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How To Get Your Kids Talking
As a parent, you know each child is different. Some are talkative, some are not. For children to communicate well,...
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How to Raise Strong and Confident Daughters
When your daughter recognizes that you believe in her, she begins to believe in herself, and has confidence to pursue...
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Burn the Ships: Not Looking Back and Learning How to Overcome Disappointment
When we were young boys living in Australia, our dad was a concert promoter. On one particular tour he lost...
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How To Talk to Your Kids About the News
The news can often terrify children. As a parent, you can help your kids sort through news stories they might...
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Bedtime and Naps: Getting Them to Sleep
Consider these ideas for getting kids to go to bed and stay in bed.
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Chores Help Kids Be Successful In Life
Children build their self-confidence through learning small, real life skills.
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Sharing Toys
Encourage your children to share their belongings with others.
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How to Prepare Siblings for the New Baby
Getting ready for a new baby can be fun and exciting. Help prepare siblings to welcome the new member in...
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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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Is Your Daughter A Mean Girl?
Some are calling this breed the "New American Girl." She's more physical, not afraid to be aggressive or go after...
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Set Aside Divorce Differences for the Kids
Learning how to manage Christmas after divorce can be overwhelming and devastating. Explore this story of overcoming divorce differences.
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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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Magic in Media: Harmless Fantasy?
Understanding our children's mental and spiritual development plays an important role in how they will interpret the worldview presented in...
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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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Navigate Family Differences With This Personality Quiz
Relating to different personalities is not always easy. Take the quiz to find out and understand the unique strengths within...
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Talking to Kids About Mass Violence
We can't shield our kids from hearing about war, mass shootings, and violence against innocents. But how should you talk...
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After the Death of a Spouse
Suddenly, I was the single father of a 4-year-old Disney princess and a little boy who had just learned to...
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How Parents Can Model Healthy Sexual Behavior for Kids
Because our children develop over time, there's encouragement that change for the better is always possible. Now is a great...
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The Reasoning for Using Anatomically Correct Terms With Your Kids
Using nickname to describe areas of the body isn't necessarily wrong. But there's a better path to set your kids...
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When Someone Has “Different Pronouns”: Explaining LGBT Pronoun Usage to our Kids
Learn how to address and answer your child's questions about LGBT pronoun usage. Then, cultivate healthy conversations about how to...
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What to Do When Young Kids Masturbate
On the scale of uncomfortable things to talk about with your young kids; masturbation hovers around the top. But as...
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Answering Parents’ Questions on Gender Confusion in Children
To be human is to be gendered — male or female. And one of the most important jobs of a...
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Are Young Kids Influenced to Identify as Transgender?
I've been hearing a lot of mixed messages. What are some of the main influences a child to identify as...
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Do You Have a Strategy for Telling Your Kids About Sex?
What do I tell my kids about sex? When do I start? It all begins with a conversation, at the...
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What Should We Do If our Preschooler Walked in on Me and My Spouse Having Sex?
Any topics, conversations, or even a mention related with sex can be awkward for you and your preschooler. Much less...
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Are Trans-Youth at a Higher Risk for Suicide?
I've heard that trans-youth are at a higher risk for suicide. Is this true?
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Blessing Your Child
Using the brief overview of the five key elements of the blessing, you can create life-changing moments for your family.
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Advent for Your Kids
Advent is a fun, faith-filled way to keep the family focused on Jesus throughout Christmas. Learn how to make Advent...
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Educating Churches
Helping churches include special needs ministry
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What Parents Can Learn from Jesus’ Interactions with Children
Throughout scripture, Jesus treats children with radical care and love to indicate how deeply He values them. It’s no wonder...
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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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Encourage Your Child’s Faith
Get a number of ideas about how to help your child's budding faith grow every day.
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Become a Prayer Warrior for Your Child Like Hannah
Hannah’s heartfelt prayer for a child inspires us today to be prayer warriors.
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Do Your Children Know How to Draw Close to God Through Prayer?
Unanswered questions about prayer may cause kids to have misconceptions. We can help correct those misunderstandings as we teach our...
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Go From “Gimme” to Grateful Kids
Teaching children to be grateful and generous is a Christmas gift that can last a lifetime.
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Instill Biblical Principles for Entertainment and Media Choices
The Bible is full of passages to help us navigate the culture. How can you help your children think biblically...
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Netflix: How to Use Your Parental Controls
We can't always trust they are watching something wholesome.
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Good Books for Kids to Read: How to Find Them
You can find good books for your kids by starting with our list of genres and then matching books to...
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Embracing the Summer Screen-time Reset
Is your family's screen time out of control? Discover effective strategies to improve family interactions.
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Helping Kids Process Violence in the News and Social Media
In the wake of unexpected violence erupting on the screen it's important to equip children with the necessary facts to...
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Tech Trends: ‘Bad Science’ Videos, AI on YouTube Kids, and ‘SkinTok’
Each month, Plugged In publishes a blog with the latest technology and social media trends.
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Disney Warns Parents to Put Parental Controls on Disney+
This Disney mom has had enough.
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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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Jim Daly Intro to StagesDr. Huerta “What’s So Amazing” (Stage 4-8)Dr. William Toffler “What to Expect” (Stage 4-8)
How Do I Handle AI With My Child? – Arlene Pellicane
How Do I Limit Devices For My Child? – Arlene Pellicane
My Kid Wants To Be A Social Media Influencer? – Arlene Pellicane
How Do I Handle Video Games With My Child? – Arlene Pellicane
Should I Consider Homeschooling? – Monica Swanson
Does My Son Have Too Much Energy? – Monica Swanson
How Do I Explain Woke Culture To My Child? – Joe Dallas
How To Teach My Child Boundaries In A Woke Culture? – Joe Dallas
How Should My Child Respond To Pronouns? – Joe Dallas
How Do I Talk To My Child About Transgenderism? – Joe Dallas
How Important is Answering Every Question? – Melissa Hannigan
How Do I Start Homeschool? – Melissa Hannigan
The Role of Intimacy in Parenting – Dr. Juli Slattery
When & How to Talk to Kids About Sex – Dr. Juli Slattery
Understanding Sexuality in a Changing Culture – Dr. Juli Slattery
Should You Homeschool? – Rebecca St. James
Demonstrating Your Faith To Your Children – Rebecca St. James
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