Parenting

An Innocent Mistake Parents Make: Asking Questions

By Jen Hughes / January 12, 2019 / Comments Off on An Innocent Mistake Parents Make: Asking Questions

What’s so wrong with questions you wonder? Nothing. But if you’re not careful, young people can experience your questions as interrogating and anxiety-producing. So, if you’ve ever noticed your loved one shuts down when you ask questions, then it may be time to learn about their lives more effectively. Check Your Motives Are your questions…

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3 Causes For Tension When Parenting Teens

By Jen Hughes / June 22, 2016 / Comments Off on 3 Causes For Tension When Parenting Teens

Not to oversimplify the ups and downs of the adolescent years, but you may be able to make a few tweaks to your parenting approach that could reduce tension and increase bonding with your teens. Don’t Be So Quick To Snatch Their Phone You’re concerned about their device usage or because you’re upset over something…

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When It’s Bad To Protect Your Kids

By Jen Hughes / May 11, 2016 / Comments Off on When It’s Bad To Protect Your Kids

There at least three areas where you want to make sure you haven’t become excessive in protecting your kids, teens, and even young adults. Don’t Overprotect From Hardship Protecting children from hardship, to the extreme, fosters unrealistic expectations about how life works. Instead of being resentful when people or circumstances put your child through a…

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I hope this blog is a helpful resource for you as you draw closer to the Lord through various situations and seasons of your life.

May you discover the rich fulfillment and growth the Lord can bring even when, or especially when, life is very difficult.

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