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Expecting a Fight with Your Child? (You'll Get One.)

October 24th, 201104:48 PM ET

By Empowering Parents

You're driving home from work, and you call your teen and tell him to clean his room and finish his homework. Before he grunts a response and hangs up, you swear you can hear the T.V. blaring in the background. You feel your stress levels rising and think, "I know the house is going to be a mess when I get home. Jake won't have done his homew...
Fighting with Your Teen? What to Do After the Blowout 7 Steps to Defuse the Tension

August 31st, 201112:33 PM ET

By Empowering Parents

Does this sound familiar? You've told your teen she can't go out with her friends this Friday because she came in past curfew last weekend. There's been a huge fight where one—or both of you—lost control and screamed at each other. Now the tension in the house is unbearable. Your child is irritable and argumentative—or sullen and mood...
Hope For Your Teen

November 18th, 201004:55 PM ET

By Mark Gregston

Some time ago we remodeled our home. A project that was to last 6 months went on for nearly 30 months and the costs soared. Throughout the project we met workers that did a great job, but others who took advantage of us. They lied to us, conned us, made horrendous mistakes, broke promises, and caused much pain and hardship. I ask...
Teen Girls in a Culture of Seduction

November 08th, 201002:31 PM ET

By Mark Gregston

Teenagers today live in a world of seduction and permissiveness. Sexual images are everywhere, not just in an occasional movie or magazine. Younger than ever, they are being torn between living a lifestyle that is deemed acceptable and desirable by their peer group, and doing what has been taught them by their families and church. More times ...
Teenagers and the Internet

June 04th, 201008:46 PM ET

By Mark Gregston

In the 60's, Christian parents were outraged over the "shocking" youth culture. However, parents today may wish for the "good old 60's," because on all levels, kids today are into far worse stuff, thanks mostly to the Internet. Who would have ever thought that the Internet would beat out television and mov...
The Parenting Thrill Ride

March 18th, 201003:39 PM ET

By Mark Gregston

Parenting is rarely like a pleasant but slightly boring turn on a carousel. It's usually more like a heart-stopping and unpredictable roller coaster ride. In both experiences, the destination is never in question. But the roller coaster has more ups, downs and moments of terror. As soon as you think you have it all together as a parent and feel ...
Shame and Anger: The Emotional Handcuffs of Parenting

February 08th, 201012:33 PM ET

By Empowering Parents

One of the unaddressed elements of children's behavior is the pain that families go through, knowing that others are judging them. Because the fact is, they are being judged. When parents have to go to school constantly because of their kid's outbursts, when they get in conflicts with the neighbors because of the kid's behavior, when they're at th...
“I Want It Now!” How to Challenge a False Sense of Entitlement in Kids

January 22nd, 201004:10 PM ET

By Empowering Parents

Almost as soon as your child begins to talk, you'll start to hear him ask for things. In fact, when an infant cries, he's asking for food or to be made more comfortable. By the time he reaches the age of four or five, his constant refrain becomes: "Can I have this, Mom? Can I have that?" The unending requests for new toys or candy and an "I want it...
The Rising Tide of Teen Dishonesty

December 04th, 200903:14 PM ET

By Mark Gregston

I always speak the truth and refuse to tell a lie. --Proverbs 8:7 (CEV) Some claim that the silly gesture of crossing your fingers behind your back to cover up a lie originated with Roman persecution of Christians. To escape death, those who lied about their faith in Christ, just as Peter did, made the sign of the cross behind their back to ask Go...
Turbulence Ahead

September 23rd, 200905:12 PM ET

By Mark Gregston

I'm blessed to work with teens and their families. It's taught me more about parenting and how teens think today than I could have learned any other way. All parents have to go through the sometimes bumpy teen years. There's no way around it. So, in the dawning days of adolescence they often ask me, "How can I get ready for the turbulence ahead?"...

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