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How To Tell If Your Teenager Is Using Drugs

Deception or concealment and the use of drugs and alcohol in teens go hand in hand. Because drug use is illegal and dangerous, teenagers are not able to use drugs without having to hide their problem from parents, teachers, and other authority figures in ... Read >

Alcohol Abuse and Troubled Teens

Alcohol Abuse and troubled teens is increasing. Alcohol gives teenagers the power to express themselves without inhibitions. It allows them to self-medicate to numb the pain of a turbulent world around them. Alcohol use in teenagers can get out of control... Read >

What teens fear telling their parents?

Once children enter their teens, sometimes there develops a potential communication gap between them and their parents. It can be extremely difficult to find common ground for any deep and meaningful conversation. It is during these years that you... Read >

Managing parenting in your busy schedule.

The cost of living, particularly for families, can be extremely high these days. Many parents are driven into working two or more jobs simply to make ends meet. Both the mother and the father are working; the children are either left with grandparents or... Read >

Why Does God Not Answer Me?

Probably all Christians go through times when it seems like their prayers are not answered. However, if you pray with the right motives yet receive no answer, it does not mean that God is ignoring you. He might be answering in a way you never expected. ... Read >

How to Give When it Hurts

When you sacrifice for others who have a real need, it is a true model of Christian giving. However it is not easy to give when it is a great sacrifice. It hurts yet God blesses this type of giving. Did you ever have to give something to someone else ... Read >

How Do You Know an Open Door is From God?

How do you know when a door opens if it is God's will? Here, we discuss how to recognize when an open door is clearly not God's will. And, we also discuss which direction to take when it is unclear as to if an open door is God's will. What do you do w... Read >

Doing the Right Thing—No Matter What

Doing the right thing is not always the easy or convenient thing to do. But doing the right thing has the greatest impact on others as we set out to live an example of our faith in God. There are plenty of models in the Bible that clearly show us what the... Read >

Why parenting is important?

Parents are the most important teachers in their children's lives. Children learn most of their moral values from their parents. If you have noticed most children imitate their parents. Along with love and care, children require someone to discipline them... Read >

What are the challenges facing parents today?

Parenting is a gift that God bestows on us. It is a great responsibility. However, in today's society the job is getting tougher and tougher. The world at large is becoming more violent and restless and it is difficult to bring up a child in such an envir... Read >

Tips and tools of communication for parents with teens

In some respects, you do not know what parenting is until your children hit their teens. It's a whole new ball game. All of a sudden you realize that there is this huge gap between you and your kid and the more you try to fix it, the more it seems to broa... Read >

The Parent's Responsibility in Sex Education

Parents ought to be the first source of sex education for their children. Don't think that because children can learn about human sexuality in school, your responsibility to teach them about sex has been removed. Especially now that there is confusion as ... Read >

The changing face of educating parents

Educating parents has been developing over the last couple of decades. In many places in the world, today, there is a widespread intensive effort to support parents through educational programs. It is not only the government or society that has given impe... Read >

Parental Responsibility

Children are not easy to raise, they do not come with any guidelines and they most definitely do not come with any kind of pause button. They just come with a whole lot of emotional and physical needs. If parents fail to meet their needs, it often has las... Read >

Family time and good parenting go hand in hand

It is essential that you spend quality family time with your kids. You will not get this time back. These are the few days you have to build memories that will last for the rest of your life. Before you know it, your kids will be grown up and will be out ... Read >