Enjoy a strong relationship with your teens.
Communication
If your teens seem depressed or hopeless and you worry that their actions may lead to self-harm, here are some ideas for bringing hope into their situation.
Practical tips for moving with little ones and making the transition easier for them.
As their parent, you need to find the balance between being your child’s friend and being her parent.
Find tangible ways to let your teens know how you pray for them.
Do you feel like walls are being put up between you and your teen. Try these foundational ways to better connect and develop effective family communication.
How would you describe your last get-together with extended family? Whatever your experiences, you can help promote harmony on an extended family vacation.
If you know a family who is journeying through childhood cancer, here are a few ways you can help meet their daily needs.
As parents of teen daughters, we need to learn to affirm her value without diminishing others.
Learn more about building a respectful relationship with your teen.
Think about what kind of communication will get your message about drugs and alcohol across effectively and always leave the door open for further conversations.
As you educate yourself about drugs and alcohol, you will feel more capable when talking to your child about the issue.
How control and responsibility affect the relationship between you and your teen.
How control and responsibility affect the relationship between you and your teen.
These two examples show how an influencing parent should respond to a teen.
Help your tween grow into a thoughtful young adult by prioritizing your relationship rather than simply listing rules.
How to recognize the causes of teenage anger, and whether it’s just pushback and a desire for respect, or perhaps a more serious discipline issue.
How to really hear your teen and encourage your teen to open up to you
Saying you’re sorry to your kids opens up plenty of possibilities – all of them good.
Asking for forgiveness is an admission that you’ve made a poor decision – and it can be humiliating to admit you’re wrong – but kids say they respect their parents more when they apologize.
