Understanding Emotions

Understanding Emotions

How would you like the chance to go back and feel again what you experienced in your 10-15 year old self? Can you even imagine accurately what it was like? Issues with your teeth, your skin, your diet, your friends, your identity. What hope did you have to understand...
Fake News and Fourteen Year Olds

Fake News and Fourteen Year Olds

While my own daughter has been hyper-vigilant in controlling the amount of screen exposure time with her four children, I realize that more and more of the youth in our faith community are spouting off conspiracy theories I’m sure they didn’t pick up at school. Fake...
Romantic Competence for All of Us

Romantic Competence for All of Us

It’s almost frightening for some parents to look at their emerging adolescent and to think that romance could be right around the corner for them. We look at our own series of relationships and wonder how to prepare and protect our little ones from a lifetime of...
Rebuilding Trust in the Next Generations

Rebuilding Trust in the Next Generations

Tim Elmore notes that our upcoming generations are being impacted by social media in three key ways. They don’t trust leaders, they see life as unfair, and they feel out of control. One of the benefits of 12 Tasks is that your parental investment and involvement can...
The power of your tongue

The power of your tongue

Sometimes parents don’t realize the power of their tongue for life in their children. Proverbs 18:21 (NIV) says that the tongue has the power of life or death and this is especially true when it comes to a child. You’ve probably witnessed a child cringing and...