Grimy and Grateful
Last Thursday morning started off pretty much like any other Thursday morning at my house. I got up just as my wife was heading to work, woke up The Lad (who is now less...
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Five Reasons You Should Be Concerned About Teens Vaping
If you have not yet heard about vaping or “juuling,” you haven’t been paying close attention to what’s happening with teens and pre-teens today. Yes, I said pre-teens. Vaping (sometimes referred to by its...
Six Reasons to Exercise Regularly with Your Teen
As we get ready to start another school year with our families, I want to share a personal and professional encouragement with you on something that can really revolutionize your family life: exercising regularly...
Empowering Our Kids Against Addiction: Part 5 – Following A Spiritual Compass
If you have been following this series, I hope you now have a clear picture of some of the essential tools you can share with your kids and teens to help them live as...
Empowering Our Kids Against Addiction: Part 4 – Living A Life Of Service To Others
As we begin looking at how cultivating a life of service to others guards our teens against the allure of addiction, let me tell you why I chose this image to illustrate the point:...
Empowering Our Kids Against Addiction: Part 3 – Facing The Hard Things In Life Directly
Let’s be realistic. Not every hard thing you or your kids will face in life is of giant proportion. It’s not always little David with his five little stones and his faith in God...
Empowering Our Kids Against Addiction: Part 2 – Working For Long-Term Rewards
As we continue this parenting series on how to help our teens prevent addiction in their lives, we move from the importance of living honestly to the power of working for long-term rewards. This...
Empowering Our Kids Against Addiction: Part 1 – Living Honestly
We begin this series of how parents can empower our kids against the destructive pathways of addiction by looking at the freeing power of living with a pattern of honesty and integrity. When I...
Equipping Your Teen to Live Free from Addiction
Addiction. We seem to hear more about it all the time. New forms of addiction. New addiction treatment options. Someone famous has been crushed by an addiction. This is what addiction is costing society....
Making Family Memories This Summer
Your kids are about to be out of school for the summer. They may already be stricken with “spring fever,” and can’t wait to be out of school for a good long stretch. That’s...
Equipping Your Teen For Dating: 5. Practical Tips
Today, I’ll wrap up this series on equipping our teens for dating by sharing just a few simple, practical tips that can help our kids have the best possible experience while they’re out enjoying...
Equipping Your Teen for Dating: 4. Digital Communication
As we move to the issue of guiding our teens through healthy management of their smart phones and other digital devices, we are now facing BY FAR the biggest change to dating dynamics since...
