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Healing For Every Heart In Adoption
$18.99Add to cartIn this groundbreaking book, adoption advocates Betsy S. Kylstra, Lisa C. Qualls, and Jodi Jackson Tucker–an adoptee, birthmother, and adoptive mother–reveal that adoption is both rooted in loss and a redemptive victory. But healing is needed by all in the adoption triad–adoptees, birth parents, and adoptive parents–to experience this wholeness.
In these pages is the practical teaching, sound research, spiritual guidance, and strategic prayers you to need transform your adoption journey, including how to:
* address the profound spiritual challenges created by adoption
* identify the path to healing for each person in the triad
* overcome loss, grief, shame, hurts–and more
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Feeding The Mouth That Bites You (Expanded)
$18.99Add to cartParenting Teenagers Is Hard. How Do You Know If You’re Doing It Right?
Many parents struggle in raising their teens because they fail to transition from seeing them as children to seeing them as adults-in-training. Progressively giving teens more control over their lives reduces stress and prepares your teen for maturity as an adult.
In Feeding the Mouth that Bites You, Dr. Ken Wilgus outlines a clear path to help parent teens in today’s world. Engaging, accessible, and based on Dr. Wilgus’ thirty-five years of clinical family work, teaching on parenting–and successfully raising three teens of his own–you’ll find this guide immensely practical. Learn what your teen needs and why they act the way they do so that you can reduce your frustrations and thoughtfully guide them.
You’ll also discover how to:*help them to grow in responsibility and prepare them to launch into the real world
*reduce conflict and maintain good communications
*set clear, reasonable limits without provoking fights
*manage tough issues like school, alcohol use, dating, etc., and more!Packed with stories, examples, and charts, Feeding the Mouth that Bites You is an indispensable resource that will give you confidence to raise kids who are ready for adult living.
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Family Discipleship That Works
$18.00Add to cartFamily discipleship is one of the most basic ways God has ordained to build his kingdom-and yet most parents struggle to do it consistently.
Amid our busyness, the multitude of different approaches, and our own self-doubts, the deck seems stacked against us. But Brian Dembowczyk isn’t here to pile on the guilt or to make us feel like failures. As a parent himself, he knows this struggle firsthand.
In Family Discipleship That Works, Dembowczyk says that the goal of discipling our kids isn’t just passing along head knowledge. It’s teaching them to act like Jesus. The Bible itself is not just a story but a drama in which we ourselves participate, and our kids have roles to play too. Dembowczyk offers practical advice and a wealth of ideas for teaching our kids to imitate the character traits of Jesus himself as we “act out” the Christian life together.
As parents, we are indeed called to disciple our children to know and act like Jesus. By God’s grace, that’s a task we can do-not out of guilt but with joy and good hope.
Family Discipleship That Works . . .
*Invites parents into more active family discipleship without judgmentalism, but with grace and understanding
*Presents “imitating Jesus” as a new model for understanding and enacting family discipleship
*Includes practical, achievable advice for parents to live out these principles in their homes
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Give Them Grace
$18.99Add to cartWhat is our purpose in parenting? Is it to keep our kids alive and healthy? To raise responsible adults who will be kind people, loving friends, and good citizens? Or maybe we’d just be happy if our kids would clean up their rooms and stop antagonizing each other. While all of these are honorable goals, when we focus entirely on fixing our kids’ behavior we can miss the most important role a parent has: to show them the love and grace of Christ.
Give Them Grace gives you the gospel foundation to parent from a place of joy, freedom, and peace. This newly revised edition reflects what Elyse and Jessica have learned in their own parenting journeys in the last decade and includes two new chapters on parenting with grace in regard to your children’s mental health and gender.
This isn’t a “how-to” manual; it’s a call to remember, speak, and rest in the gospel as you model Jesus to your children. Because this is the good news of parenting: it’s not about getting things right all the time–it’s about grace.
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Raising Disciples : Guiding Your Kids Into A Faith Of Their Own
$18.99Add to cartEvery child-from infancy to adolescence-is being discipled by someone or something. The question is: Are you willing to disciple them for Jesus’ sake?
Accessible and actionable for parents of children birth to 13 years old, Raising Disciples offers a detailed discipleship map and directional markers to nurture your child’s spiritual growth with Christ.
During her more than 25 years in children’s ministry alongside her academic work training up children’s ministry leaders, Dr. Teresa Roberts noticed that parents and even children’s ministry leaders seemed to struggle with knowing how to disciple children past the more-intuitive preschool ages. A foundational family and ministry resource, Raising Disciples reflects the developmental needs that will empower children to grow in their knowledge of God’s Word, develop a vocabulary of faith, engage in spiritual practices, and cultivate a deep, personal relationship with God. Featuring intuitive, quick-reference visual aids, researched expertise, real-life examples from the ministry of Jesus, and relational warmth, Raising Disciples is a must-have resource to give you a discipleship pathway for raising spiritually grounded children in today’s complex world.
Includes additional tools:
*Discipleship map from birth to adolescence
*Discipleship reference by age level
*Resource list for continued discipleship and training in biblical interpretation
*Discussion questions for children’s ministry leaders and volunteersLearn how to equip your child with tools to navigate life’s challenges and make their Christian faith a personal and lasting commitment.
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Your New Life With Adult Children
$16.99Add to cartLoving Your Adult Children Without Losing Your Mind (Or Your Heart, Or All Your Money, Or Your Soul)
Your kids will always be your kids. The trick is figuring out how to adapt to the new phases in that parent-child relationship. No question, it can be tricky. And if you fail to navigate that transition well, the result will be stress, alienation, and maybe a broken relationship.
