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Teens Exposed To Pornography

Equip your teen to deal with the temptation and peer pressure related to pornography.

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Should I Stay In My Abusive Marriage For The Kids?

Abusive marriages like Emma’s are more common than many realize. God’s plan for a family never included abuse.

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Determining Your Child’s Personality Type

Take this quiz to help you recognize which of the four commonly recognized personality types best described your child.

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Family Legacy: Why Should We Care?

If we don’t intentionally pass on a family legacy consistent with our beliefs and values, our culture will pass along its own.

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Famous Christian Women Who Changed The Modern World

As parents, it’s good to teach our children about heroic people who have shined the light of truth in their generations. Here is a list of some of great women from the past two centuries who made an impact on their world – and who can serve as role models for us today.

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Gen Z’s Marriage Misunderstanding

Statistics indicate that Gen Z is returning to a more traditional lifestyle … but do the numbers tell the whole story? Or are Gen Z adults still missing something important?

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25 Ways to Deal with Parental Burnout

Estimated reading time: 11 minutes Mari clutched the edges of the kitchen sink and stared at the never-ending pile of dishes. The second she ran a load in the dishwasher, more sprang up around the house. She could follow the trails of Cheerios to them. Her head ached, and she couldn’t remember what day it …

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How To Explain Happy Juneteenth To Your Child

In addition to the history, it is important for parents to remind their children that freedom comes from God and is the natural state of mankind. When freedom is taken—as in the case of slavery—or when it is hindered—as in the case of segregation—people of honor and courage must rise up and fight against injustice.

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Overcoming Shame: Unexpected Pregnancy and the Church

The pregnancy test was positive. I cried. Pregnancy wasn’t in my plans, because I recently quit my job for full-time entrepreneurship. After telling the father of my twins I was pregnant, he immediately suggested an abortion and offered to pay. I didn’t want to abort. For weeks, he pressured me. Despite uncertainties about motherhood’s impact …

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Parenting: Take This Job And Love It

Five simple tips will help you thrive as a parent. 

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Summer Activities

Summer activities build memories and relationships for kids

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Max Lucado’s Approachable Parenting

Max Lucado demonstrates a grace-filled approach to parenting his daughters.

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How to Stop Yelling at Your Kids

Being honest with myself and recognizing the destructive influence that screaming has on my children is the first step in changing this pattern of poor communication.

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How To Help Your Child Heal When A Parent Dies

I’m not a morning person. I routinely connect with the snooze button, shortening our allotted wake-up time. My boys and I often race to the car with disheveled hair and bowls full of food.

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Honest Conversations About Pro-Life Issues 

I’ll never forget June 24, 2022. I know exactly where I was when I heard that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. It was a day to celebrate.But your teen may not think so. At the time, headlines like these appeared everywhere: “Abortion Is Healthcare,” “Women’s Rights Are Being Taken Away” and “Women Will …

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Help Kids Recognize Their Identity in Christ

Teach your kids that Jesus did for us what we could never do for ourselves: He measured up.

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Biblical Discipline Has Five Characteristics

Sometimes it’s hard to know if you’re disciplining your children effectively. Try using these five measures from the Bible.

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The Secret Sauce You Need to Tame Your Wild Child

Having a wild child can bring the eyes of judgment in every aisle of the grocery store. More discipline is not always the best answer. Explore how love, respect, grace, and forgiveness can equip you as you respond to your wild child.

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Stages of Motherhood

Each mom’s journey through the stages of motherhood will look slightly different. Mothers, overall, tend to handle certain things in each stage of their child’s life in certain ways. Those tendencies can be helpful as we journey through each stage of our child’s life

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The Rise of Witchcraft and Popular Culture: Is There a Connection?

Is witchcraft bad for children to watch?