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What to Do When You Find Out Your Child’s Been Watching Porn
What should you do? Well, besides cry? It’s devastating to realize that the child you’ve prayed for, taught the Scriptures to, and tried so hard to protect has been looking at degrading and...
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When You’re Worried Your Son is Going to Go Too Far
A mom asked, We did the hard press for courtship/dating with a purpose. And it worked – sorta. My son is head over heels for his girlfriend. Sex is coming. It just is. They still say they want to wait....
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Five Things to Do When Your Child is Being Picked On
A friend was just heartbroken, “My preteen son was visibly upset after children’s choir last night. When I probed, he said he didn’t like his class any more and he wanted to quit. After probing even...
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Q. Should My New Driver Take On Our Big Van?
A friend recently asked, “My oldest is about to get his learner’s permit. Should I let him drive our big van in the beginning or just stick to the car? Where should I let him drive? Should we stay away...
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Transitioning to Spiritual Adulthood
This one is for the teens and twenties. It’s hard to write, too. When you’re young and healthy, you don’t really think about dying. It just seems remote. But two days ago, our sons lost a friend...
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The Well-Read List
One of our sons has severe dyslexia and didn’t read well until he was eleven. Once he got to high school, he realized he’d missed reading a lot of the books his brothers had read. He asked his adult...
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The Remarkable Potential of Teenagers
The oncologist looked at Hal skeptically. “Well,” he conceded, “if you feel up to it, you can travel. And you can speak from the platform. But you can’t stand around shaking hands afterward – your...
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Mythbuster: It’s Too Hard to Homeschool Tween and Teen Boys
“Could you talk about homeschooling boys? My son is driving me crazy! And you have six…” Back when we were on the board of our state homeschool organization, we heard that a lot from support group...
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iGen: Understanding the Next Generation
Jean Twenge, iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy–and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood* (*and What That Means for the Rest of Us) (New...
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Book Review – Sir Ernest Shackleton’s South
Photo Credit: Library of Congress Before the space age dawned, the great frontiers for adventure and exploration were the polar regions. Sir Ernest Shackleton was part of two expeditions which set...
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