But it doesn’t have to be that way. In Your New Life with Adult Children, Dr. Gary Chapman–author of the worldwide bestseller The 5 Love Languages(R)–teams up with clinical psychiatrist Dr. Ross Campbell to provide the insights you need when your child moves into adulthood. You’ll find help for those moments when:
*Your adult child isn’t succeeding
*Your nest isn’t emptying
*Your child moves back home
*You have conflict over lifestyle issues
*You become an in-law or grandparent
*And much more . . .The book includes brief sidebars from parents of adult children, as well as stories from adult children who relate what works best for them. An online study guide is also available.
Stop wondering how to connect with your adult child. Instead, learn to love them in the ways they so desperately want.
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Power Of A Praying Parent
$24.99Add to cartWhy Leave Your Child’s Life to Chance When You Can Give It to God?
Bestselling author Stormie Omartian has ignited the prayer lives of millions through her Power of a Praying (R) series. In this timeless guide written for parents, Stormie shares how you can pray through each stage of your child’s life, from early childhood to adulthood.
In 32 short, easy-to-read chapters, learn how to put your child’s life in God’s loving hands as you pray for every part his or her life. You don’t have to be a perfect parent. But you do need to be a praying parent. And you can do that.
The Harvest Legacy Collection
For more than 50 years Harvest House Publishers has provided high-quality books that affirm biblical values, helping countless readers grow spiritually strong. The Harvest Legacy Collection celebrates the lasting influence of select Harvest House titles with deluxe, special-edition releases. These enduring works have collectively impacted millions–and they are sure to inspire readers for years to come!
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Grounded In Grace
$16.99Add to cartChildren and teens face a tremendous amount of pressure from their peers and culture to find their identity in their activities, feelings, or performance. This modern way of looking at identity can be challenging to navigate for parents who grew up with a traditional view of identity rooted in predetermined roles. What if they could help their children and teenagers find their identity in something that never went away and never changed based on their ability or performance–an identity grounded in God’s grace?
Jonathan Holmes explores the five core areas of identity struggles most common to teens: sports, academics, moralism, sexual orientation, and gender confusion. He provides parents with a biblical foundation to work from and practical tools to help their teen find their identity based on who God says they are.
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You Me And Our ADHD Family
$19.99Add to cartADHD doesn’t just affect individuals. It affects entire families. Impulsiveness, emotional turbulence, poor organizational skills, unpredictable schedules, and inconsistent discipline are just some of the factors that can contribute to misunderstanding and difficult interpersonal relationships in a neurodiverse family. But that doesn’t mean families dealing with ADHD are doomed to constant miscommunication and stress. It just means you may need a different strategy.
That’s where You, Me, and Our ADHD Family comes in. Packed with honest assessments of the challenges you face and practical strategies to help you focus on protecting and improving the relationships that matter most, this book shows you how to:
*identify ADHD traits and their impact on relationships
*manage overwhelming emotions effectively
*resolve disagreements constructively
*persevere despite setbacks
*and much moreA happy family life takes work, but it’s work that yields life-changing rewards. You, Me, and Our ADHD Family makes that work easier so your family can grow stronger–together.
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Flourishing Family : A Jesus-Centered Guide To Parenting With Peace And Pur
$18.99Add to cartWhen it comes to Christian parenting, we crave confidence, wisdom, and most of all peace.
We pray for peace when our little ones are tossed about by waves of emotions, for connection and confidence when navigating stressful mornings and exhausting nights, and for wisdom in knowing how best to discipline our kids. As Christian parents, we’re desperate to “get it right,” to raise our children to be strong, courageous followers of Jesus?and yet, despite the overload of endless advice at our fingertips, we often feel completely and utterly lost.
You can become the parent Christ has called you to be and change your home and family from the inside out. In The Flourishing Family, Dr. David and Amanda Erickson offer a new parenting perspective one that cultivates peace, gentleness, and confidence. Deeply rooted in Scripture and backed by modern neuroscience as well as insight into child development, their book will equip you to:
*rethink common assumptions about what the Bible says about parenting?and align your parenting approach with the teachings of Jesus and your identity in Him,
*cultivate the inner peace needed to lead and guide your family with Christ, and His grace, at the center,
*critically assess various gentle parenting principles through a Gospel lens so that you can respond to your child with understanding and patience, honoring the divine image and unique personality God created them to have, and
*use compassionate discipline as discipleship to focus on the heart behind your child’s actions, addressing the developmental or neurological roots of their behavior rather than merely correcting or punishing their actions or choices.
Your legacy is not defined by your parenting perfection but by your commitment to follow in the way of Jesus and to trust His Spirit to cultivate the seeds you’re diligently planting throughout your children’s lives. Trust that He will meet you in these pages?and that He will transform your hearts and home.
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Disciple Them Like Jesus
$17.99Add to cartIn the whirlwind of modern parenting, it’s easy to lose sight of what our priorities should be. Family ministry expert Barrett Johnson urges you to return to the primary task of nurturing authentic faith in your kids. Addressing the unsettling trend of young adults abandoning their faith soon after leaving home, Disciple Them like Jesus advocates for intentional discipleship within the family unit, offering a clear blueprint grounded in the model of Jesus and his twelve disciples.
By exploring pivotal questions such as “What did Jesus do to empower ordinary individuals to transform the world?” and “How can I replicate Jesus’s approach within my household to foster a lasting and genuine faith in my children?” this book lays out a five-component model stemmed from Jesus’s disciple-making priorities. Guiding you through a practical, step-by-step approach, Johnson invites you to embrace Jesus’s proven principles and foster an environment that challenges a vibrant, enduring faith in the next generation.
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When Parents Feel Like Failures
$13.99Add to cartParents often struggle with four deeply distressing emotions: fear, guilt, shame, and regret. Many parents feel resigned to the fact that these emotions will always just be a part of our experience. But Lauren Whitman, a counselor and mother, helps parents see Jesus’s compassion and receive the comfort he offers them in their distress.
