It’s a hard road, but a road...
Read More
Confident, Selfless, Grounded: Helping Tween and Teen Daughters Navigate Friendships
A girl grounded in her identity will still feel discouraged when she doesn’t have the relational connections she craves, but...
Read More
Understanding the Teen Brain
Understanding the teen brain requires patience, kindness, and grace. Learn from Dr. Ben Carson about how you can help your...
Read More
Talking to Your Daughter about Her Worth, Identity, and Beauty
Talking to your daughter through the years about her worth, identity, and beauty requires your consistent compassion and investment. Learn...
Read More
The 5 Love Languages and Your Teen
Do you ever wonder how you can help your teens feel loved? Consider how they might tend to feel more...
Read More
A Teen Suicide Attempt Can Rock the Whole Family
A child or teen suicide attempt represents much more than a medical problem. It represents a young person in crisis,...
Read More
How Your Teen Thinks
Have you ever wondered what your teen is thinking? Jerusha Clark unpacks three ways your teen’s brain is changing and...
Read More
Helping Teens With Anxiety
Here are several ways to help our teens change their anxious thinking habits and lead them toward a healthier mindset.
Read More
How to Help Your Teen with Social Anxiety
Facing a mental illness is difficult, and as parents we want to take the burdens from our children. Rest in...
Read More
Teens and Eating Disorders
Discussing body image and eating disorders is difficult, but it is important to create a safe place for your teens...
Read More
How to Help Your Teenager with Anxiety and Depression
Four tips for parents on how to help a teenager with anxiety and depression. As your teen faces challenges, be...
Read More
The Difference Between Teen Moodiness and Depression
Understanding the difference between normal mood swings and depression is an important part of parenting.
Read More
How to Respond When Your Teen Is Hurting
Is your teen hurting? Instead of lecturing, try guiding your child with these three principles
Read More
Confident, Selfless, Grounded: Helping Tween and Teen Daughters Navigate Friendships
A girl grounded in her identity will still feel discouraged when she doesn’t have the relational connections she craves, but...
Read More
Answering Parents’ Questions on Gender Confusion in Children
To be human is to be gendered — male or female. And one of the most important jobs of a...
Read More
How Did We Get To This Gender-Confused Place?
Gender confusion is rampant and the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender activist movement has affected religion, pop culture, education, business...
Read More
Transgender Resources
Transgender Resources “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy...
Read More
How to Talk with Your Daughter about Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Same-Sex Attraction
Knowing how to talk with your daughter about issues like sexual orientation, gender identity, and same-sex attraction can seem overwhelming....
Read More
How Do I Talk to My Teen Son about Wet Dreams?
My teen son had a wet dream last night. What should I do next? How do I talk about this...
Read More
When Someone Has “Different Pronouns”: Explaining LGBT Pronoun Usage to our Kids
Learn how to address and answer your child's questions about LGBT pronoun usage. Then, cultivate healthy conversations about how to...
Read More
Understanding the Myths of Gender Identity and Transgenderism
Male and female are not what we feel we are, but what we actually are. Help your kids sort the...
Read More
Beyond Protecting Your Child from Bad Influences
Get tips to help you be a proactive parent during turbulent times.
Read More
Teens Using Media: Why Social Media Shouldn’t Define Your Teen
Instagram and Snapchat may seem harmless and fun, but they can be addicting and damaging for your teens, when these...
Read More
What Gen Zers Believe About God
Insights for parenting a new generation
Read More
How to Engage a Teen Wrestling With Faith
Has your teen decided to “give up the faith”? Get insight into how parents can engage with their prodigals.
Read More
How to Help Your Teen Get Closer to God
Learning how to get closer to God is a lifelong journey. For teenagers, growing closer to God depends on their...
Read More
A Simple Way to Start Family Devotions
Simple, practical and fun ways to start—or start again—family devotions that the entire family will connect with.
Read More
What Do You Do When Your Child Loses Faith in God?
When adult children deconstruct their Christianity, it can lead to isolation and self-centeredness as they prioritize their desires or preferences...
Read More
Beyond Protecting Your Child from Bad Influences
Get tips to help you be a proactive parent during turbulent times.
Read More
Advice for Parents of Teens with Porn Addiction
When faced with their teen's porn addiction, most parents don't know where to begin to get the help he or...
Read More
Entertainment, Worldview, and Your Family
What is a worldview and how does it impact how we view our family and our consumption of entertainment? Discover...
Read More
Fathers Impact Child Development
When dads are involved with their kids at all ages and stages of childhood, they will help them grow and...
Read More
How to Talk to a Reluctant Teen
Six ideas for starting conversations with reluctant teens
Read More
4 Tips To Stay Engaged With Your Teens
Here are a few shepherding tips that have helped me on this journey.
