Teens and Suicide
Kristen Anderson's friends and family were aware that she was unhappy and struggling with life in high school, but none of them knew the depths of ...
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5 Reasons You Don’t Really Want a Divorce
Chances are good someone close to you has gotten divorced and you were caught in the fallout. Perhaps your parents, grandparents, brother or sister ...
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Healthy phone boundaries
When I was growing up, my generation negotiated with our parents about the keys to the car, curfew, a telephone in our bedrooms and dating rules. ...
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5 tips for mobile phone use
Do your kids use their mobile phones too much? Many parents believe their children are addicted to their smartphones and other mobile devices, and at ...
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When should your child get a smart phone?
Not long ago, my son asked the question that every modern parent will face at some point or another: "Can I get a smartphone?" My boy is ...
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Understanding highly sensitive children
What’s it like to parent a child whom others simply “don’t get”? Ask the parent of a highly sensitive child. Typically sweet natured and ...
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The Special Case of Abuse
If you are currently dealing with the pain of abuse, such as sexual, physical or spiritual abuse, may we begin by saying that we reject absolutely ...
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Peacemaking Principles
The Bible provides us with simple yet powerful peacemaking principles for resolving conflict. These principles are so simple that they can be used to ...
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Peacemaking Takes Practice!
Peacemaking takes practice… I was teaching some peacemaking principles to some primary-school age kids recently, and we went through an imaginary ...
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Why an abused spouse won’t leave
The answer given in the 1920's to this question was that battered women were of low intelligence or mentally retarded. In the ’40s it was ...
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The struggle of sexual temptation as a single parent
Frequently, single-again adults who have been through a divorce jump too quickly into romantic involvement, long before their emotions have healed. ...
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Halting the blame game: 4 ways to manage your emotions
"My parents make me mad." "My children drive me nuts." "My spouse makes me insane!" We often hear comments like these, ...
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