While many resources help parents grow in how they parent, few help parents with addressing feelings about unrealistic expectations, perceived mistakes, and supposed failings. When Parents Feel Like Failures is an encouraging, grace-centered book that helps us see ourselves and the Lord more accurately.
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Filled : 60 Devotions For The Foster Parent’s Heart
$19.99Add to cartThough the words “foster care” are not in the Bible, the act of caring for the vulnerable is clearly important to God. Perhaps nowhere is that kind of tender attention and care for the vulnerable more evident than in the act of fostering a child. But as foster parents pour themselves into the children God has called them to care for, they may find themselves feeling emptied, in need of being refreshed and reinvigorated for the day to come.
With 60 devotions written especially for foster parents by a foster parent, Filled offers a special boost of spiritual energy and encouragement particular to the unique joys and challenges faced by those who open their homes and hearts to kids in need of love. Each reading includes Scripture, a real-life anecdote from the author’s experience as a foster parent, an explanation of the biblical text, and suggestions for continued reading.
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Parenting Without Panic In An LGBT Affirming World
$14.99Add to cartAs Christian parents, we long to equip our kids as they venture out into a culture where LGBT identities are affirmed and celebrated. We want them to know what God says and to love what God says. But it’s hard to know where to start. That’s where this book can help.
Author Rachel Gilson helps you to teach your children proactively and positively about God’s beautiful design for human sexuality, gender and relationships. This book will help you to provide your children with a Christian framework for sexual ethics, rather than letting the culture lay the foundations of their worldview in this area.
Rachel writes with understanding and clarity to help fellow parents engage with the wider LGBT narrative with faith rather than fear. Since she herself experiences same-sex attraction but has chosen to follow the Bible’s teaching, she has put much thought into this topic. She reassures us that Jesus gives us everything we need to be faithful disciples in a fallen world, and that God works out his perfect purposes despite human sin. She also shares her wisdom on how to respond with grace and truth to people with different beliefs in this area.
This book is ideal for parents of pre-school and primary-school children.
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Youll Make It And They Will Too
$17.00Add to cartA lifeline of hope for parents of teens who feel adrift on the real and raw parenting journey, presented with wisdom and faith–and a touch of candid humor–from seasoned educator, mother, and Today Parenting contributor Amy Betters-Midtvedt.
As a mom with five kids ages twelve to twenty-two living at home, Amy Betters-Midtvedt found that parenting teens challenged everything she thought it meant to be a “good” mom. But in the unraveling came the building of something new and more beautiful than she could have imagined: an incredible sense of love, hope, joy, and relationship–even in the mess.
You’ll Make It (and They Will Too) is as much about navigating the minefields of anxiety and mental health as it is setting curfews, convincing kids to bring their dishes back to the kitchen, and deciding whose turn it is to have the car keys. It’s about dancing in the kitchen with soon-to-be adult kids who are taller than you. It’s making appointments with a therapist and a college admissions counselor in the same week. It’s helping your kids cling to faith even as they reject the pew on Sunday mornings.
Through stories steeped in hope and prayer of both her professional and personal parenting journey, Amy shares:
– words of comfort for when you feel alone, together with wisdom and strategies that will help you to not just survive the sleepless nights, but also to thrive as a stronger family unit
– prayers to draw on God’s strength when everything feels overwhelming
– a path forward with your teenagers that brings you into a lifelong loving relationship
– ways to celebrate the beauty in your teens in all that they are, just as God made them
Each chapter will leave you equipped, encouraged, and less alone by guiding you through how to listen to your own heart when parenting your precious teen.
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What Do I Say When
$16.99Add to cartAnswers to Tough Cultural Questions Presented to Christian Parents
Navigating the world for the first time can be challenging, especially when popular cultural beliefs contradict the teachings of Scripture. So when inevitable questions arise, parents must be equipped with sound biblical answers to guide their children through the complexities of modern life-because if we fail to catechize our children, the world will surely step in to do it for us.
Written by husband and wife duo Andrew and Christian Walker, this accessible and trusted guide helps busy parents quickly and effectively respond to their children’s questions on a wide range of topics, including abortion, sexuality, transgenderism, technology, political engagement, and more. Each chapter contains age-appropriate prompts for parents of children at different stages of development and maturity. Parents can refer to each chapter as specific questions arise, study hot-button topics for future reference, or access a range of conversation starters to proactively cultivate biblical truth within their child’s heart.
*Written for Busy Parents: Empathetic in tone, this book helps parents quickly access answers to the most important topics confronting our youth today
*Helpful Resources: Each chapter features a biblical overview, basic truths every parent should know, conversation starters, memory verses, and recommended resources
*Current: Addresses important cultural topics, including human dignity, abortion, sexuality, transgenderism, technology, political engagement, and more
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Helping Your Child With A Bully
$6.25Add to cartIt’s hard to know what to do when you see your child struggling with a bully. Do you encourage them to tell an authority figure? Call the other child’s parents? Intervene? What is the right response?
It’s always important to take bullying seriously and to guide your child in how to respond when it happens to them or those around them. Experienced family and children’s counselor Julie Lowe offers tips for discerning the nature of the concerning behavior, gives practical advice for the best ways to respond, and points parents to the wisdom from God that comes as we ask him for guidance and help. She encourages parents to start by being a source of comfort and understanding, helping a child identify safe people to go to, and role-playing appropriate responses to mean behavior. Reminding children that their value comes from Jesus and that he is always with them will help counteract the temptation for retribution, mishandling of conflict, or falling into isolation.
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Meet Me In The Middle
$19.99Add to cartYou can have an open and trusting relationship with your teenager. Mother-and-daughter team Sandra Stanley and Allie Stanley Cooney write in alternating chapters to you and your middle school/early high school daughter in this unique, interaction-prompting book that will help you grow in connection, communication, and faith.
