Parenting the Teen Brain
Here’s one to pass on to parents of teenagers.
Archive
Pulling the Plug on Perfect Parenting
Recently Christianity Today posted the online version of this month’s cover story, “The Myth of the Perfect Parent: Why the best parenting techniques don’t produce Christian children” by Leslie Leyland Fields
All Stressed Out
Stress is a top health concern for U.S. teens between 9th and 12th grade.
Your View of Parents
I’ve been reading Reggie Joiner’s great book, Think Orange
Spiritual Catalysts
In Think Orange
How Do I Get my Pastor to Change?
Often when I speak or meet with youth workers and parents to discuss our research at FYI, they quickly buy into the changes that our research suggests…
Fight for a Kid
Just like in yesterday’s blog I’m going to basically transcribe a story from Reggie Joiner’s Think Orange
My Initial Concern about Reggie Joiner’s Orange
When I first heard about Reggie Joiner’s “orange” philosophy, my first concern was that he didn’t value the impact of non-family adults in a kids’ life.
Think Orange
A few weeks ago I was in Atlanta for the Youth Specialties National Youth Workers Convention. One of my favorite aspects of the convention is…
Measured-Risk Parenting
Are we worrying about the wrong things?