A Teenagers Dream, and A Parent’s Nightmare [One Minute Feature]

Dropping out of school may sound pretty tempting for your high schooler. In their minds, they’ll just eat your food, sleep in under your roof, and effectively mooch everything off of you for the rest of their lives.

This scenario sounds like a dream come true for teenagers, but an absolute nightmare for their parents. Before they decide to drop out of school, it’s time to issue some tough love.

To Trust or Not to Trust [One Minute Feature]

As parents, we want to trust our kids. In everything! Feeling as though we can’t trust them must mean they’ve given us a reason to think that way.

This simply isn’t true. It’s our responsibility to guide our children through life, and this may mean not always trusting them in every situation.

Last Resort [One Minute Feature]

Residential care can be the saving grace for a troubled teen. But should it be the first line of defense?

I like to equate residential care to heart surgery. It’s often needed to correct an underlying problem, but it should be viewed as a last resort.

Starving and Choking [One Minute Feature]

Daily, we see images of the struggles of children around the world. Kids living in filth, and wondering where their next meal will come from.

Meanwhile, in America, our kids are worried about trivial things like not having to eat their vegetables, and whether they style their hair just right.

Hot Topics [One Minute Feature]

There are a lot of crazy things going on in the world today. It’s only natural to want to shield our children from them.

The unfortunate thing is that it’s becoming harder to hide these things from our kids. We need to be at the forefront and discuss these issues with them before someone else has a chance to influence their thoughts.

Double Standards[One Minute Feature]

Most people view double standards as a bad thing. Everyone should be held accountable to the same rules. That’s only fair, right?

What if I told you that Scripture encourages a double standard when it comes to children? After all, do we really want them to be held to the same level of accountability as adults?