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SEX BEFORE KISSING: HOW 15-YEAR-OLD GIRLS ARE DEALING WITH PORN-ADDICTED BOYS
Pretty brutal, honest look at growing up as a young girl today. Worth the read. We need to make sure we are dealing with the issue of pornography in our homes, churches and schools. Pornography is molding and conditioning the sexual behaviors and attitudes of boys,...
Connecting When you Have Nothing in Common
Great blog here for parents. Here’s what I learned about my daughter. She didn’t expect me to be good. She just wanted me to be in the circle of what she cared about. Click here for the entire blog.
Why are our children so bored at school, cannot wait, get easily frustrated and have no real friends?
Some really great thoughts here for parents. Today’s children come to school emotionally unavailable for learning, and there are many factors in our modern lifestyle that contribute to this. Click here for the blog
What Teens Need Most From Their Parents
Great article on what teens need from their parents at the different ages of their teen years. As adolescents navigate the stormiest years in their development, they need coaching, support, good examples and most of all understanding Click here for the entire article.
How to raise emotionally healthy boys
Some great stuff here to help parents of boys. The only tip father's need is ... be present. Michael Reist Feminism has done a lot to pave the way for each new generation of women, but as barriers continue to be broken down for girls, are we forgetting about the boys?...
War on Boys
Very interesting conversation. I began thinking of this at my daughters Grade 8 Graduation back in June. I would say that 90% of the awards went to Grade 8 girls. There were some guys who got awards for Athletics. There were (if I remember correct) 2 boys who got...
“Boy’s Will be Boys” Is Killing our Men
Some really good thoughts here. Please take the 2 minutes to read the article. When it comes to sex, there is this expectation of males, and it's a really low one. The ‘boys will be boys’ culture is not wrong because it’s not inclusive of women. The ‘boys will be...
Pot-related psychosis linked to early ‘dangerous’ use
In the last year I have had at least 6 emails from parents who talk about similar stories from the Toronto Star article linked article. “I was shocked. We live in a society where there is such a culture around smoking dope that people think it is cool to be a stoner....
10 Thoughts on the Deafening Silence of Parents Today! | Important Parenting TIps
The Silence of parents is a growing concern I have these days. In the last month I have had over 2 dozen (24 conversations) with students, family members, youth workers, teachers and others all talking about students in crisis. You would then ask what kind of crisis...
Safeguard Your Sex Life: 6 Ways to Keep the Little Foxes Out of the Vineyard
A rarely talked about theme in almost all churches is how to have a great sex life in your marriage. Some good thoughts here for starting points of conversations. But seven years of marriage has taught me something. The health of my sex life directly affects the...
