Living in a very feelings-oriented culture can condition us to avoid pain and seek pleasure. Our teenagers are no different. When life gets hard, like adults, teens look for the button to push, the pill to take, or the course correction that will
Living in a very feelings-oriented culture can condition us to avoid pain and seek pleasure. Our teenagers are no different. When life gets hard, like adults, teens look for the button to push, the pill to take, or the course correction that will
Because of the amount of change and questioning our teenagers face, they are typically more vulnerable to stress than any other age group. Things that you wouldn’t think twice about may be completely devastating to a teenager. The stuff you easily write off or dismiss can
Teenagers typically spend a lot of time staring into the mirror: studying, wondering, wishing, crying.
Do you remember doing this? Asking yourself:
Remember what used to happen to the teenage girl from church who got pregnant? Maybe you don’t, because you never heard about it. She just disappeared.
Tattoos, piercings, hairstyles and color, clothes, music – these are some of the things parents tend to make into major conflict points in our families. When generational styles collide, we often turn
Sometimes the circumstances in our own lives and the stresses of raising and living with teenagers can become overwhelming, paralyzing, and detrimental to our spiritual and emotional well-being. Adding in work and marriage only
If you base your happiness solely on the happiness of your kids or even your spouse, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. After trying and trying to make and keep everything perfect in your family, your home, your marriage you may have noticed that
You may have noticed by now that life’s journey has it’s ups and downs – even (especially) for follower of Jesus Christ. At times it can be pretty intimidating and often confusing. Adding to the mix kids, who become teenagers, brings that reality home even more so. The children who were so easy to teach and get along with are sometimes more…
Do you ever look at your children and get really scared? You’re not alone. We’ve all been there. It can be paralyzing to think about all of the changes they are going through, the problems they are facing, the decisions they will need to
Where did we get the idea that everything in life should come easy – especially for followers of Jesus Christ? There have been lots of “you deserve a break” messages from society. Unfortunately there are also lots of “Christian” messages that tell us if we do things just right God will