Children want to be heard and seen. Ron Deal discusses with Dr Mark Mayfield about how parents can help teens with loneliness, purpose, and truth as they mature into young adulthood. Parents play a vital role to help navigate their overwhelming thoughts.
Knowing what to do with teenagers to tighten your bond isn’t always easy. But teens don’t need us less as they get older … just differently.
No one tells you all your dreams can’t fit in one life. You may wonder if a strong woman follows or leads. Is she in the boardroom or the kitchen?
Connect with your teen. Help them root their identity in Christ. Encourage your teen to read the book True Identity by John Majors and fill out the form below to download a free discussion guide to foster conversation between you and your child and help him or her apply these biblical concepts to their life.
Jock. Nerd. Popular. Band Geek. We all get labeled. Sometimes in a good way; other times, not so much. But these labels don’t describe the real you–your TRUE IDENTITY. This book will help you think about what–and who–really defines you. As you adventure into a life of greater independence, responsibility, and maturity, there is one […]
You've detected trends that are leading your kids away from church in college. But, let's be honest. Kids do what they like. Why can't that be church?
For 18 years, you have parented through a maze of joys, laughter, confusion, and even bruises. Now your child is a graduate. You have big changes ahead.
My kids need to see that their value isn’t tied to their grades or what school accepts them. I need to encourage them to follow God’s design and purpose for their lives and not insist they conform to a specific formula for success.
We give words of affirmation to someone shortly before or after their death. But why wait? Learn to speak life giving affirmations today.
Tom and Brenda Preston waited for years for a prodigal son to come to God.
The arsenal of weapons employed against this generation of teens is unmatched in human history.
Observations about the Netflix series from a junior high teacher.
Increasingly, girls are aggressively pursuing boys—in high school, middle school, and even earlier—in numbers we never saw in the past.
The greatest commandments are to love God and love others, but what does this look like for a college student?
Don't waste the incredible opportunity you have during the "golden years" to prepare your children for adolescence.
Loving wayward children even when you don't approve of their behavior.
Sexy clothes are hallmarks of fashion today, even for young girls. How can you help your daughter make choices that show off her heart, not her body?
Challenging your child to the higher goal of purity.
A survey in a teen Sunday school class reveals a desire to know the honest truth.
Raising teenagers means pursuing their heart even when they don’t demonstrate love in return.