Six conversations to have with your teen about sexuality
Is there a more difficult hot-button topic for Christian teens today than issues of sexuality? Secular culture has their own version of “good news”:…
Two ways anxiety affects parents
In my thirty-plus years of counseling, I’ve never seen parents feel as much pressure or as much like failures as they do today. I’ve never had as…
How do I talk to my kids about my past?
The first time I ever spoke into a microphone was at a ladies tea at my church, and I felt like a contestant on American Idol. This was what I was…
Finding rhythms of rest during busy seasons of life
I recently experienced an overwhelmingly busy season. One morning, as I sipped my green tea and looked over our calendar, my chest tightened. My…
What I want my kids to know if they ever struggle with their mental health
As parents, we want to ensure our kids are kind and will be a good friend to others. As Christian parents, we want them to know and love…
Why our college students still need us
My college student bought a rolling cart for her dorm one year. On move-in day, she cleared a space on her crowded suite floor and took the cart out…
Helping our children with the “worries”
Bad things happen. And our children know it. To be fair, they know it to greater or lesser degrees depending upon their age, maturity, exposure to…
Parenting when you can’t see the forest for the trees
#Stoptheclock This is the hashtag I added to an Instagram post of my daughter during her high school senior year. On one hand, it was simply a futile…
US Surgeon General releases advisory on the dangers of social media for kids
Science often trails common sense, and the government often trails science. When technology explodes in the private sector with unprecedented…