Read More
7 Strategies for Relentless Parenting
Teen rebellion requires parental tenacity and persistence.
Read More
Caring for Teens with Autism
Raising teens with autism takes patience and an ability to expect the unexpected. It’s a hard road, but a road...
Read More
Confident, Selfless, Grounded: Helping Tween and Teen Daughters Navigate Friendships
A girl grounded in her identity will still feel discouraged when she doesn’t have the relational connections she craves, but...
Read More
Understanding the Teen Brain
Understanding the teen brain requires patience, kindness, and grace. Learn from Dr. Ben Carson about how you can help your...
Read More
Talking to Your Daughter about Her Worth, Identity, and Beauty
Talking to your daughter through the years about her worth, identity, and beauty requires your consistent compassion and investment. Learn...
Read More
The 5 Love Languages and Your Teen
Do you ever wonder how you can help your teens feel loved? Consider how they might tend to feel more...
Read More
A Teen Suicide Attempt Can Rock the Whole Family
A child or teen suicide attempt represents much more than a medical problem. It represents a young person in crisis,...
Read More
How Your Teen Thinks
Have you ever wondered what your teen is thinking? Jerusha Clark unpacks three ways your teen’s brain is changing and...
Read More
Helping Teens With Anxiety
Here are several ways to help our teens change their anxious thinking habits and lead them toward a healthier mindset.
Read More
How to Help Your Teen with Social Anxiety
Facing a mental illness is difficult, and as parents we want to take the burdens from our children. Rest in...
Read More
Teens and Eating Disorders
Discussing body image and eating disorders is difficult, but it is important to create a safe place for your teens...
Read More
How to Help Your Teenager with Anxiety and Depression
Four tips for parents on how to help a teenager with anxiety and depression. As your teen faces challenges, be...
Read More
The Difference Between Teen Moodiness and Depression
Understanding the difference between normal mood swings and depression is an important part of parenting.
Read More
How to Respond When Your Teen Is Hurting
Is your teen hurting? Instead of lecturing, try guiding your child with these three principles
Read More
Confident, Selfless, Grounded: Helping Tween and Teen Daughters Navigate Friendships
A girl grounded in her identity will still feel discouraged when she doesn’t have the relational connections she craves, but...
Read More
Answering Parents’ Questions on Gender Confusion in Children
To be human is to be gendered — male or female. And one of the most important jobs of a...
Read More
How Did We Get To This Gender-Confused Place?
Gender confusion is rampant and the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender activist movement has affected religion, pop culture, education, business...
Read More
Transgender Resources
Transgender Resources “Therefore, I urge you, brothers, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy...
Read More
How to Talk with Your Daughter about Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Same-Sex Attraction
Knowing how to talk with your daughter about issues like sexual orientation, gender identity, and same-sex attraction can seem overwhelming....
Read More
How Do I Talk to My Teen Son about Wet Dreams?
My teen son had a wet dream last night. What should I do next? How do I talk about this...
Read More
When Someone Has “Different Pronouns”: Explaining LGBT Pronoun Usage to our Kids
Learn how to address and answer your child's questions about LGBT pronoun usage. Then, cultivate healthy conversations about how to...
Read More
Understanding the Myths of Gender Identity and Transgenderism
Male and female are not what we feel we are, but what we actually are. Help your kids sort the...
Read More
Beyond Protecting Your Child from Bad Influences
Get tips to help you be a proactive parent during turbulent times.
Read More
Teens Using Media: Why Social Media Shouldn’t Define Your Teen
Instagram and Snapchat may seem harmless and fun, but they can be addicting and damaging for your teens, when these...
Read More
What Gen Zers Believe About God
Insights for parenting a new generation
Read More
How to Engage a Teen Wrestling With Faith
Has your teen decided to “give up the faith”? Get insight into how parents can engage with their prodigals.
Read More
How to Help Your Teen Get Closer to God
Learning how to get closer to God is a lifelong journey. For teenagers, growing closer to God depends on their...
Read More
A Simple Way to Start Family Devotions
Simple, practical and fun ways to start—or start again—family devotions that the entire family will connect with.
Read More
What Do You Do When Your Child Loses Faith in God?
When adult children deconstruct their Christianity, it can lead to isolation and self-centeredness as they prioritize their desires or preferences...
Read More
Beyond Protecting Your Child from Bad Influences
Get tips to help you be a proactive parent during turbulent times.
Read More
Advice for Parents of Teens with Porn Addiction
When faced with their teen's porn addiction, most parents don't know where to begin to get the help he or...
Read More
Entertainment, Worldview, and Your Family
What is a worldview and how does it impact how we view our family and our consumption of entertainment? Discover...
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