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I have a child who tells me what he thinks I want to hear, then does what he wants to do. This is deceit, which is lying. Deceit is one of those types of behaviors that uncovers a root of dishonor which, if not checked, will grow into a major »

"I have a child who…appears to be suffering from depression. Depression can be triggered initially by almost anything: break up with a girlfriend or boyfriend, guilt over doing wrong, feeling left out by friends, making bad grades. If gone untreated or unchecked, depression can become a very real physiological condition »

"I have a child who listens to music that has references to killing, violence, and sex. The situation you describe is one of the 6 key indicators that your child is in trouble. Those signs are the following: Disrespect showing little regard for your rules or your feelings Disobedience stretching »

The headline of a recent Reuters article read: Schoolgirls bullied into stripping online. “Bullies are no longer content to taunt their victims in the playground but are turning to cyberspace…and are using e-mail, text messaging, and social networking sites in new forms of victimization. This article went on to discuss »

My heart is deeply burdened today for the loss of parenting skills in this generation of young people who have become parents. They have not learned God’s Word, so they do not understand His directives in the “How To of the seeds they plant as they mold their children. I »

Part 2 What we say to our children must convince them of our love and care for them! It must set an example for them of what they say to one another, to others, and back to us. Babies learn to speak by copying the words you speak to them. »

Part 1 So what do we say to our children; we who certainly lack perfection; we who become weary; we who are quickly frustrated; we who battle with selfishness; we who never experience days of complete contentment with everything and everyone around us? What do we say to them when »

The goal of discipline is to teach children four key principles of living a life pleasing to God: Conviction realizing where we have gone wrong; Confession asking God’s forgiveness for our wrong behavior; Forgiveness claiming what God freely offers; Change Behavior practicing the new principles God shows us. Therefore, an »

The world outside has not become less real just because the prisoner cannot see it." J.R.R. Tolkien Recently, several officers from the Sheriff’s Department of a large Georgia city talked with our staff concerning the drugs they were seeing emerge on the streets. As they spoke about what they were »

Before a couple has a child, the husband and wife need to seriously count the cost of the responsibilities of parenthood. Are both of you willing to sacrifice your own desires and place the needs of your child first? Are both of you willing to spend time playing with your »

How often do you have to repeat yourself until you get your child’s or teenager’s full attention? Why won't my child listen? There are a number of reasons why they don’t listen, but one reason may be that we do not always follow through on what we say. Perhaps you »