How you can help your teens live out their faith
“I prayed for my band director tonight.” My 14-year-old son, Eli, tossed his saxophone in the back of the van and slid into the passenger seat. ...
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How you can help your teens live out their faith
“I prayed for my band director tonight.” My 14-year-old son, Eli, tossed his saxophone in the back of the van and slid into the passenger seat. ...
Parents Fear Child May Be Victim of Cyber-Bullying
How can I know for sure whether my child has become a target of intimidating text messages or cruel rumours on social media? Are there any tell-tale ...
Strategies for growth and learning: Help for helicopter parents
After slip-sliding my way to work in the rain, I called home. I didn’t think the weather was right for our daughter to take her driver’s test. ...
Risks teens take
Does your son think he’s invincible? Does your daughter believe that the life-changing consequences of risky behaviour could never happen to her? ...
Risk takers
Get a bunch of teen guys together and what happens? Nonstop competition. The more extreme, the better — right? Case in point: During a wilderness ...
Friendship factor: Making and keeping friends
“I don’t have any friends!” Does that sound familiar? If your teenagers are like so many I’ve worked with, they probably struggle with ...
Dealing with lazy teenagers
Question: How can I motivate my two lazy teenagers? They won't help me around the house, and they consistently wait until the last minute to do their ...
Dating in a digital world
"My daughter dates by spending hours texting with a guy,” my friend told me the other day. “I’ve never met him, and I don’t know what ...
Changes that occur through puberty and adolescence
Question: Can you tell us what changes we should expect as our child goes through puberty and enters adolescence – and how we should deal with ...
How to connect with 16 – 18 year olds
How to Connect With 16-18 Year Olds It can be hard to figure out how to connect with 16-18 year olds. You can start with engaging and connecting. ...
How to connect with young teens
Take Time to Engage Ever wonder how to connect with young teens? My wife and I connected with our kids at a local stock car race. During the opening ...
Tools for listening to your teens
When we asked a group of kids ages 13 through 17 about their concerns, they said they wanted to be able to communicate with their parents in healthy, ...