Tag Archive for Parenting
Shepherding Teen Identity…Values
Students in our ministries are trying to answer the “Who am I?” question. “What is the youth pastor’s role in helping students…
Study: The State Of Youth Ministry
The findings of three nationwide studies. What’s going on in youth group? And is it working?
What Parents Need To Say To Their Kids...
Based on psychological research, the three healthiest statements moms and dads can make as perform are
4 Ways To Go For Grit Over Grades This...
“What do you think matters more—talent or effort?”
Problem Behaviors Spread Between...
Investigators determined siblings play a key role in the escalation of problem behaviors over time, over and above the contributions of genes,…
Parents And Youth Pastors Disagreement...
Parents youth pastors disagree about biggest challenge in youth ministry
Book: Return To Order….Values
Important instrument in reshaping the educational (financial) foundations of our youth, preparing them for leadership
Melania Trump: We Must Teach Our...
“We need to teach our youth kindness, honesty, respect, compassion, charity, understanding,” Melania said. “Our culture has gotten too mean.”
How Welfare Undermines Marriage And What...
The collapse of marriage in America began with the War on Poverty and the welfare programs that penalizes low-income parents who do…
Flashback…Marriage: America’s...
Child poverty is an ongoing national concern, but few are aware that its principal cause is the absence of married fathers in…
Understanding Social Media and Teenagers
Adam McLane: My new online course!
A Look At Today’s Youth Culture &...
Sermon “Opening Up the Doors of Dialogue In Your Home” by Jonathan McKee
Parenting Amish
This weekend I returned to Amish, PA to speak at yet another church (my third in Lancaster County)
Boys From Loving Families May Have More...
Boys who are raised in a warm family environment are more likely to feel secure in romantic relationships in their 80s
Smartphone Use Results In Distracted...
According to new research, parents are distracted by mobile technology more than anything else, and as a result, the interactions with their…
Let’s Make Dinnertime Matter
The demands of modern life and workloads continuing to increase…a timely reminder that dinner is more than just a meal
The Anti-Helicopter Parent’s Plea: Let...
A Silicon Valley dad..turning his yard into a playground where children can take
physical risks without supervision
Values: 10 Effective Responses To Youth...
Youth culture is a force to be reckoned with. It can be really intimidating. Parents and Youth workers sometimes get overwhelmed
When They Walk Away
The right advice at the right time…Their daughter Katelyn was dating a non-Christian. How could that happen?
Parents Of Middle School Kids Survival...
Top 10 Things To Expect In Middle School
Leisure Time At Home May Be Best Path To...
“The best predictor of happiness for families may be spending quality time together in familiar activities inside the home. And that’s great…
Do Your Students know About Bible...
Walk them through Bible Gateway. Read, search, study, compare, & share the Bible in 200+ versions & 70+ languages. Free app
How Decades Of Divorce Helped Erode...
The children of divorced parents have grown up to be adults of no religion
5 Ways to Connect with Today’s Young...
Who Can’t Pry Their Eyes from Their Mobile Devices!
Snapchat In Privacy Storm Over ...
Critics fear controversial device will be used to snap people without their consent
UK: Music Videos May Encourage Teen...
Alcohol was also associated with sexualized imagery or lyrics, objectification of women, and linked to personal image, lifestyle, and sociability
If You’re Not A Dad, Don’t Go To Dad...
The pushback against “Donuts with Dads” and other like events ultimately reflects that some in our society consider fathers essentially useless
Woman Sues Parents For Sharing...
If the parents lose this could have repercussions for Austrians who post images of their children on social media without their consen
Students: Sex Education Is Negative And...
“If young people aren’t engaged with their sex and relationship education then valuable opportunities…are lost.”
Legacy Grandparenting Summit Nov 15-17...
Grandparents with decades of life/faith experience equipped to intentionally, strategically build stronger families and churches!
Drug Addiction In Middle-aged White...
Rise in deaths of middle-aged white American women attributed to opioid, anti-anxiety drug overdoses
Factors That Predict Adolescent Alcohol...
Alcohol consumption accounts for more than 5,000 adolescent deaths each year in the U.S
Digital Disconnect Exists Between...
a gap exists over their understanding of family rules about being online. Teens social media accounts parents know nothing about
Parents Can Help Reduce Teen Drinking
Parents can help prevent their underage kids from drinking by employing a relatively simple strategy: setting clear rules that prohibit drinking, new…
52 Ways To Connect With Your Smartphone...
Youtube interview: Jonathan McKee offers just the help you need to have meaningful interaction with your Smartphone Obsessed kids
Why Every Parent Should Suffer A Total...