Some conversations between parent and child don’t happen until a crisis forces them to occur. At that point, defenses go up, lines are drawn, feelings are hurt, and solutions seem out of reach. But what if those conversations happened before a crisis? This book helps make that happen. As leaders at one of the country’s largest churches, Sandra Stanley and Allie Stanley Cooney not only have professional backgrounds working with young people, they have walked this path together. In Meet Me in the Middle, they draw on their experience to help you:
*Use eight planned opportunities to have comfortable discussions with your daughter about the topics you care about most
*Learn natural ways to communicate your faith
*Hear firsthand what your daughter is most stressed about
*Help your daughter navigate fear and anxiety
*Approach the tricky subjects of friends, boys, and dating
Discussion questions, Scripture, activity ideas, and outing suggestions in Meet Me in the Middle help pave the way to a strong, trusting relationship. As you and your daughter step toward one another, you’ll explore how you both can:
*Grow in faith as you find your identity and self-worth in Christ
*Avoid the comparison trap
*Nurture healthy relationships
*Keep communication openMeet Me in the Middle guides you to a loving, trusting relationship with your tween or teen daughter as you grow closer, seek out God together, and enjoy each other along the way.
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Little Habits Big Faith
$16.99Add to cartFeeling daunted by how to help your kids really grow in their faith? It ‘ s time to start little.
We want our kids to know God. We know we’re supposed to disciple them. But parenthood is hard, and we’re busy, tired, and often feel unequipped. What if our kids don’t seem all that interested or can’t sit still long enough for us to read the Bible?
Christie Thomas has a secret for you: helping your kids connect with God is way easier than you think. It all starts with 30 seconds a day–and the power of a simple habit. Through Christie’s empowering, encouraging insights, you’ll discover how to overcome common struggles, implement easy practices that fit your unique kids, and change your family’s faith culture. In this book, you will:
*discover how to make Scripture and spiritual practices come alive for short attention spans
*learn simple steps for developing faith through the Faith Growth Cycle and its three stages- seed, sprout, and root.
*develop practical strategies for establishing consistent habits
Life-changing moments can come out of simple habits. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the things you’re supposed to do to teach your kids about God, Little Habits, Big Faith shows you how to leverage the power of small, consistent choices with confidence. God can use even the smallest step to change how your family grows in faith.
In addition to key points at the end of each chapter, there is an appendix full of topical resources for parents to quickly reference:
*Ideas for little habits
*Keystone habits
*Prompts & rewards
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In His Hands
$19.99Add to cartWhen your child or unborn baby is facing serious medical problems, it can be hard to know what to pray. The shock, uncertainty and fear can mean that even though you want to cry out to God in prayer, your words just dry up.
That’s where this book can help, with prayers that use Scripture to help you communicate with the Lord. Whether you need to cry out honestly to the Lord in grief, to pray boldly for healing and help or simply to process what is happening, you’ll find words to help you talk with the God who loves you and weeps with you–the God who can do all things.
Authors Eric Schumacher and Jessika Sanders both know what it’s like to face a family medical crisis, and they are passionate about helping others in the most difficult situations. Eric is the author of Ours: Biblical Comfort for Men Grieving Miscarriage. Jessika is the founder and president of Praying Through Ministries, which provides support for parents whose children have been hospitalized and families who have experienced child loss.
This easy-to-navigate book includes prayers for a clear diagnosis; prayers for healing; prayers for comfort and relief from pain; prayers for peace, courage, perseverance and wisdom to cope well; prayers for unity; for the extended family; for the medical team; for practical needs; for times of spiritual darkness and doubt; and much more.
This book is designed to help both parents and the wider family turn to God for help when a child is facing a medical crisis.
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Rhythm Of Home
$16.99Add to cartFeeling overwhelmed by the challenges of parenting? Want to cultivate a home life that aligns with your deepest dreams and values as a family?
Chris and Jenni Graebe, authors of The Rhythm of Us: Create the Marriage You Long For, are back to share the intentional habits of flourishing families who love God and truly enjoy each other. You’ll take inventory of your current family rhythms, consider your unique core values, and move toward the life you truly envision for your family. Along the way, Chris and Jenni offer practical tips and strategies to navigate the challenges of parenting and cultivate a thriving family life.
Through exploring five intentional practices of flourishing families, you will learn to
*map out a vision for your family legacy,
*create a home environment that supports your deepest family values,
*connect on a deeper level with your kids in ways that will last a lifetime, and
*shape a loving and joy-filled family culture.Whether you are just starting your family or are farther along in your parenting journey, The Rhythm of Home will help you create a strong foundation. You don’t have to let the family life you dream of slip through your fingers, you can intentionally cultivate the loving, flourishing home you truly desire. The Rhythm of Home will lead the way!
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Parenting : 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family With
$22.99Add to cartPaul David Tripp’s Bestselling Book on Parenting, Now with Study Questions
Sometimes parents wish there was a guaranteed formula for raising good kids-a certain list of rules to follow to ensure they’d have obedient children. But if moms and dads view their role through the lens of God’s grace, they will see that the gospel must first shape how they parent before they can effectively shape their children.
In the bestselling book Parenting, Paul David Tripp unfolds a more biblical perspective on parenting than merely adhering to a list of rules. He lays out 14 gospel-centered principles that will radically change the way parents think about what it means to raise up a child, informing everything they do as a parent. This edition includes a section of engaging study questions for every chapter, helping individuals and groups reflect on each topic in greater depth.
Downloadable study questions are available for free.
*Christ-Centered Advice for Families: Explains how the gospel should affect the way parents interact with their children at every age
*Engaging Study Questions: Reflect on each chapter alone or as part of a small group
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5 Love Languages Of Teenagers
$15.99Add to cartOver 600,000 copies sold! Socially, mentally, and spiritually, teenagers face a variety of pressures and stresses each day. Despite these pressures, it is still parents who can influence teens the most, and The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers equips parents to make the most of that opportunity.
