One way to keep kids from feeling entitled is to encourage gratitude as your children’s first response.
Age & Stage
Find out how to help your teens understand where flirting ends and harassment begins.
Abstinence is a difficult topic to discuss with your kids. However, it’s an important conversation to have as your children continue to develop. Consider your approach to these conversations.
Clearly articulating our expectations regarding abstinence helps teens understand its importance.
Use this checklist to help prepare your teens for independence.
The root of a person’s motivation lies in his or her passion . . . and the same is true for a teen.
What can parents do when their teens think they’re invincible and don’t consider the life-changing consequences?
Tips for parents about prom preparation and insights.
Teens tend to attract friends who share similar values, and you can encourage them to do so.
Lead your teen into meaningful action.
As their parent, you need to find the balance between being your child’s friend and being her parent.
When you have an emotional teen, there are three things that your teen may need from you.
Learn what teens most value. It may surprise you!
You can provide guidance and support, motivated by kindness and love, when your teen feels the sting of rejection.
How one parent helped her teen through the dating years and a time of rejection.
It may be uncomfortable, but the stakes are high. And your teen needs to hear the truth. From you.
Here is one practical way parents can help teens who feel caught between the irresponsibility of childhood and the privileges of adulthood.
Find tangible ways to let your teens know how you pray for them.
Are the teen years always terrible? Get some practical advice from an experienced parent who didn’t think so.
Never underestimate how God can use the hard times with young children to minister to others.