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Back to School Checklist for Parents

With a new school year about to begin, you're likely busy filling out forms and shopping for everything on your child's school supply lists. Amidst all the necessary preparations, don't forget to ensure your child is safe from explicit...

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Teaching Chastity During the Little Years

By helping children understand that their bodies, minds and spirits are not just accidents of nature, but divine gifts given from a loving God, we can teach them how important it is to care for their bodies and to maintain their purity. This is the...

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How to Interpret Emojis

Today’s children are growing up in a world that is more technologically connected than at any other time in history, and they are increasingly spending more time communicating through digital means.  Texting, instant messaging and emailing...

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Memorial Day Family Traditions

For many Americans, Memorial Day weekend marks the start of backyard BBQs, summer vacations and pool time. But it is so much more than that! In 1971, Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday to honor and remember the men and women who died...

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The Truth About Second Chances

Mistakes happen. It is a fact of life. But when your children mess up, what do you do? Whether it’s drug and alcohol abuse, premarital sexual activity, reckless driving, unhealthy relationships, lying, self-harm or stealing, it hurts to see...

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The Virtue of Kindness

We all want our kids to be kind, but that is not the same as knowing what to do when you catch your child being unkind.  As a world-renowned developmental psychologist, Dr. Thomas Lickona has led the character education movement in schools...

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The Truth About Living Together Before Marriage

Living together, or cohabitating, before marriage, used to be a rare living arrangement in our society with 0.1% of 18- to 24-year-olds and 0.2% of 25- to 34-year-olds living together before marriage in 1968. Today, living together before marriage is...

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True Girl Podcast

True Girl, formerly known as Secret Keeper Girl, is a program developed by Dannah Gresh for "tween" girls to encourage them to be young women of confidence and faith. True Girl works to equip moms in raising their daughters to withstand the...

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Celebrating Christmas With The Whole Family

You may be looking forward to welcoming your grandchildren into your home for Christmas, or you might be looking for ways to focus the chaos of having your children home from school for winter break. No matter what your situation is, in the midst of...

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Best Phones for Kids

When it comes to children and technology, it is so important to be an engaged parent. The internet is a dangerous place for children, vulnerable to predators and unsafe content. While protecting kids from the dangers of having a phone is best, there...

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