In this adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages(R) (more than 20 million copies sold), Dr. Gary Chapman explores the world in which teenagers live, explains their developmental changes, and gives tools to help you identify and appropriately communicate in your teen’s love language.
Get practical tips for how to:
*Express love to your teen effectively
*Navigate the key issues in your teen’s life, including anger and independence
*Set boundaries that are enforced with discipline and consequences
*Support and love your teen when he or she failsGet ready to discover how the principles of the five love languages can really work in the life of your teenage and family.
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Raising Prophetic Kids
$17.99Add to cartUsher Your Children into Their Highest Calling
Has your daughter come to you about a dream she’s had or a feeling of a future happening? Does your son see angels or blurt out messages that could only come from God?
Having raised four spiritually gifted sons activated into prophetic ministry, prophetic mentor and teacher Debra Giles helps you identify and develop your children’s unique spiritual giftings. Packed with biblically based teaching, prophetic activations, practical exercises, and real-world tools, this hands-on guide empowers you to confidently:
* recognize attributes and signs of prophetic gifting
* discern your children’s unique purpose and destiny
* guide them as they learn to operate in their gifts
* cultivate a spiritually fertile home environment
* prepare them for personal ministry and to release God’s truth
* step back when their gifts have maturedGod is calling forth a new generation of Samuels and Deborahs–here’s everything you need to train them in the way they should go.
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Caring For Kids From Hard Places
$15.99Add to cartWhy doesn’t he act his age? Why does she behave so impulsively? Why does he have meltdowns so often?
There is always meaning behind behavior in all of us. It might be a behavioral reaction from something as simple as hunger or exhaustion. Or something far more serious – a triggered reaction to a traumatic, frightening experience.
Children who have experienced early childhood neglect or trauma are often greatly impacted in developmental ways. Children in foster care or who are given up for adoption often deal with these kinds of negative early experiences and it can be difficult to know how to help. People who teach-either in school or children’s ministry often see these youngsters’ behavior as confusing and don’t understand why.
In Caring for Kids from Hard Places, Jayne and David Schooler discuss the reasons behind why children and teens sometimes exhibit potentially disruptive behavior. Together, they offer practical strategies on training, equipping and resourcing staff and volunteers to provide a responsive environment for children with behavioral challenges. Caring for Kids from Hard Places includes:
*Insights on how to understand adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
*Principles for creating a trauma-informed environment
*Strategies for facilitating healing
*Tips on how to create a sensory-smart classroomDiscover how to better love children from difficult backgrounds and pave their way for a better life.
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5 Love Languages Of Children Workbook (Workbook)
$12.99Add to cartThe essential companion book for The 5 Love Languages(R) of Children
You know you love your child. But how can you make sure your child knows it?
The twelve lessons in this book were created to strengthen and deepen your relationship with your kids. These lessons give you workable strategies for applying the principles of The 5 Love Languages(R) of Children. They offer glimpses of your relationship’s potential when you understand and speak your child’s love language.
This workbook-designed for individuals, couples, or small groups-focuses on the invaluable love languageTM content. It includes interactive questions, quizzes, charts, and diagrams-all aimed at helping you better express love and identify areas for development.
As you work through this book, let patience, grace, and humor be your companions. Learning a love language requires more than a little trial and error. But it’s worth the effort. As you combine the insights of The 5 Love Languages(R) of Children with this practical, interactive workbook, you will enjoy the beautiful, flourishing relationships with your kids that you desire!
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Parenting With Hope
$22.99Add to cartRaise Your Teens on a Rock-Solid Foundation
As children mature, it’s important for parents to prepare for the unique changes and challenges of adolescence. With so many cultural pressures and influences vying for teens’ attention, parents need a secure foundation for creating an environment where faith can flourish.
Parenting with Hope invites you to anchor your hopes and expectations in Christ–the true source of wisdom, strength, contentment, and fruitful parenting. Integrating sound biblical teaching, insights from developmental experts, and her own experiences as a teacher and mother, Melissa Kruger will wisely guide you through today’s most common concerns. Emphasizing principles over prescriptions, Melissa will help you to understand how you can build up and bless your teens in God-honoring ways.
When you recognize God as the ultimate parent, you’ll begin to truly understand that he is presently at work in the hearts of both parents and teens. This encouraging and practical guide will equip you with the wisdom to cultivate a Christ-centered household, passing on a legacy of faithfulness to your teenage children.
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Parenting With Hope Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartBuild a Flourishing Family Culture
With this study guide companion to Parenting with Hope, author and experienced mom Melissa Kruger provides wisdom for navigating the teen years and creating a home environment that encourages teens to grow and mature in their faith–long after they leave.
Using a combination of thought-provoking questions, opportunities for reflection, and practical guidance, Melissa will help you…*prayerfully study and live out God’s Word
*apply scriptural insight as you consider each aspect of your teens’ lives: home, church, school, and their social and extracurricular activities
*identify biblical principles and values that will equip and enrich you in your parenting journey
Parenting is not easy, and parenting teenagers comes with a unique set of challenges. This insightful resource will help you think biblically, engage gracefully, and live wisely so that this can be a spiritually formative season of life–for you and your teenage children.
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War On Children
$26.99Add to cartIn The War on Children, bestselling author, John MacArthur, offers the tools needed to understand the enemy’s battle plan and be ready for the next assault. As God’s people, we need to:
*Teach our children God’s Word
*Train them in righteousness
*Give them wise and biblically based guidance
*And above all, give them our extravagant loveEvery day, on a multitude of battlefronts, Satan is deploying weapons of mass corruption against our children. Modern culture has been systematically designed with an agenda that is aggressively anti-God, anti-Christ, and anti-Scripture, intended to corrupt and consume young, impressionable hearts and minds.
