Vacationing with Children
Vacationing with Children and Other Ways to Sabotage Your Sanity My husband Brandon and I ask each other the same question around every...
Social Media Shouldn't Define Your Teen
Social Media Shouldn't Define Your Teen Our culture’s obsession with self-esteem has a new vehicle, and it fits in your teen’s pocket:...
Parenting: The Joyful Impossibility
Parenting: The Joyful Impossibility It was eleven o'clock on a Sunday night, and I was pulling out of the grocery store parking lot...
We Need More Bible in Youth Ministry
We Need More Bible in Youth Ministry Four Reasons to Give Teens God’s Word For me, Bible study started at a young age. I was blessed to...
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...
