Your Family and Technology by Empoweredhomes.org

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1HbpvB72yDINgNL4Fmykow Making good choices about technology is more than just using good internet filters and determining screen-time limits for our family. Brad Flurry, Joe Landi, and Bobby Cooley discuss how all families wrestle and struggle with technology. We provide some practical tools to help you make wise and responsible technology decisions in your home. Even … Continue reading Your Family and Technology by Empoweredhomes.org

Table Talk: Single Parenting Together

Table Talk Our family dinner conversations were losing ground with short answers of “fine” and “good.”  Extra activities were pulling us away from that special time around the dinner table.  And as our children get older, it seems that you really have to work to get in those good conversations going. So in asking the … Continue reading Table Talk: Single Parenting Together

Teach Children About Online Sexual Predators By Danny Huerta, MSW, LCSW, LSSW

Photo by freestocks.org from Pexels Help protect your children from online sexual predators. No parent wants his or her child to become the victim of online sexual predators. But we can’t simply turn a blind eye and hope for the best. Technology keeps changing how our kids (and we!) interact with the world. Online sexual … Continue reading Teach Children About Online Sexual Predators By Danny Huerta, MSW, LCSW, LSSW

Raising Teenage Boys, Technology and Hearing Truth

https://open.spotify.com/episode/3VBJfKchBpYgzVF5nFrZkn (Recorded Fall 2019) In this Interview, Bobby and Joe sit down with Jonathan McKee and discuss raising teenage boys, technology and hearing the truth. For more information about Jonathan and his ministry go to thesource4parents.com Jonathan McKee is the author of over twenty books including the brand new The Teen’s Guide to Social Media & Mobile … Continue reading Raising Teenage Boys, Technology and Hearing Truth

10 Ways to Welcome Your College Student Back Home

Photo by Buro Millennial from Pexels Some of you parents now have your college student back under your roof, at least temporarily. This is a challenging season for all of us as we navigate COVID-19, so here are 10 ways you can help your college student adjust well to the move back home during this … Continue reading 10 Ways to Welcome Your College Student Back Home

Effective Parenting in a World of Technology

https://jimdaly.focusonthefamily.com/effective-parenting-in-a-world-of-technology/ Technology is wiring our children’s brains to believe five fundamental lies: I’m the center of the universe.I deserve to be happy all the time.I must have choices.I’m my own authority.I don’t need other people. What’s technology’s part? Eighty percent of a child’s ability to interact with the world around him develops after the child … Continue reading Effective Parenting in a World of Technology

100 things to do when quarantined with kids Written by Claire Avidon

Along with the widespread news of COVID-19 and the health and political implications surrounding the disease, the media is now widely speaking to how families might survive each other during lockdowns, school closures, and remote working conditions.  Survive each other?  Come on, parents! We admit to laughing at the wealth of circulating COVID-19 memes about … Continue reading 100 things to do when quarantined with kids Written by Claire Avidon

Encouraging Children With Special Needs While They’re Away From School By Joannie DeBrito, Ph.D., LCSW, LMFT

For those of you with children with special needs, here are some tips that may help your children hold on to the recent gains they’ve made in school and in therapy sessions, while they’re learning at home. Addie’s Story My friend Addie has a son diagnosed with autism. I watched as she spent months working … Continue reading Encouraging Children With Special Needs While They’re Away From School By Joannie DeBrito, Ph.D., LCSW, LMFT

Discussing Christ’s Death with Your Children by Empowered Homes

Photo by Emma Bauso from Pexels Celebrating the glorious resurrection of Jesus from the grave is the centerpiece of the Christian Faith. Because He died in our place, rose from the dead, and is alive today, we have forgiveness for our past, power for the present, and hope for the future! Yet in the midst … Continue reading Discussing Christ’s Death with Your Children by Empowered Homes

We Were Here First: How To Prioritize Your Marriage in a Child-Centric World By: Empowered Homes

Photo by J carter from Pexels Freedom is God’s gift to every believer that tears down walls so we can live the life we were created to live. We need Jesus to set us free from the enemy’s lies, heal our hearts, and help us walk in truth. As Jesus heals us and set us … Continue reading We Were Here First: How To Prioritize Your Marriage in a Child-Centric World By: Empowered Homes