How to set clear boundaries for your teen
It is never an easy "enlightenment" to find out that your teen has been doing things that are hardly acceptable, and it can be completely ...
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How to heal the damage caused by parent-teen conflict
I’ve been confronting kids for 35 years and it wasn’t any easier the last time as it was the first time I challenged or confronted behaviour, ...
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Trusting in Christ’s gift of second chances for your teen
"I choose joy . . . I will invite my God to be the God of circumstance . . . I will refuse to see any problem as anything less than an ...
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5 tips for staying sane while raising teenagers
When our children were small, we used to hold them tightly, then pray they’d sleep through the night. Now that they are teenagers we can’t get ...
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Q & A: Surviving mood swings, conflict and defiance
Question: Help! I’m a parent of a teenager, and the constant conflicts, mood swings and challenges to my authority are taking a serious toll on my ...
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Dealing with teen depression
Melissa, age 13, suffers from terrible stomach pain and headaches. In fact, she has come to the emergency room (ER) and seen her paediatrician 10 ...
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Mourning in marriage after the loss of a child
"Grief knits two hearts in closer bonds than happiness ever can; and common sufferings are far stronger links than common joys," writer and ...
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Living with chronic illness
Most of us take life for granted: our job, financial security, friendships, recreational opportunities, physical strength, appearance, self-identity, ...
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Q & A: Do you have any advice for parents of a teen with bipolar?
Question: Our teenager has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. We’ve tried everything we can think of to help her, but so far our efforts ...
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The effects of divorce
No couple goes into marriage thinking they will be the ones who won’t make it. Certainly, at your wedding, you thought you were promising a love ...
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How to support a loved one struggling with depression?
“Can you come over and pray with Mum? She’s really bad.” The strained voice on the phone was that of my 18-year-old nephew, Jason. Several ...
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Q & A: How should I deal with my spouse’s obsessive-compulsive disorder?
Question: My spouse is obsessive-compulsive. I’m not using this term informally or unadvisedly. She’s anxious and worried all the time, and her ...
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