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7 Truths When Your Child is a Missionary
Letting go of kids is hard, especially when the call of Christ takes them to places outside of a parent's comfort zone. Here are 7 lessons I've lea ...
Graduation: Grief and Gratitude
In some ways, her graduation this week is a continuation of everything I’ve been experiencing since I gave birth over 18 years ago. Motherhood feel ...
Transitioning Well As a Family When Moving
My husband and I have moved once or twice. A year. For the past ten years. At our core, we are routine-loving homebodies. We dream about the day wh ...
11 Safe Video Chat Rules You Probably Haven’t Taught Your Kids
You can provide safe video chat for your kids. They can enjoy building close relationships with loved ones and avoid dangerous people and situation ...
Missionary kids struggle too
We often hear that kids adapt quickly to a new culture and language, but it is not necessarily easy, for them or their parents.
What If I Don’t Want My Child to Be a Missionary?
As parents, we may struggle with our child's call to be a missionary overseas. Here is some encouragement when you don't want your child to be miss ...
We Spent Our Best Years Overseas. And They Were Hard.
Jen Oshman outlines several challenges that cross-cultural church-planting families will face, providing biblical encouragement born out of her exp ...
40 Old-Fashioned Skills that Kids Need to Know TODAY!
Love this post? Then pass it on! Our world has gone digital, but there are so many analog life skills that our kids still NEED! It’s no secret that ...
New study links phone use and mental health issues in teens
A new study in the journal Child Development shows nighttime usage of a cell phone can increase anxiety and depression in teenagers and reduce self ...
Sexual Abuse | A Parent’s Nightmare
Sexual abuse is a parent’s worst nightmare. There are no guarantees in preventing it, but there are ways you can help prepare your child to protect ...
The Connected Parent by Karyn Purvis PhD and Lisa Qualls
Real-Life Strategies for Building Trust and Attachment | Available July 7 from Harvest House | Parenting children from hard places is a unique jour ...
024 : Myths and Truths of Risk in Mission - Anna Hampton
Anna Hampton shares with us myths that the North American church believes about risk and helps us to better understand a Biblical view of risk and ...