21 Tips For Becoming a Better Parent
By: Michael W. Elgersma Being a parent isn't easy and it's ok if you don't know what you're doing. To help out, here are a few tips for becoming a better parent: - Help your child learn to discuss [...]
Coping With Conflict in the Church
Have you ever been hurt by someone in the church? In the following video, Grant takes a look at different ways conflict can happen within a church organization, and what you should do if you encounter treatment you feel [...]
Dos & Don’ts for Parents of Self-Injurers
by: Amy Churchill Self-injury (SI) has become a common way of coping for teens. Although self-injury is not a new trend, it is a current one and parents of teens who self-injure are still left with many questions [...]
When Worlds Collide: 3 Tips For Successfully Sharing Space With a Roommate
It’s back-to-school time and, for many, this means “off-to-school” for the first time, as they make the transition from living at home with their parents to sharing space with a roommate. And while the following tips will certainly apply [...]
Teen Talk: Four Tips For Communicating With Your Adolescent
So you’ve hit “that stage”… The phase of life where you’ve suddenly become ridiculously uncool in your child’s eyes, you’ve been side-lined by a cellular device and you feel like anything and everything you say will be met with [...]
Success In The Suburbs
We run into so many parents who are measuring success by how nice their home is, how well their child is doing in sports or by what kind of car they drive. But is any of it making them [...]