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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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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.

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The 5 Love Languages and Your Teen

Do you ever wonder how you can help your teens feel loved? Consider how they might tend to feel more appreciated through one specific love language.

Navigating Your Preteen’s Body Changes

As adolescents undergo changes to their bodies, they will need to understand what’s happening, develop a positive body image and care for themselves.

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Walking Alongside Your Teen

Your goal is to learn about your teen, and it will take some time.

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Helping Children See God as Relevant to Their Lives

Will your child someday leave Christianity behind? Give them a faith worth holding on to.

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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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The Great Smartphone Debate 

Whether or not to give your child a smartphone, is a tough question most parents are facing at an alarming early age.

Hope for Children of Single Parents

How do you respond when someone asks you, “What about the children?”

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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How To Make Good Decisions As A Single Mom

“What is she thinking!”

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Feeling Pushed Away? Decode Emotional Manipulation to Regain Trust

Have you considered that patterns in your behavior may inadvertently be alienating or creating a distance between you, your grown kids, or grandchildren?

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Family Traditions: How to Craft Lifelong Memories with Milestones

You can create unique and personalized moments where the gift of words can be given that will breathe life, hope, healing and love into your daughter’s future.

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Blessing Your Child’s Marriage

What if the engagement season presents a unique opportunity for parents to bless their child’s marriage?

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Quenching the Thirst: Guiding Boys to True Satisfaction

Understanding the aspirations, fears, and dreams of boys is paramount in our society today.

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How to Establish Boundaries With Adult Kids

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

5 Debilitating Lies Teenage Girls Believe

Teen girls can easily fall prey to these five lies. Battle them with truth and arm your daughter.

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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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Does your Home-Education Philosophy Treat Your Kids as Projects or Individuals?

Growing up in England, I found joy and growth by singing in a choir, joining an after-school entrepreneurs club and eagerly serving in varying capacities in the local church.