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What It’s Like to Be a 13-Year-Old on Social Media Today
Powerful article (**note: some language) in Huffington post about social media and young girls. Important information to talk about in our homes, schools and churches. The culture of social media churns away, seeming to pay very little attention, so far, to the...
In Case Your Parents Haven’t Told You This Yet…
Really great list of thoughts: "20 Conversations Today’s Kids Need to Have" For many reasons, today’s adult has often been unwilling or unable to host crucial conversations with teens and twenty-somethings. Consequently, students graduate unready for the world that...
10 Things Our Kids Shouldn’t Learn at Church
I am usually not a big fan of the "lists of things you should do" posts but this one is fantastic. My favourite is #3 3. To confuse preferences with doctrine Music is a preference, not a biblical doctrine. The style of the way a church functions is a preference, not a...
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Sex Conversations through the Phases [Podcast]
Some great thoughts here. "It starts in the home" Dr. Jim Burns talks to Kristen Ivy about how you as a parent can help your kids grow up with sexual integrity by having healthy conversations from preschool to high school Click here for the blog. Podcast is on the...
Phew! It’s Normal. An Age by Age Guide for What to Expect From Kids & Teens – And What They Need From Us
Some great thoughts here. What do you think? Understanding what our kids are wrestling with and the developmental goals they are working towards will make their more ‘frustrating’ behaviours easier to deal with. Things will run smoother if we can give them the space...
10 Things That Scare Me About Purity Culture
"Does the purity culture movement do more harm than good?" Such a great question. There is some great thoughts in this blog. Please take a few minutes to take a look. Love to hear your thoughts. By purity movement I don’t mean a home that believes that sex before...
THE PERCENTAGE OF 12-YEAR-OLDS WHO ADMIT BEING ADDICTED TO PORN WILL SHOCK YOU…
Wow. A topic we must be addressing in our homes. A recent study conducted by the NSPCC ChildLine found that a tenth of 12 to 13-year-olds fear they may be addicted to pornography. That’s right, a whopping 10% of kids who just started 7th grade are saying they are...
Physician to parents: You’re doing it wrong
I have been a fan of Leonard Sax for many years. His books are amazing. Love his nuggets of advice in this article. The hierarchy of parent over child no longer exists, he said. Instead of parents exercising their authority because they know what’s best, they are...
The Spiritual Importance of Going to Counseling
So much good information here. Please check out the article. Counseling is not just for those with traumatic experiences or life crises. And getting counseling is not a sign of weak faith; it’s simply a way to take our pain seriously. In Christian communities,...
Guest Blogger | The Invention of the Teenager – by Sarah E. Ball
The Invention of the Teenager – by Sarah E. Ball Child labour laws, the invention of the automobile, and creative marketing led to one major invention in the 1940’s - the teenager. Sure, kids between the ages of 13 and 19 have always existed, but pre-depression era,...
