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Sleep-Deprived Kids Need More Rest

Bring your teens back to life by helping them get more rest.

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What Parents Need to Know About Concussions

Physical activity is important to healthy child development but parents need to know how to prevent and respond to head injuries that may result in concussions.

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Tech Trends: Protecting Kids from Social Media Harm

Teenagers know social media is a problem. What they don’t know is how to live without it. That’s where you come in.

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Teach Kids About Money

Learn what to do to teach your kids about their finances, your giving of allowances and more.

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Instill Biblical Principles for Entertainment and Media Choices

The Bible is full of passages to help us navigate the culture. How can you help your children think biblically about topics like entertainment?

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A Parent’s Guide to Marijuana and Marijuana Use

Marijuana continues to grow as a socially and legally accepted drug. Read our parent’s guide to marijuana to help in facing these situations.

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Caged Rats and Video Game Addiction

Estimated reading time: 7 minutes When we hear the words video-game addiction, our minds generally leap to an image of a teen guy hunched over a game controller—empty Red Bull cans and chip bags at the side—glaring at a screen with bloodshot eyes at 3 a.m. Some of you might actually picture your bleery-eyed male …

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Boundaries with Teens: The Key to Freedom

Equipping your teen with inner strength and a sense of responsibility can feel overwhelming. Learn more about how to build healthy boundaries for your teen concerning their increasing freedom.

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Why Teens Are Attracted to Wicca

Talk with teens about their attraction to Wicca.

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Magic in Media: Harmless Fantasy?

Understanding our children’s mental and spiritual development plays an important role in how they will interpret the worldview presented in today’s media.

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How to Get the Best Care From Your Child’s Doctor

Should you trust your pediatrician? Learn about five ways to enjoy a positive relationship with your child’s pediatrician so your child gets the best possible care.

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Bullying and Cyberbullying

Bullying and cyberbullying may be prevented with intentional parenting. However if it does occur, there are some ways that parents can respond to help their kids cope.

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Discipline Is Worth the Effort

Your kids will feel most secure if they know you have set appropriate boundaries for them that you aren’t afraid to enforce.

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Should I Let My 15-year-old Go on a Date?

Christian teens want to honor God. Christian parents try to help their teens navigate relationships in a secular world. There is a balance.

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Transforming Disrespectful Behavior in Teens

Understanding our internal responses when a teen is disrespectful helps us choose God’s peace over inner chaos.

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Protecting Children Online: Essential Conversations Every Parent Must Have

Do you know who your children are interacting with online?

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Are You Saying the Wrong Things to Your Adult Kids?

Understanding the motives that complicate our communication with our adult kids is necessary for strengthening our relationship with our adult kids. Keep reading to learn how to you approach this age and stage for your adult kids.

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Embracing the Screen-time Reset

Is your family’s screen time out of control? Discover effective strategies to improve family interactions.

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Your Teens Need You, Not More Screen Time

Would you like more meaningful connection with your teens? Keep reading to learn more about how it’s important to spend face-to-face time with your teens, outside of screen time.

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Social Media Hazards, Mental Health Apps and Dark Patterns

TikTok: The shortform video app built on the backs of dancing, lip-syncing teenagers that has stirred up Congress, the Senate and, unsurprisingly, social media.