Do you have a child who loves to play video games? These safeguards will help counter the possible ill effects.
Boundaries & Limits
Get informed about the major video game categories.
Learn what makes video games addictive, signs of addiction and how to prevent them, plus how to choose family-friendly games.
As you might expect, there are several common drawbacks to video game play.
Get information about potential dangers that lurk on the Web, and steps parents can take to help protect their family.
Setting basic rules for Internet access can go a long way toward building a nurturing online environment in your home.
These common-sense rules can help your child be safer online and ensure that he or she is a good Internet citizen, too.
It’s important for parents and guardians to be aware of the dangers children may face online.
Help for parents who wonder how to guide their children’s use of technology in today’s tech-risky culture.
It’s important for your disobedient child to know two important facts: 1) You love him unconditionally; and 2) You are in charge — and he isn’t.
Discuss as a family what constitutes suitable positive and neutral entertainment — and how to find those types.
The Predictable Risks and Surprising Benefits of Family Media Use. What is the role of media in your family’s daily life?
Think about what kind of communication will get your message about drugs and alcohol across effectively and always leave the door open for further conversations.
Understanding the differences between control, responsibility and liability — and how those nudge parents to try controlling teens.
Providing a way for your child to gain an understanding of how his day will go may eliminate some of the undesirable behaviors that tend to rear their ugly heads during transition times.
How can parents stop enabling and set boundaries for adult children?
Bewildered by instant messaging, iPods, online social networking, and other technology your teen is using? This article series aims to help you better understand how you as a parent can relate to your kids technologically, while giving good guidance spiritually.
When you discipline your adopted child, you need to consider her chronological age as well as her emotional age.
Here are three ways parents encourage their kids to misbehave.
How to recognize the causes of teenage anger, and whether it’s just pushback and a desire for respect, or perhaps a more serious discipline issue.