We are in the middle of a dangerous ideological conflict with eternity at stake. Christian parents cannot simply float passively along with the drift of our culture. We need to:
*Be aware of the threats this world poses to our children
*Understand the enemy’s battle plan and be ready for the next assault
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Raising Mentally Strong Kids
$27.99Add to cartParenting is about to get easier–and a whole lot more effective….
In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is now available for overwhelmed parents who are trying their best but feel like they’re falling short.
#1 New York Times bestselling author and neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen and child psychologist Dr. Charles Fay have teamed up to reveal what’s missing from most parenting books. It’s the fact that you need to address both the brain and the mind of your child (and yourself) in order to effectively raise good and strong humans.
In this groundbreaking book where neuroscience meets love and logic, parents are given practical tools to help children of all ages go from behavioral problems like defiance, meltdowns, and power struggles to being:
*Responsible, confident, kind, and resilient
*Better prepared to make good decisions
*More focused and motivated
*Better able to have healthy relationships, and more….Let Dr. Amen and Dr. Fay help you learn how to be the parent you’ve always dreamed you could be-and raise great kids who are on their way to reaching their full potential, including their best possible mental health.
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Becoming A Screen Savvy Family
$17.99Add to cartHow Do Christian Parents Keep Up with Their Children’s Screen Consumption?
The expert media staff at Plugged In have compiled a must-read resource to help you understand the media your children consume. Years of researching and analyzing the latest media trends are compiled in Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family.
Offering practical advice and strategies to help your children navigate the ever-changing landscape of pop culture, Becoming a Screen Savvy Family includes social media, music, streaming services, video games, movies, and more to help you dialogue with your children about the content that they are exposed to. The effects of technology and media consumption on children are far-reaching, impacting their mental health, sleep patterns, attention spans, and social skills.
In Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family, you’ll learn:
*the effects on your children’s biology, behaviors, and beliefs;
*traits of engaged parents, creating a game plan, and how to step in when needed;
*how to screen those screens; and
*practical strategies for limiting screen time and thinking critically about media.Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family will quickly become an essential tool to guide your family’s relationship with media and your child’s screen consumption.
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Raising Kids To Follow Christ
$16.99Add to cartHow can we raise the next generation to have an unshakable faith in God as they navigate the challenging terrain of modern culture?
Offering years of experience and countless success stories, author and parenting expert Lee Ann Mancini says what our children need is a heart change, not just a behavioral change, so that they become effective disciples. In Raising Kids to Follow Christ: Instilling a Lifelong Trust in God, she inspires parents, grandparents, teachers, and others to teach their children essential Christian principles to enable them to navigate the world with grace, integrity, and an unbreakable bond with their heavenly Father.
This book goes beyond surface-level advice, delving into the intricate matters of children’s hearts and minds and offering a blueprint for nurturing a deep and unwavering faith in Christ.
Raising Kids to Follow Christ offers:
– Decades of personal experience and training based on key essential principles in Scripture
– Practical strategies for addressing doubts, fears, and questions that arise in today’s culture
– Ways to help children control their emotions and actions in various situations
– Suggestions from some of today’s brightest Christian minds in children’s spirituality
– Empowerment for parents to become their child’s spiritual champion
– Easy-to-understand apologetics for children and adults
– Fun ways to connect your child’s heart to Christ
Raising Kids to Follow Christ is a collaborative journey inviting parents to learn, grow, and flourish alongside their children as they become bold in their witness and committed to their faith rather than secular culture.
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Loving Adopted Children Well
$14.99Add to cartBased on Chapman’s best-selling The 5 Love Languages(R)–a specialized resource of intentional love for families of adopted children.
Adoption brings unique challenges. Love and bonding don’t always come naturally. There can be emotional distress, frustration, and disappointment. In Loving Adopted Children Well, Dr. Gary Chapman along with professor and mom of adopted kids Dr. Laurel Shaler share how The 5 Love Languages(R) provide concrete steps to infusing love, hope, and attachment in your family.
In addition to the beauty and healing you’ll discover in the chapters on the love languages–Service, Gifts, Physical Touch, Quality Time, and Words of Affirmation–the authors provide essential chapters on subjects such as:
*When You Don’t “Feel the Love”
*Getting Spouses on the Same Page
*Help for Single Parents
*Stopping Sibling Rivalry
*Support–Why it’s Needed and Where to Find It . . . and more.With empathy for adoptive parents, Chapman and Shaler provide an honest and invaluable resource of wisdom, joy, and healing. Apply the lessons from Loving Adopted Children Well, and you will see love grow and flourish in your home.
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Parents Guide To Lies Boys Believe
$12.99Add to cartLies are powerful. Your son has a persistent enemy who seeks to deceive and rob him of the confidence and strength he has in Jesus. But you can help him fill his heart with God’s Truth so that he can stand strong.
A Parent’s Guide to Lies Boys Believe, a companion book to Lies Boys Believe, is your tool to come alongside your son in the fight against lies. This unique and Bible-centered resource teaches your son the Truth he will need to navigate the challenges he is facing. Join the fight against lies using this guide, packed with encouragement and biblical insight. Written by two experienced parents with a house full of boys and a heart to raise up a generation of Truth-seekers, you’ll be empowered to talk with your son and push back against the Deceiver.
Together, these books give you the tools you need to start important conversations. A Parent’s Guide to Lies Boys Believe will help you:
*Develop and communicate a right theology of lies and Truth to your son
*Initiate meaningful ongoing conversations about the topics like: the gospel, God’s Word, entertainment choices, self-control, and more.
*Build a Word-centered home
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Parent Guides To Connecting In Chaos: 5 Conversation Starters: Tough Conver
$19.99Add to cartThe five parent guides in this bundle offer deep insights and clear strategies for confronting difficult topics with your teen. Many of these topics trigger complex emotions and can intimidate parents away from broaching the subject for fear of doing it wrong or making things awkward. The concise format and conversational style make the guides accessible and understandable. Parents will feel empowered to strengthen their relationships with their kids through tough times.
