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Families are in crisis this back-to-school season

Urgent Need: As the back-to-school season begins, families are facing mounting pressure—tough choices, cultural confusion, and strained relationships.

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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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Preparing Your Teen for the Work World

Discover a personal story about teens and the modern work world. Training teens for the work world requires a strong emphasis on work ethic, developing social skills, and guidance on the biblical perspective on work. Finally, strengthen your teen’s work ethic through these tips and strategies.

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4 Things Preteens Need Most from Their Mom

This stage combined with rebellion is not easy. Lean into your support system to help you stay emotionally balanced and to maintain perspective as you guide your preteen into the teen years.

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Creative Kids: How Parents Can Cultivate Creativity

Do you know how to parent your creative kids? Poet Tanner Olson has some advice for you. Learn how to effectively connect, support, and encourage the creativity in your family.

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How to Prepare Your Child for Middle School

Are your kids beginning the the middle school years? Learn how to plan ahead and make adjustments to pave the way for a strong transition from elementary to middle school.

Peer Influence and Identity: A Parent’s Guide

Friendships and self-identity will have a profound impact on adolescents and may need guidance from parents.

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Quick Tips for Back to School With Ease

Help your kids as they change homes and re-establish routines during the school year.

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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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Preparing Our Daughters for Womanhood

In today’s world filled with social media and outside influences, mothers often struggle to connect with their daughters as they enter the confusing preteen and teen years.

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Reaching Young Hearts

An interview with author Robin Gunn, reveals how God used her heart for missions for reaching young hearts through her writing.

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School Choice for Parents

The school choice that we make for our children can have a significant impact on their desire to learn, as well as, having an impact on their future personal growth and success.

Grieving the Loss of My Dad on Father’s Day

In his final years, my father slipped into dementia and eventually struggled to remember even the simplest daily things. But he never forgot the power of the Holy Spirit working in his life.

How Fathers Help Kids Grow

When fathers are attentive to their children, they build relationships that encourage healthy child development.

Help Your Kids Worship God From the Heart

Little moments in your child’s routine make for great times of worship to God.

Not Enough Time in the Day?

Sometimes it feels like there’s not enough of us to go around because parenting is nonstop. Use these strategies to go from restless to resting in God’s peace as a parent.

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Teens and the Ever-Elusive Good Night’s Sleep

Too much screen use in the bedroom is a big part of why teens don’t get enough sleep.

What Should We Do If our Preschooler Walked in on Me and My Spouse Having Sex?

Any topics, conversations, or even a mention related with sex can be awkward for you and your preschooler. Much less a situation like this. Learn how you can use this moment to build positive momentum for conversations about sex with your child.

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Training Our Kids to Counter Unbiblical Ideas in the Culture

The best way to raise our children with a Christian worldview, is to teach them to counter unbiblical ideas.

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Wise to Save, Blessed to Give

Teaching children biblical principles, is especially important when it comes to how they handle money.

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How to Help Teens with Anxiety

If your teen is experiencing anxiety. You are not alone.