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Growth and Transition

Help your toddler adjust to changing activities and transitions with personal items.

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Additional Insights on the Strong-Willed Child

In a follow-up to our recent broadcast “Practical Advice for Parenting Strong-Willed Children”, educator Cynthia Tobias returns to offer additional parenting wisdom for single parents, blended families and grandparents, as well as help for navigating the strong-willed teenager.

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Your New Roles With an Empty Nest

Author Michele Howe discusses the transition parents have to make to establish a new identity and parenting role when their children leave home.

School-Year Support for Single Parents

My daughter, Sam, and I were on our own for 12 years. During that time, my girl grew from a little girl to a teenager, and with each passing year, one thing remained consistent: back-to-school chaos.

School’s Out! Now What?

Summer survival tips for the single parent

Start With Respect

Get over your need for your step kids to like you.

After the Death of a Spouse

Suddenly, I was the single father of a 4-year-old Disney princess and a little boy who had just learned to walk.

Building Stepsibling Bonds

You can encourage stepsiblings to bond through shared experiences.

Don’t Lose Your Child’s Heart

We have a great relationship, but ever since his father remarried, his stepmom has started putting these thoughts in his head about me.

Hugs and Stepkids

When it comes to showing affection, let your stepchild set the pace.

When Bob Became Dad

Patience helped one man earn a place in his stepdaughter’s heart.

Bless Your Grown Children

Step into a new area of relationship with your adult child

Easing Tension Between Homes

Forgiveness didn’t come easily after our divorce.

Loving Your Stepkids

Sometimes you have to start by doing what’s right and good by your stepkids (even when you don’t initially like them).

Teens and Suicide

With the prevalence of teen suicides, parents can’t help but wonder, even worry, about their teen and depression. 

When Values Collide

Parents can and should try to safeguard their children from the influence of the world, but when the “world” is the other household, parents face a difficult challenge.

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Finding the Balance Between Youth Sports and Family (Part 2 of 2)

Margot Starbuck and David King offer advice to parents from their book, Overplayed: A Parent’s Guide to Sanity in the World of Youth Sports. (Part 2 of 2)

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Finding the Balance Between Youth Sports and Family (Part 1 of 2)

Margot Starbuck and David King offer advice to parents from their book, Overplayed: A Parent’s Guide to Sanity in the World of Youth Sports. (Part 1 of 2)

Should My Family Celebrate Halloween?

Do the decisions you make for your family regarding Halloween reflect the faith and values you demonstrate the rest of the year?

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Cultivate Compassion in Your Kids

You can help your kids see the value of the overlooked and unloved. Explore how you can develop and grow your child’s capacity for compassion in their relationships and friendships.