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Christians are not against sex education! | Let’s Talk about Sex | important parenting thoughts
Christians are not againist sex education. Over the past month I have seen a steady stream of Facebook posts talking about the new Sex Education Curriculum that is being talked about for Ontario students. I scanned through my Facebook newsfeed over this past week and...
A Cry for Parental Health
Such a great read. We need to parent from a place of health. As I meet with young adults and ask them, they all talk about the heavy pressure they feel to perform—in class, on the field, on stage, you name it. As I press them for the source of this pressure, it almost...
CPYU: Center for Parent / Youth Understanding
This is one of my favourite websites for information on youth culture. Please make sure you sign up for their E-Update. "Helping parents, youth workers, educators, pastors and others understand and reach today's youth culture." Please click here for their website.
Family dinners reduce effects of cyberbullying
Such a simple thing to do as parents. Some great thoughts in this article: McGill study suggests frequent family time protects mental health among adolescent victims of online bullying “The results are promising, but we do not want to oversimplify what we observed,”...
25 Ways to Ask Your Kids ‘So How Was School Today?’ Without Asking Them ‘So How Was School Today?’
It is sometimes hard as parents to get a response beyond "Good" when you ask your kids how school was that day. This article has some great questions to ask instead. Click here for the entire article.
The Root Cause of Stress in Kids
Great stuff here for parents. Each of the twelve mistakes tends to fall into one of four categories: We risk too little. We rescue too quickly. We rave too easily. We reward too frequently. If you stop to think about it, we parents make these mistakes because we don’t...
