What Teens Think About Marijuana
Teens tend to think marijuana use is no big deal, but they’re wrong. According to the most recent Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance Survey...
Talking To Teens About Stress
'When I Was Your Age' And Other Pitfalls Of Talking To Teens About Stress It's difficult to have a teenager's mind. The brain develops...
Helping Children Fight Fear
Five Ways to Help Children Fight Fear I clung to my mother, nearly breaking skin as I sunk my fingers into her arm. Trembling, heart...
How to Raise Changing Children in a Changing Culture
How to Raise Changing Children in a Changing Culture Starting a new job always requires a few months of settling in before feeling...
Things to Pray for Your Children
Seven Things to Pray for Your Children Some years back a good friend shared with me seven Scripture texts that he and his wife prayed for...
The Key to Raising Kind Kids
The Key to Raising Kind Kids Two years ago, a headline-grabbing study in Current Biology concluded that religious children from around...
Parenting with a Big Gospel Picture
Parenting with a Big Gospel Picture After writing Age of Opportunity, Paul Tripp never planned to write another parenting book. So why,...
Teens Want Potted Plant Parents
Teens Want Potted Plant Parents In maybe my favorite parenting article ever, it was revealed that teenagers would like their parents to...
Is Your Daughter Ready to Date?
Is Your Daughter Ready to Date? You can remember her braids, dolls and favorite blanket like it was yesterday. Yet your teen daughter may...
Lose the smart phone, regain the child
Lose the smart phone, regain the child As regular readers of this column already know, I am completely opposed to children -- including...