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The College Kids Are Back in Town
Things have changed with your college kids. Have you changed with them?
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From Parent to Consultant
“Mom, it took me forever to get to work, and I didn’t get to stop for dinner. You know how…
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Your Child’s Adoption Life Story
Why children who have been adopted need to know their story — and how to tell it
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When Crisis Hits
It's not easy to stay strong when a crisis occurs.
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Scarlett’s Arrival: Dealing With Grief and Loss
But what I’ve learned in the six years since we lost our son is this: It is possible to find…
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Boomerang Kids: Sharing Your Home With An Adult Child
Navigating the return of adult children can be challenging. Nonetheless, it can also be a blessing for both generations if…
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Thanksgiving Traditions for a Family Focused Holiday
Whether your family has a long history of traditions or your new family is approaching the holidays for the first…
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Seven People at Your Thanksgiving Table
Spend time planning how you will successfully model Christ's love to your children as you manage extended family dynamics.
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Teaching Kids about Empathy in an Anti-Empathy Culture
Our culture de-values empathy. Instead, there's an emphasis on choosing to feed narcissism and apathy. Because of this, it’s more…
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How to Handle Stress in Your Children
While the cause of stress in your children depends on a variety of influences, you can provide hope and support…
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Getting Back to Normal: Changing Your Mindset
These 3 steps can help you change your mindset following the COVID-19 pandemic and start getting back to a more…
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Take the Stress Out of Family Gatherings
Do you experience stress, anxiety, even dread about some family get-togethers? You're not alone.
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Addressing Suicidal Thoughts and Actions in Youth
Focus on the Family has created Alive to Thrive to provide help and hope for parents and others who interact…
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9 Ways to Help Children Cope with a Father’s Death
If you know a boy or girl who has dealt with a father’s death, whether recently or some time ago,…
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The Opioid Epidemic—Think Your Family Is Immune?
Nope. No family is immune, and sadly, teens are one of the fastest growing segments of opioid abusers.
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Sexual Assault and Rape: Help for Teens
Ways to help teens understand or heal from sexual assault and rape.
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Redrawing Boundaries With Adult Children
How much control does, or should, a parent have over an adult child?
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Verses of Hope and Coping Skills for Depression
Feeling depressed? Bible verses about faith and hope along with coping skills may offer help to families during the hard…
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Scriptures About Beauty and Appearance
Enjoy reading key Scripture verses that relate to appearance and beauty with your child.
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How to Help Girls with a Cybersex Addiction
Girls who struggle with pornography will find hope and healing as they learn how to get out of a cybersex…
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Sexual Assault and Rape: Help for Teens
Ways to help teens understand or heal from sexual assault and rape.
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How to Talk with Your Adult Daughter about Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Same-Sex Attraction
Note: This article is intended to support and encourage parents of adult children only.
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What to do When Your Adult Child Is Deconstructing Their Faith
When your adult child has rejected the faith he or she was raised in, as a parent it's easy to…
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What Do You Do When Your Child Loses Faith in God?
When adult children deconstruct their Christianity, it can lead to isolation and self-centeredness as they prioritize their desires or preferences…
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Educating Churches
Helping churches include special needs ministry
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Deconstruction: Guide Your Teens Questioning Their Faith
What is considered toxic today, though, is largely determined by subjective experience, not objective truth.
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Public Reading of Scripture With Your Kids
If the practice of public reading of Scripture with your family sounds good to you, you may be wondering how…
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Love One Another
Help kids learning what true, biblical love looks like with these age-appropriate activities.
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Parenting Adult Children Through Prayer
Spending time in intimate conversation with our Heavenly Father on behalf of our kids can take away the feeling of…
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Pass on Your Faith to the Next Generation
The foundation of a strong spiritual legacy can begin in the heart of the parent.
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Have Faith in God: 9 Bible Verses to Bless Your Kids
Encourage your kids to hold fast to the hope of Christ and to lean on Bible verses like these to…
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How to Help Girls with a Cybersex Addiction
Girls who struggle with pornography will find hope and healing as they learn how to get out of a cybersex…
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Entertainment, Worldview, and Your Family
What is a worldview and how does it impact how we view our family and our consumption of entertainment? Discover…
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A Parent’s Guide to Today’s Technology (Download)
Find out how kids are using their online and mobile devices, and how that participation can impact them physically, psychologically,…
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Encourage Adult Children To Use Devices Wisely – Arlene Pellicane
What To Expect After My Homeschooler Graduates? – Monica Swanson
Continue Building Relationship with Your Adult Sons – Monica Swanson
Helping Your Young Adult Thrive in College – Dr. Barry Corey
Setting Boundaries When Young Adults Return Home – Dr. John Townsend
Healing Parent and Adult Child Relationships (Part 1) – Dr. John Townsend
Healing Parent and Adult Child Relationships (Part 2) – Dr. John Townsend
Establishing Healthy Boundaries with Adult Children (Part 1) – Allison Bottke
Establishing Healthy Boundaries with Adult Children (Part 2) – Allison Bottke
Strengthening Your Relationship with Your Adult Children
Broadcast Insider: Parenting Your Adult Children
Help! My Single Adult Child is Stuck
Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children: 6 Steps to Sanity
I Learned the Hard Way to Set Boundaries with My Adult Child
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