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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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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 apps are used in excess.

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Redrawing Boundaries With Adult Children

How much control does, or should, a parent have over an adult child?

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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4 Essential Parenting Tips to Raising Responsible Kids

There’s no magic formula to raising children. There are, however, time tested principles.

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Dr. Kevin Leman’s Reality Discipline: A Parenting Game-Changer

This discipline method is less exhausting and more successful than ranting, raving, blaming, pleading, begging or threatening.

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Understanding Teen Dating: Should My Teen Date?

If you’re a parent of teenagers, you’ve probably noticed a growing interest in your teen’s desire to date. Where do you start? What questions should you be asking? And how do you balance boundaries with love in your teen’s dating experiences?

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5 Tips for Transitioning from Parent to Grandparent

Becoming a grandparent brings with it a new parenting style. Here are 5 tips to help you transition from being a parent to a grandparent.

How Do I Get My Toddler to Stay in Bed?

If you have a strong-willed toddler, you know bed time can be a challenge. Explore these tips to helping your toddler stay in bed.

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To Vape or Not to Vape — Is That the Question?

What should you do if your kids have been vaping? Learn all you can about it and then start the conversation with them.

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4 Ways to School at Home

Taking responsibility for your children’s education can be the most rewarding decision you will make as a parent.

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Blended Families: Planning Extracurricular Activities

Working with the other parents in a blended family can be stressful at first, but well worth the effort.

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Spanning the Music Gap: Music and Your Preteen

If you’ve ever tried reasoning with your adolescent about a questionable song, you know it can feel like a losing proposition.

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Helping Teens Through Social Isolation

By focusing on a love-based connection, you can build trust and create a safe space for your socially isolated teen to talk about issues.

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Bounce Back Kids: Navigating Living With An Adult Child

Bounce back kids can arrive unexpectedly throughout their early adulthood. With these boundaries in place, it can be a wonderful time of bonding and growth.

Simple Strategies for Effective Discipline

Who runs your home? Is it you or your child? Use these simple strategies from Dr. Kevin Leman to help you parent your child to be more respectful and well behaved. 

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How to Establish Boundaries With Adult Kids

How can parents stop enabling and set boundaries for adult children?

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How to Get Your Children to Pick Up Their Things

Encouraging children to pick up their belongings and stow them away properly may be easier than you think.

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Unplugged: Tips to Control Your Child’s Social Media

A wise parent will always know more about social media than their children.

How Do I Help My Teen Avoid Unwanted Sexual Thoughts?

This can be one of the trickiest topics to handle with your teens. Addressing unwanted sexual thoughts begins with focusing on what’s happening, necessary boundaries, and providing help.

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