Tag Archive for Parenting
Reclaiming Friendship in the Social...
Social media promises social connectedness, but it often delivers social isolation
7 Skills To Teach Teens Before They Go...
So, how do you prepare your offspring for adulthood? Here are some suggestions
Families Are Together And Yet Apart
Adults are almost as bad as teens are, being preoccupied with their phone.
Kate Miller-Heidke Sings On Post-natal...
She hopes, will “make people feel less alone, especially with an experience as lonely as depression”.
Book 4 Guys Topics: Fortnite, Weed, Porn...
The four biggest distractions today’s guys face: SCREENS, SUBSTANCES,SEXUAL TEMPTATION,STRUGGLES WITH SELF
4 Battles Every Young Man Must Face
It’s never been harder to be a guy than right now and they need our help! Young men face more distractions to godly…
The Powerful Influence Of Christian Moms
Moms are a big influence and children’s faith formation
Nicole Kidman ‘Teased’ For...
Faith is important. She often gets teased by friends for passing her strong belief in God onto her children
Americans More Inactive, Computers...
Kids aged 6 through 17 need 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity daily. Regular activity is even recommended for kids as young…
Book: Negotiating Your Stepfamily And...
In the book , ‘Doing Life With Your Adult Children: Keep Your Mouth Shut and The Welcome Mat Out’, I spend an…
Talking Church With Your Teenager And...
Encouraging participation over attendance
Five Technology Rules Every Parent Must...
When I saw the pictures that she had been posting on Facebook for years, I felt utterly embarrassed, and deeply betrayed.”
DYM: Parent Tips Podcast Hosted By...
FREE podcasts about youth ministry, youth culture… and now they have me tackling parenting!
3 Reminders For Our College Bound Kids
The first version of this article appeared on her blog when Kristen Hatton sent her freshman daughter off to college
What to Do When Your Adult Child Is...
When an adult child violates our values, makes poor choices, or gets in deep trouble, we often question our parenting abilities
What Short-Term Thinking Does to Our...
Yes, the very students who Mom or Dad intended to give an advantage—thanks to payoff money—now cannot even attend class
Tell Your Children About Gender
We do everyone a favor if we recognize that many cultural norms are just that—cultural, not biblical
How To Talk To Toung People About Doubt
A teenager or young adult is going to ask you a tough question about God that you can’t answer…
Admissions Scandal Is Every Parent’s...
Our excessive parenting may not be as obvious and hopefully isn’t illegal. But
What I Misunderstood About Grief
Jesus will recover all of the fallout from Adam and Eve’s demise
14-Year-Old Earns $200,000 Playing...
Griffin’s YouTube which showed him beating a popular Fortnite gamer. The video got 7.5 million views.
Managing Teens Online
As part of Pew Research Center’s research into Americans’ digital lives, they surveyed over 1,000 parents of teens to better understand their…
As Time Online Increased, Teen Happiness...
The newly released World Happiness Report, an annual study sponsored by the United Nations showing changes in happiness finds that teens who…
Breakfast With Parents Tied To Better...
Consistently eating breakfast as a family might promote positive body image for children and adolescents.
The Way U.S. Teens Spend Their Time Is...
Teens today are spending their time differently than they did a decade ago. They’re devoting more time to sleep and homework, and…
Video: Raising Kind Kids
Here is another excellent parenting video from Christine Carter. Great advice
Book: So The Next Generation Will Know
Preparing Young Christians in a Challenging World
Parents’ Ultimate Guide To TikTok
Is TikTok safe? How does it work? And can I do a duet with my kid? Everything you need to know about…
How Much Time Should Kids Spend On Smart...
Happiness and mental health are highest at a half-hour to two hours of extracurricular digital media use a day; well-being then steadily…
Helping Kids Hear Truth In A World...
“I wish I had spent less time trying to block out the lies and more time focusing on the truth.”
How To Teach Kids To Tell The Truth
We desire for our children to tell us the truth, especially when confessing their sin. But how can we teach them to be…
Study: Teens Anxiety And Depression A...
Most U.S. Teens See Anxiety and Depression as a Major Problem Among Their Peer
Binge Drinking in Teens Increase Risk...
A growing body of evidence supports the idea that alcohol exposure early in life has lasting effects on the brain and increases…
Being in Nature Can Boost Kids’...
Spending time in nature boosts children’s academic achievement and healthy development in a variety of ways
Preparing Students For The Digital...
3 Realities Pastors and Parents Should Consider To Prepare Students For The Digital World
Silence Is A Hindrance In Kids Faith...
I actually would allow my kids more freedom in their high school years to explore and express their questions about faith
Growing Kids, Growing Parents
Kara Powell and Steven Argue describe how to parent adolescent and young adult children
How To Help Your Family Grow Together...
Guest Post By Kara Powell And Steve Argue
Youth Workers Tell Your Parents About...
4 Things Youth Workers Would Tell Parents About Teenagers, Social Media, and Technology
Dear High School Me…..Eating...
What My Daughter Would Say to Her Younger Self NoEating Disorder
Advice For Parents Of Little Kids
20 Tips I wish I could have given parents of teens before their kids were 4
Will Parents Need Kids Permission To...
Her mom had been posting photos of her, without prior approval, for much of her life
Taming Negative Thoughts On Parenting
Here are three tools I’ve discovered for policing my thought life
Flashback: How Serving Changes Kids
What’s the number one priority our parents list?