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Parent Differently : Raise Kids With Biblical Character That Changes Cultur
$14.99Add to cartMost parents misguidedly prioritize behavior. The why and how to instill character.
Behavior modification does not guarantee good character qualities. Character influences decisions. It’s evidenced in our speech, actions, and attitudes. It’s about who we are and what we do. The world competes for the hearts of our kids–and we see its negative impact in their pride, laziness, and entitlement. As Christians, however, we want to see the character of Jesus Christ in our children. Dads and moms, grandparents, and teachers all want to see their children grow in humility, gratitude, and respect–for others and themselves. We want our kids to be brave, compassionate, and joyful. We don’t want our kids to flounder through life. We want them to flourish and live into their God-given designs and callings. Dr. Kathy Koch helps us to that end by answering essential questions:
*What is character and why does it matter?
*Why is there a crisis of character?
*What are the challenges in developing character?
*How can we teach or improve character?Not only does character help us accomplish our goals, there are many other benefits of mature character: we will be blessed, stand out for Jesus, attract good friends, grow in wisdom, and live in freedom.
Koch provides an invaluable resource for shepherding our children in godly character.
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Lights A Lovely Mile
$27.00Add to cartEugene H. Peterson’s never-before-published wisdom for each season of the Christian year
The glorious, never-dull reality of the gospel is this: Christ sets us free. All of us can be doers of the word, using the stuff of the everyday to make something to the glory of God.
Long before his iconic paraphrased Bible translation, The Message, Eugene H. Peterson (1932-2018) faithfully preached for decades to the small congregation of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland. As the seasons passed, along with the accompanying fasts and feasts, Peterson faithfully revealed ways to cultivate a robust, authentic life of faith, intimacy, obedience, and joy.
Now you can gain new insights into Peterson’s preaching and pastoral life through this collection of his most compelling yet never-before-published sermons. Following the calendar of the church year, from the darkness of Advent to the light of Epiphany, the wilderness of Lent to the celebration of Easter, and the fire of Pentecost to the everyday glory of ordinary time, these remarkable sermons point to the eternity beyond our experience of time.
With his trademark wit and wisdom, Peterson shows how to pursue a “long obedience in the same direction” through all the seasons, colors, and rhythms of our lives.
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Parenting Gen Z
$16.99Add to cartWhy is parenting Gen Z so challenging?
When it comes to raising kids in the Christian faith, common challenges like lack of biblical knowledge, uncertainty and doubt, and the breakdown of discipleship in the home make it difficult for parents to raise spiritually healthy kids. Nowhere is this more apparent than with Gen Z, the most non-Christian generation in American history. How can parents instill a love for God in their children and help them avoid the pitfalls unique to their generation?
Parenting Gen Z is a must-read for everyday parents looking for ways to parent their sons and daughters effectively. In this motivational guidebook, Jason Jimenez tackles today’s parenting challenges in a fun and empowering way. This book includes easy-to-follow steps designed to improve your parenting skills and relationships with your kids! It covers:
*understanding and relating to Gen Z
*setting and monitoring device and gaming limits
*expert advice on how to talk about faith, sex, porn, LGBTQI issues, abortion, and depression
*tips for fruitful discipleship
*applying authority and discipline kids will respect -
Strong Girls Strong World: A Practical Guide To Helping Them Soar–and Crea
$17.99Add to cartYou Can Make a Global Impact–One Girl at a Time
In Strong Girls, Strong World, Dale Hanson Bourke draws on her international leadership and reporting experience to offer personal insights we can all use as a road map to understanding the issues girls face–and the tangible ways we can each make a difference. Filled with personal stories, hope-filled examples, and specific opportunities, readers will discover:
*how investing in girls changes communities and entire countries
*eight areas that create high-impact investments for girls
*what leading organizations are doing to change the lives of girls, and
*dozens of specific and practical ways you can make a difference today.Investing in the life of a girl can bring about global change. In Strong Girls, Strong World, you’ll find out how to take the first steps.
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Parents Guide To Racism In The United States
$4.99Add to cartFrom its foundation to the present day, the United States has been marred by racism. Learn how to discuss this hot-button issue compassionately.
Features:
*Definitions of race-related terms such as racism, while privilege, and Black Lives Matter
*Concise summary of the history of the US Civil Rights Movement
*Biblical support for respecting people of all races
*Practical strategies for pursuing racial justice as a family
*Shame-free discussion questions for honest conversation
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Unshakable Kids : Three Keys To Raising Spiritually Strong And Emotionally
$17.99Add to cartYou may feel anxious about sending your child out into a world that too often feels dark and scary. But you can prepare your kids to live in the real world by equipping them with a sound mind and strategies for establishing a foundation of faith.
Adversity is a normal part of life, and when we keep our children too protected, we rob them of the opportunity to learn and practice essential life skills like discernment, understanding, boldness, and resilience. Using Scripture and principles of cognitive behavioral therapy, Unshakable Kids gives you the tools to equip your children to withstand the negative pressures of society and walk bravely into the world with wisdom. This book will show you how to model the qualities you want to build in your kids, control anxious thoughts, and help your kids rest in their identities as children of God.
With God’s Word and these brain-based tools, you can raise emotionally healthy and spiritually strong children who not only remain unshaken by the world, but can actually make a positive impact on it.
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Worry Free Parent
$17.99Add to cartWorry is contagious…
but you can stop its spreadAnxiety has an amazing ability to spread. Time and time again, when veteran counselor and parenting expert Sissy Goff has an anxious child or teen in her office, she’s found they have at least one very well-intentioned but anxious parent. Anxiety is contagious, and it’s likely affecting your kids, distracting you in the present, and making you feel like it will define your family’s future.
