*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral. New research suggests nurturing parents pass along strategies that help their children build and maintain positive relationships in adulthood. Investigators discovered a supportive, compassionate family environment helps adolescents engage in healthier, less violent romantic relationships as young adults. Moreover, learning to…
Actions Show Who You Are Write some actions on slips of paper and act them out (without using words). Some ideas to get you started: Pretend that you are: Walking through a giant tub of Cool Whip Riding your favorite ride at an amusement park Washing the dog Eating an ice cream cone Laughing…
Everybody loves a story with a great plot line. We applaud the hero, sitting mesmerized at the edge of our seat while good battles evil, or while right struggles with wrong, hoping for good to win. We cheer when good prevails and even get emotional when the victim gets rescued. Everybody loves a great…
*The following is excerpted from an online article posted on PsychCentral. New research links curiosity in young children with later academic success. The new study from researchers at the University of Michigan found that curious children are better able to grasp basic math and reading. Researchers also found that for children…
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[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/438144000?secret_token=s-8jKyJ” params=”color=#ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”300″ iframe=”true” /] How to listen: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | SoundCloud | TuneIn Dr. Chinwe Williams, a licensed professional counselor, joins host, Kristen Ivy, to talk about ways to recognize and address teen depression and suicide. YOUR CUE Look for multiple symptoms over the course of…
Do you remember how you felt after your first child arrived? If you were like me, you felt a mixture of bliss and fear. Not only was I happy to finally have this baby, but I was also quite afraid. Afraid of not doing it right. Everything was new and unknown. And there wasn’t…
That’s Not Fair Play a game of kickball to see the need for an impartial judge. (If it’s too cold outside, play a game of balloon volleyball—play as usual but with a balloon.) Divide the kids into two teams. Set up the bases and home plate. Flip a coin to see who goes first. Tell…
National sporting events are always jam packed with good parenting lessons. From the need to focus on your goal to what can be accomplished when you have discipline, there’s something special about seeing athletes excel. Sometimes though, the lessons are rather unexpected. Case in point, the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship. There…
This morning I’ve been scanning the adolescent suicide numbers in the recently updated “Pain In The Nation” report. The numbers not only reflect the pain among children and teens, but they should be causing us pain as we ponder how to best reach kids with the life-giving message of the Gospel and the life-supporting experience……