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What Does Childhood Trauma Have to Do With Teenage Drama?

When an infant is developing in the womb, all the birth mother’s experiences, feelings, and anything she eats or drinks positively or negatively affect the baby. Many children who end up being adopted have in-utero or childhood trauma. This means their brains literally formed around chaos and stress. Sometimes when these children start to grow, parents …

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Honest Conversations About Pro-Life Issues 

I’ll never forget June 24, 2022. I know exactly where I was when I heard that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. It was a day to celebrate.But your teen may not think so. At the time, headlines like these appeared everywhere: “Abortion Is Healthcare,” “Women’s Rights Are Being Taken Away” and “Women Will …

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Motherhood During The Teen Years Is Not Easy

An open letter to moms of teens on Mother’s Day.

Help your child keep a strong faith while in college

Help Your Young Adult Keep Their Faith Strong In College

College-bound kids and their faith have never been more threatened. As a parent, you can make sure they are already connected in community.

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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.

Finances for teens teaches smart money habits early

Simple Keys to Launch a Financially Fit Teen

Does your teen grasp the reality of money matters? Four practical ways to get your teens financially fit

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What to Do if Your Teenage Daughter is Having Sex

Learning that your teenage daughter is having sex can likely leave you with more questions than answers. Following the initial wave of emotions and panic, you might ask yourself: How did I not know about this? What do I do now?

Painful times for our kids are often when faith grows

Faith Grows in Hard Places — Even for Kids

Help kids see that God works through pain and suffering in their and other people’s lives.

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Identity in Christ: A Gen Z Viewpoint

I struggled to find my identity in Christ, trying to find my identity in materialistic things of the world. I was so consumed with gaining the “perfect” group of friends that I used alcohol to cope and did things that I’m far from proud of. This ultimately led to comparing my looks and personality to …

Marijuana use is on the rise among young people

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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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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How To Encourage and Motivate Your Teen

Your job is now to pinpoint your teen’s interests and natural abilities to help your child grow in the direction that God made him or her.

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Guiding Teens Through Freedoms and Consequences

Parenting adolescents effectively means the carefully transferring responsibility.

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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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Helping Our Teens Transition to Adulthood

We can’t sacrifice the future that God has for our kids because of our own fears and insecurities. There is a middle, a balance, and a transition. Here are some ways to help your teenager successfully transition into adulthood.

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Loving Your Pregnant Teenager

Parenting your pregnant teen is a whole new level of motherhood. It can also be a deepening of your relationship.

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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 a lack of friends won’t define her. And it won’t destroy her. And if she’s practicing confidence and selflessness, the lonely seasons won’t last forever.

Mentorship Through The Teenage Years

I’ve been spending a lot of time with my ten-year-old grandson. It won’t be long before he enters his teenage years and is looking for mentorship from me, and from others. But for now, he has no worries. He lives in a good home, has many loving relatives, and a bunch of good friends. As …

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Teach Your Teens to Cultivate a Vibrant Prayer Life

One way to help your teens cultivate a close connection with God is through prayer. And you can teach them how to do this.

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How To Help Your Teen Overcome Anxiety or Depression

Our kids need to know they are loved, worthy, valued and created on purpose for a purpose. Their difficulty in overcoming anxiety or depression does not define them.

Dear Focus on the Family Reader, 

The Southern Poverty Law Center couldn’t be more wrong. They recently named Focus on the Family to its radical and inflammatory “hate group” list. Ridiculous!

The ministry you support is pro-person, not pro-sin. We follow the infallible biblical truth that God created two (and only two) genders, and that marriage is a sacred institution between one man and one woman. These are divinely inspired beliefs held by faithful Christians for thousands of years, not hate speech.

Will you give today to stand up for truth and provide resources that invest in God’s plan for marriage and families?

We won’t back down from God’s calling and will continue to fight for families. Together, we will endure and combat hate with Christ’s overcoming love.

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Jim Daly
President of Focus on the Family