It doesn’t have to be this way. With over 30 years of experience helping both children and adults, Sissy offers you practical, well-researched tools that will make a difference in your life–and the lives of your children. Learn how to:
* uncover the roots of your own anxiety
* process anxiety in healthy ways rather than passing it on
* model bravery
* discover a place of deeper, freer connection to your kidsHere is the help you need to experience freedom from anxiety, raise confident, courageous kids, and become a worry-free family in an increasingly anxious world.
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Recipes For A Sweet Child
$19.99Add to cartPractical Help for the Overwhelmed Mom
Searching for answers to your toughest parenting problems, like how to turn your children’s grumbling into gratitude? Are you trying to navigate ongoing issues like sibling rivalry, tattling, unforgiveness, peer pressure, or bullying?
Author Katie J. Trent combines her counseling and ministry expertise with her own parenting experiences to provide you with a creative guide to work past challenging childhood issues in a winsome way.
Recipes for a Sweet Child will help you:
*Teach your kids, from toddlers to teens, how to apply biblical wisdom in any situation.
*Gain invaluable insights to help your kids overcome thirty-six of the most pressing emotional, behavioral, and relational battles that they face.
*Discover simple tools to bring peace and joy into your home with easy, interactive activities and Bible lessons.
*Engage the whole family in fun games and in-depth conversations.
*Build kindness and character in your children so that they become the young ladies and gentlemen God wants them to be.
*Enjoy making delicious recipes with your kids. Full-color photos are included.
Katie J. Trent, a licensed clinical social worker, has over a decade of experience equipping and encouraging families through counseling and ministry. The author of Dishing Up Devotions: 36 Faith-Building Activities for Homeschooling Families, a popular blogger, and speaker, Katie loves to create resources to simplify life for busy moms by infusing faith and fun to build strong families. Katie puts the fun back into the fundamentals of family discipleship.
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Prayers And Promises For Parents
$14.99Add to cartFrom the moment they are born, our children hold a prominent place in our hearts. We begin to worry about their wellbeing even before they draw their first breath. It can become overwhelming if we let it. What can we do? Pray and claim God’s promises over their lives!
Prayers & Promises for Parents is a topically organized collection that guides you through themes of protection, peace, joy, purpose, rest, and more. Encouraging Scriptures, heartfelt prayers, and prompting questions give you an opportunity to think more deeply about the joy and truth found in God’s Word.
Find encouragement and peace by staying connected to God and believing in his promises. Ask him for wisdom to help you guide, comfort, and nurture the children he has blessed you with. He is with you, he is for you, and he hears you when you pray!
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Como Ayudar A Tus Hijos A Limp – (Spanish)
$17.99Add to cartEsta es una guia para que los padres puedan apoyar la salud mental de sus hijos.
Cada vez mas, los nios de 3 a 10 aos luchan contra la ansiedad, la depresion y los problemas de salud mental. Estos pueden ser provocados por muchos factores (estres en el hogar, cambios en la sociedad, interrupciones en la rutina, aislamiento de los amigos, intimidacion o presion social) y, si no se abordan, siguen a los nios hasta la adolescencia y la edad adulta, lo que les provoca trastornos mentales y emocionales, y problemas relacionales que les robaran la paz y la alegria.
Pero hay esperanza. La autora de exitos de ventas, la Dra. Caroline Leaf, le ayuda a ensearles a sus hijos a:
*reconocer los sentimientos negativos y responder de manera saludable
*navegar por un mundo que puede resultar aterrador y abrumador
*manejar situaciones incomodas o desafiantes
*reemplazar los pensamientos toxicos con practicas de desarrollo cerebral que producen mejores resultados
*desarrollar resiliencia y fortaleza emocional
Basado en investigaciones actualizadas, claramente ilustrado con estudios de casos y aplicado de manera practica a los problemas que enfrentan los nios hoy en dia, Como ayudar a su hijo a limpiar su desorden mental es lo que los padres, cuidadores, maestros y consejeros han estado esperando. La Dra. Leaf comparte un plan claro y efectivo de cinco pasos para ensearle a su hijo como manejar su mente, para que pueda vivir una vida con mayor resiliencia, salud y felicidad.
Every Parent’s Guide to Supporting Their Child’s Mental Health
Increasingly, children ages three to ten are struggling with anxiety, depression, and mental health challenges. These can be brought on by many factors, such as stress at home, upheavals in society, breaks in routine, isolation from friends, bullying, or social pressure. If left unaddressed, they follow kids into their teens and adulthood, causing mental, emotional, and relational problems that will steal their peace and joy.
But there is hope. Bestselling author Dr. Caroline Leaf helps you teach your kids how to:
*Recognize negative feelings and respond in a healthy way
*Navigate a world that can feel scary and overwhelming
*Manage uncomfortable or challenging situations
*Replace toxic thoughts with brain-building practices that produce better outcomes
*Develop resilience and emotional strengthBased on up-to-date research, clearly illustrated with case studies, and practically applied to the probl
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Raising Respectful Children In A Disrespectful World
$19.99Add to cartYou picked up this book because you want to raise respectful children in today’s disrespectful world. Even if in the moment it seems like an impossible task, you?can succeed. To do so, I’ll help you:
*?Be the person you want your children to become.
*Abandon old notions of building self-esteem to choose self-respect.
*Enroll your family in the School of Respect.
*Use encouragement to motivate your children, not praise.
*Set boundaries without building walls between you and your children.
*Do all you can to protect and shield your children from the garbage of our culture.
*Engage your children in meaningful activities, not useless entertainment.
*Find contentment so your children can be filled with gratefulness.
*Listen with your heart to your children’s needs.Not sure you can do it? I?know?you can because you’re not alone!
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Parents Guide To Sexual Assault
$4.99Add to cartEvery parent wants their child to be safe from harm, and the best way to protect them from sexual assault is by openly discussing it. How do you bring up such a scary topic? With discussion questions covering consent, boundaries, respect, and healthy relationships, this guide offers practical tools to tackle the unthinkable.
