The Gift of an Encouraging Parent
Do you remember your own middle school years? For most of us, it seemed brutal. Some things never change. Young peers can create, find, and point out all kinds of negative things in ways that are now sometimes defined as…
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Take an Interest in their Interests
Parents, today I want to encourage you to take an active interest in those things that interest your children and teens. This is an easy one if you and your teen share the same interests. But what happens if you’re…
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Episode 199: “Adolescence” a Roundtable Discussion about the Netflix Series
Download the podcast as an .mp3 by clicking here.Access from Apple Podcasts. FURTHER RESOURCES Resources, links, or other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast: Adolescence on NetflixCPYU Research FellowsThe Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood is Causing an…
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The Greatest Inheritance
As a father and now grandfather, I often think about the wise words of instruction found in Proverbs twenty-two, six. “Train up a child in the way he should go; and even when he is old he will no depart…
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When Do I Get My Kid a Smartphone?
A couple of years I heard some very challenging words from the parents of a ten-year-old girl. They were part of a roomful of parents attending a seminar where I was speaking about kids, technology, and social media. At the…
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