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Showing Grace to Your Family in Close Quarters
Living with Your Family in Close Quarters So here you are, at home with your family in close quarters. Your…
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Leaving A Lifelong Legacy
Fathers leave a legacy. Fathers instill within their child an immense sense of value and worth. And when their influence…
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Careers After High School
Does your teens need guidance for the future? Prepare them for successful careers after high school, even when they don’t…
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Avoid Bitterness By Finding Forgiveness
It is dangerous for you when you don’t choose to forgive others.
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Be the Mom You Want to Be
How to parent well even if you didn’t have a good role model
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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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When You Can’t Make It Better for Your Stepkids
I wanted to fix my stepson’s problems. But I had to accept that they weren’t my problems to fix. It…
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Helping Our Teens Transition to Adulthood
We can’t sacrifice the future that God has for our kids because of our own fears and insecurities. There is…
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Help Your Stepchildren Feel Secure in Your Love for Them
Stepsibling jealousy can be subtle, volatile and destructive, but detecting it isn’t difficult if you know what to look for.
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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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A Parent’s Guide to Marijuana and Marijuana Use
Marijuana continues to grow as a socially and legally accepted drug. Read our parent’s guide to marijuana to help in…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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An Essential Guide to Effective Prayer for Family
Prayer is an essential skill, and your kids will learn it from you as you do it together. Nothing will…
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Biblical Tolerance: Compassion for the Lost
Use these age-appropriate activities to help teach kids about biblical tolerance.
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When Adult Children Reject the Faith
When adult children reject the faith, questions arise from the emotions and doubt. Learn how to commit to loving your…
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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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