What surfing taught a school principal about raising stronger kids
More Millennials Are Giving Back To The ...
19% of millennials are a “financial supporter” of a parent, an average $18,250 annually, according to a 2015 TD Ameritrade report
More U.S. Teens Experiencing Depression
According to new research, from 2013 to 2014, about one in nine teens in the United States had a major depressive episode,…
10 Things Your Son Needs From You
Our job is to raise young people in love and security, but also make sure they are well equipped to leave home…
The “Gender Unicorn”…Charlotte...
The gender unicorn…purple, has a tattoo on its crotch, and it wants to talk to your kids about sex. It’s truly the…
Flashback: Veggie Tales: “Morality,...
I looked back..and realized I had spent 10 years trying to convince kids to behave Christianly without actually teaching them Christianity
Should Parents Be Allowed To Drop Off...
Should students at either private or public high schools be allowed to call their parent or guardian to ask them to bring…
American College of Pediatricians Says...
The American College of Pediatricians has released an in-depth report stating that the move to indoctrinate children with the idea that they…
Technology Rules That Teens Would Set...
Family technology rules is among the first to explore children’s expectations for parents’ technology use — revealing kids’ feelings about fairness and…
What Teens Need Most From Their Parents
As adolescents navigate the stormiest years in their development, they need coaching, support, good examples and most of all understanding
Helping Kids Navigate Through Crisis
How to identify the signs your child is struggling and how to respond in an appropriate way
“App and Drive” Is The New Danger...
27% of teens today still report texting and driving, a bigger concern is that two out of three teens (68%) admit to…
Middle School: The New High School For...
Teens’ social secrets go deeper than parents think
How Skipping Church Affects Our Children
And if He (Christ) isn’t a priority in our lives, then our children will know and follow suit
Screen Violence Harmful To Kids
American Academy of Pediatrics, screen violence — which includes violence in video games, news programming, and entertainment can be traumatic for children
A Letter To My Sons About Pornography
“The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light.”
Framing Sexuality For Teens
In just a few more than 50 years, our media culture has gone from treating matters of sexuality as a hush-hush topic…
Teenage Daughter Was Sexually Assaulted...
Only later did the family look at the teen’s phone, they found a message from a man asking her to come outside…
CHILDREN AT RISK? Lawsuit Says Snapchat...
Lawsuit: Snapchat doesn’t do enough to warn its young Users/Parents about the sexual content on its app
How To Talk To Your Daughters About Porn...
Tanith Carey is author of ‘Girls Uninterrupted: Steps for Building Stronger Girls in a Challenging World.’
5 Reasons Why Teenagers Need Theology
Secular society throws its own answers our way, but they’re never compatible with a Christian worldview
Overusing Social Media As An Adolescent...
Predominant use of social media may limit the opportunity to practice in-person conversations that are crucial for adolescents, particularly boys
Understanding Risk Factors Involved In...
A new study has found that demographic factors, cognitive functioning, and brain features during the early-adolescence ages of 12 to 14 years…
Helicopter Parenting Can Hinder College...
A new study finds that parents who are too involved with their college-age kids could indirectly lead to issues such as depression…
Pediatricians Urged To Screen For...
Family doctors should screen teens for suicide risks in the wake of new information that shows suicide is the second leading cause…
States Shifting Premiums For Teen...
The average car insurance premium increase…For male teen drivers the increase was 91%, while female teen drivers saw an increase of 67%
Coddled Students: Universities Islands...
…been battling campus feminism and political correctness together since the late 1980s, filmed an hour-long discussion
Parents Banish Teen To Backyard Tent For...
He’s allowed back inside to sleep at night, eat meals and use the bathroom. His banishment will end once he’s read five…
Pediatricians: Abstinence On The Rise&...
Nearly 60 percent of high school students today have never had sex
10 Life Skills You Can Teach Your Child
Here are a few things your kids can learn by age 10
Teen Suicide Rates Up, Especially Among...
Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people 10-24 years old, according to CDC and Prevention
Are Today’s Teens Taking Less Risks?...
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) just released their brand new Youth Risk Behavior Survey
Values: The Importance Of Mom And Dad
Parents Have Unparalleled Influence on Their Kids
Stay-At-Home Moms With 4 Or More Kids...
For the first-of-its-kind survey, entitled, The Gig, the magazine asked 558 women who self-identify as stay-at-home moms various questions
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