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Two Relational Styles: Holding and Tossing

How control and responsibility affect the relationship between you and your teen.

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Ideas for Creating Traditions

Here are a few ideas real moms and dads have created to set an atmosphere where words of affirmation and moments of celebration can be shared.

How to Influence Your Teen

These two examples show how an influencing parent should respond to a teen.

Working With the School

Achieving what is best for your child’s education

What Makes It Hard to Do Your Job

Here are some factors that can make it tough to validate, nurture and keep your fingers off the “control” button.

Two More Relational Styles: Grabbing and Folding

How control and responsibility affect the relationship between you and your teen.

How to Cope

Working through the pain and rediscovering joy

Ideas for Organization

Tips for family calendars, storage ideas, “office space” for kids and more

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Raising a Gentleman

Get tips for single dads who are raising sons.

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Control Versus Responsibility

Understanding the differences between control, responsibility and liability — and how those nudge parents to try controlling teens.

Feeling Isolated

When friends and family are distant during the greatest time of need

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Why Parents Want to Control Their Teens

Here are 5 things that make it hard for parents to give up trying to control their teens.

Rites of Passage for Your Daughter

With our words we will affect the lives of those around us as we speak blessings, not curses, into their lives.

Making the Bible Fun

How to reach children ages 0-3 with God’s Word

Siblings’ Needs

Spending one-on-one time with each of your children

How Much Validation and Nurturing?

Every person needs both validation and nurture to fully develop into a healthy adult.

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Making Mornings Manageable

If the midweek scavenger hunts have left you searching for a more manageable morning system, here’s a plan of action.

How Dads Can Stay Involved

Preschool Go on a walk with your child, and collect leaves or other objects that reflect the changing seasons. Create habits that help you connect with your wife and kids, such as phone calls from work or special “daddy” time when you walk through the doorway at the end of the day. Post pictures of …

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More Ideas for Traditions

See which of these traditions might work for your family!

Other Rites of Passage

What is the next teachable moment or transition in your daughter’s life? How can you add affirmation and encouragement to that moment?