Is the Norm of Constantly Prescribed Activity Helpful?
Remember the days when kids used to simply play for hours at a time? It seemed like I was always interrupting a pick-up hockey game when driving … Read More
What Do You Do When Your Girl is the Bully?
It is devastating for parents to find out their daughter is being bullied. When we sense we haven’t done our job to protect her, we feel we’ve … Read More
Gossip Feeds on the Need to Share a Secret & Get Attention
Gossip has a way of abruptly weaseling its way into your girl’s conversations, and, if she’s not vigilant, she may become the vehicle for its replication to … Read More
How She Lives Reflects God to a Lost & Sinful World
In movies, it’s common for a character to walk into a small town greeted by stares and even a direct “You’re not from around here, are ya?” … Read More
Win or Lose: Teach Her to Joyfully Celebrate Others
Your daughter’s opponent does a great job in the game. How does your girl react when she’s not the winner? Coming out the loser in a competition … Read More
Help Your Girl Grow in Emotional Intelligence at Every Age
Have you ever seen the hilarious tweets tagged with the hashtag [Reasons My Kid Is Crying]? Parents share things like “She says her ice cream is too … Read More
When She Strives to Fit In, She Loses Her Sense of Self
We’re all familiar with a girl’s agonizing morning routine. Locked away in the family bathroom, your girl primps until she feels “just right”. Have you ever questioned … Read More
Raise a Peace Maker Rather than a Peace-Sabotager
Do you have a girl who holds deep convictions but tends to find herself often in conflict? While a deep sense of right and wrong is a … Read More
Unchecked Anger will Eventually Boil Over into Violence
If you’ve watched the news lately, you’ve seen the epidemic of violence wrecking our world. School shootings, riots, muggings—violence invades and destroys. Violence stems from Satan and … Read More
Guide Her to Search for God’s Version of New
When unexpected changes hit your girl, what is her typical reaction? Does she respond in chaotic frenzy if a friend cancels their study session last minute? Does … Read More
In a Post-Christian World, Gen Z Might be Open to Faith
For young people without a strong faith, it can be nearly impossible to look around at the current state of our world and see a good, good … Read More
Teach Your Girl to Exalt God before Asking for a List of Needs
If you’re a praying family, you probably hear this often to begin your girl’s prayers: “Dear God, thank you for this day. Thank you for…” This is … Read More