Screen Time For Kids?
If I can go back and do it all over I would do this
6 Responses To Social Media And Your...
The impact of the digital world is so powerful and pervasive that it’s almost impossible for most of us to keep up
Social Media And Mental Health
We talk about the relationship between social media and mental health. Here’s a few resources if you want to explore more
Books: The Parent And Family Ministry...
Here’s a list of some of our favorite books for church leaders that are building a family ministry in their church.
Flashback: 3 Reminders For Our College...
1.Remember Who You Are. 2. Be Mindful of your Soul Holes. 3. Unite Yourself to the Body
When My 13-year-Old Daughter Wanted To...
Five rules we gave her 13-year-old daughter
13 Things Mentally Strong Parents Don&...
Give up the unhealthy — yet popular — parenting practices that are robbing kids of mental strength
12 Mainstream Contributors To Sexual...
Watch the reveal of the 2019 Dirty Dozen List
When Your Kid Is Drawn To The Bad Crowd
Lost children find other lost children because they are seeking some semblance of unity and a place to belong; this is why…
Parents: 5 Reasons To Keep Your Kids In...
Why it’s important for teens to be involved in a youth group
4 Views On Talking To Teenagers About...
It reflects the thoughts, experiences, and practical advice of four in-the-trenches youth workers, who have spent years having these conversations
Inside The Weird World Of YouTuber...
What’s it like to have millions of fans when you’re 10? What’s it like to have thousands of people insult or adore…
Parents who study with kids promote...
This means that student success isn’t determined by genetics, but by parenting
Going Deeper….
“If you know me, you know I…. but if you reallyknew me, you’d know…”I gave them an example
The Source For Youthministry And Parents...
We’ve amped up the amount of new content we’re adding to each site! Mobile friendly and easier to navigate
Screen Time Inhibits Toddler Development
kids 2-5 years old who engage in more screen time received worse scores in developmental screening tests
Beyond The Scrolling….Belonging
Seeing the deeper longings behind teenagers and social media
Redeeming Love For Run-Down Parents
Multiple times during any particular week, this season often feels overwhelming, stressful, and just hard.
How Hard It Is to Parent a Teen?
I need to be honest about how there are times when I don’t even recognize my own children and how lonely that…
Beware The Idol Of Parenting Success
“Ultimately, when we worship parenting success and achievement, we find our worth in….what our children accomplish.”
5 Dangerous Apps Parents Don’t Know...
Parenting a teen has never been an easy feat, but in today’s digital age, tracking a teen’s behavior has become almost impossible
Gospel-Centered Parenting And...
Continue to expose and free us from the faith-less, grace-less, law-heavy ways we parent, Father. Free us from over-stressing our kids and…
Podcast For Parents: Mom, Dad, What’s...
Parents who want to give their kids a healthy view of sex centered on the gospel of Jesus Christ
Book Review: Mom, Dad, What’s Sex? Mom...
Giving Your Kids a Gospel-Centered View of Sex and Our Culture is a treasure
Netflix’s “Sex Education”
…is either addressing or exploiting—you decide—the subject that isn’t talked about much in most homes
Parents Often Unaware Of Kids’...
When children are having suicidal thoughts, their parents may often be in the dark, a new study shows.
Teens Who Attend Church Often Stop Going...
Two-thirds of American Christian teenagers who regularly attend worship at a Protestant congregation for at least a year quit going for at…
Teaching Your Kids Self Control
“Choosing to do what you should do, not what you want to do.”
Tracking Phones?
I gave a bounty Hunter $300. He then located our phone
‘Adulting Day’ For Students
Teaching high school students responsibilities
Join The Tech-Wise Family Challenge
So over the 21 days of The Tech-Wise Family Challenge, we’ll all get to do some
You Can Lock Your Kid’s Phone Until...
For parents who are worried their kids are ignoring their texts, one dad has developed a phone app to make it impossible
Heavy Screen Time Appears To Impact...
“avoid digital media use—except video chatting—in children younger than 18 to 24 months”
Screen Time Study Shows Differences In...
Some children who spent more time on smartphones and other devices exhibited a different brain pattern than kids with less screen time
Benefits Of High School Later Start...
A new study finds that children not only log healthier levels of sleep, they also perform at a higher level in the…
Parents Warned Of Teen Online Sextortion...
A FBI report concluded that sextortion is a major, if not underlying, factor for child victims committing suicide
Christmas “Time flies”
Don’t miss it. You will blink. . . and they will be older. And that’s why our tree this year reminds me…
Study: The Effects Of Screen Times On...
60 Minutes goes inside a landmark government study of young minds to see if phones, tablets and other screens are impacting adolescent…
From The Gen Z Perspective
Conversations between my peers are often peppered with jokes of self-harm, anorexia, and suicide
Why Are Young People Having So Little...
Despite the easing of taboos and the rise of hookup apps, Americans are in the midst of a sex recession
The Parenting Marathon
Eight Ways to Persevere in the Parenting Marathon
Belong: Religious Upbringing Better For...
Children who had a religious upbringing are likely to be healthier and have a higher degree of well-being in early adulthood than…
Sleep Study: How Can We Improve A Teen...
One sleep study may have a simple answer…
Soaring Suicides And Toxic Social...
Soaring suicides are another sign of our toxic social disconnect
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