Photo by Daria Obymaha from Pexels Go to part 1 of the Anxiety series here: Anxiety is a difficult problem in anyone’s life. Parents’ hearts go out to their children who suffer from emotional overload, racing thoughts, and continual feelings of unrest because of anxiety. That’s not what childhood is supposed to be like. In … Continue reading Two Secret Weapons – Help for Anxiety Part 4
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The Suitcase Idea – Help for Anxiety Part 3
Photo by Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels If you haven’t read Part 1 go here: God didn’t create our hearts big enough to hold all of the worries and concerns about life. For those who are concerned about the future, he said, “Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day … Continue reading The Suitcase Idea – Help for Anxiety Part 3
Three Spiritual Truths That Empower Children – Help for Anxiety Part 2
If you haven’t read Part 1 go here: An understanding of how God made a person can provide extremely helpful tools for managing anxiety. The following truths alone, or in combination, can have a powerful effect on a child’s emotional state. Spiritual solutions for emotional challenges usually provide the deepest change. One problem, however, is … Continue reading Three Spiritual Truths That Empower Children – Help for Anxiety Part 2
Two Quick-Fix Anxiety Solutions That Usually Don’t Work, Help for Anxiety Part 1
Photo by Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels https://thrivingkidsconnection.com/two-quick-fix-anxiety-solutions-that-usually-dont-work/ The following is Part 1 of a 5-Part series on addressing anxiety in children and young people. Anxiety in children can be complex. Several factors often cause children to experience abnormally high feelings of being upset or unsettled about life. Horrible feelings in one’s chest, throat, or stomach … Continue reading Two Quick-Fix Anxiety Solutions That Usually Don’t Work, Help for Anxiety Part 1
Visuals over verbals
Written by Nell Bush For better or worse, we’ve been spending a lot more time together as families. As parents, we’re serving not only as moms and dads, but also as teachers, playmates, coaches, camp counselors, barbers, and cooks. Now more than ever, we’re the primary role models for our kids with multiple opportunities to … Continue reading Visuals over verbals
3 promises for your college bound child
Written by Susie Hawkins Photo by LinkedIn Sales Navigator from Pexels It’s that time of the year when parents whose kids are college bound are busy preparing them for dorm or apartment life. It’s a never ending list of needs—purchase bedding, clothing, new electronics, updated computers, phones, and a hundred other necessary items. But the … Continue reading 3 promises for your college bound child
Confident, Selfless, Grounded: Helping Tween and Teen Daughters Navigate Friendships
By Jessie Minassian Photo by Hannah Nelson from Pexels A girl grounded in her identity will still feel discouraged when she doesn’t have the relational connections she craves, but a lack of friends won’t define her. And it won’t destroy her. And if she’s practicing confidence and selflessness, the lonely seasons won’t last forever. Did … Continue reading Confident, Selfless, Grounded: Helping Tween and Teen Daughters Navigate Friendships
Missed milestones in the midst of mayhem
Written by Lisa Tyson Photo by Joshua Mcknight from Pexels I have never hated—I mean really hated—a word before. A word is simply a word, it has no real power. But this word, I hate it. While I had heard this word before, and probably even used it, I had never really given it extra … Continue reading Missed milestones in the midst of mayhem
How to avoid over drafting your teenager’s emotional bank account
Written by Judy McCarver Photo by NEOSiAM 2020 from Pexels I have three young adult daughters, ages twenty, twenty-one, and twenty-three. By all appearances, they seem to be on a productive and functional path to adulthood. Perhaps this is due to a lot of hard parenting work, but even more, it is by the grace … Continue reading How to avoid over drafting your teenager’s emotional bank account
Give grace, for goodness’ sake
Written by Amy Parker Enter grace One day last week, the woman in front of us at the grocery store was taking for . . . ev . . . er. After the cashier scanned a cartload of groceries, there was some glacially paced issue with processing her check. When they determined that they couldn’t … Continue reading Give grace, for goodness’ sake
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