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Did you know about this already? If so, Ild love t

Did you know about this already? If so, Ild love to hear how it’s been helpful to you! Personally I’m excited even young adults are included!

If new to you, you can subscribe to this resource at:
www.focusonthefamily.com/age-and-stage/

#redemptiveparenting #intentionalparenting #parentingahead #ageandstage #focusonthefamily #focusparenting #parentinglittles #parentingteens #parentingyoungadults

I love when scientific research shows what God’s

I love when scientific research shows what God’s truth already declares! What we focus our mind on is powerful and I’m always so excited when someone who has started more intentionally focusing on what is praiseworthy experiences a shift in their overall well-being. So though it is a month we are naturally more focused on thanks, I encourage you to make thanksliving a habit, and help your kids do the same.

#weareweak #heisstrong #allisgrace #gratitude #thanksgiving #thanksliving #christianparenting #parentingahead #intentionalparenting #givingthanks #gratitudelist #christiancounselor #dallascounselor

It’s beginning to look alot like Christmas🎄 (

It’s beginning to look alot like Christmas🎄 (not at my house yet but around town!), and so you are prepared I am sharing these two recently released Advent devotionals I’m excited about!

If you’ve been following me for a while, you know what a fan I am of Rooted Ministry—the Longing for Christmas book for your teens(!!) was a collaborative effort of a handful of Rooted writers. And of course Tripp is a longtime favorite of mine! I anticipate both these will be great additions to your Advent collection and lead to fruitful contemplation and conversation.

#advent #adventdevotional #christmasbooks #parentingahead #intentionalparenting #jesusisthereasonfortheseason #christinchristmas

Isn’t this the prayer of every parent? One I kno

Isn’t this the prayer of every parent? One I know I must cry over & over again as I don’t think there is anything harder than trusting God with our kids.

Lord, we need your help even to enable us to depend on & trust you!

#redemptiveparenting #parentingahead #intentionalparenting #proactiveparenting #parenting #christianparenting #homeashaven #family #familyconnected #parentingteens #parentinglittles #christianauthor #christiancounselor #trust #aparentsprayer #aprayingparent #heisincontrol #iamweak

Simply addressing/punishing bad behavior will not

Simply addressing/punishing bad behavior will not lead to transformational change. We need to help our children learn to identify the roots beneath their behavior—what’s going on in their hearts. I give two ways here to help, but as parents we must understand our own hearts first!!

In my book Parenting Ahead I talk about understanding sin as idolatry and identifying ruling idols. Paul Tripp has been hugely, influential in shaping my understanding. Two of his books that I highly recommend are:
Age of Opportunity and Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands.

What other questions do you have on this topic?

#redemptiveparenting #parentingahead #intentionalparenting #proactiveparenting #parenting #christianparenting #homeashaven #family #familyconnected #parentingteens #parentinglittles #christianauthor #christiancounselor #paultripp

More is caught than taught! We parents need to lea

More is caught than taught! We parents need to lead the way in this bc the truth is it isn’t just teenagers distracted by their phones! We too short-circuit opportunity for relationship building conversations bc of our phones and busy schedules. And I’m as guilty as anyone🙋🏻‍♀️.

Research shows 1 in 4 adults to be lonely. Teens are too. Perhaps we start to change this by simply looking up and giving our attention to those we are with!

#christiancounselor #loneliness #friendship #christianauthor #christianspeaker #focusonthefamily #technology #parenting #parentingteens #intentionalparenting #parentingahead #redemptiveparenting

Would love to hear YOUR thoughts on the mislabelin

Would love to hear YOUR thoughts on the mislabeling of relationship as a a factor in loneliness!

#christiancounselor #dallascounselor #christianspeaker #christianauthor #friendship #loneliness #lonelinessepidemic #truefriends #truefriendship

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to speak to

Over the weekend I had the opportunity to speak to a National Charity League group of mothers & their teen daughters (grades 7-12) at their annual tea. They had a garden theme which worked well with my topic of “Growing Garden Friends.” As a counselor I hear ALOT about friendship struggles and loneliness from all age people. Fits right with research that tells us collectively we are more lonely than ever before. And yet of course more connected (online).

While there are several factors, technology being a big one, these 3 Rotten Roots I proposed as part of the problem we feel loneliness and disconnected even in a crowd or among “friends.”

Hope this spurs some conversation around your table w family or friends. As always would love to hear your thoughts on these or other rotten roots you notice!

#christiancounselor #dallascounselor #christianauthor #friendship #friendshipstruggles #parenting #parentingteens #teengirls #teenfriendship #nationalcharityleague

I know I need God’s Word hidden in my heart to r

I know I need God’s Word hidden in my heart to remind myself of who God is and what his promises are when life circumstances threaten to spiral me down and lead me to try to take control. These verses are a few I wrote down while going through Katie Faris’s book He Will Be Enough—a devotional book I recommend. Even more so, I encourage you to write down or memorize these verse or others. Our minds are powerful—what we set it on influences us, for better or worse. Let it be the truth of God’s word!

Which verses bring you comfort that you would add?

#gospel #godsword #truth #scripture #histruth #fixourminds #hispeace #perfectpeace #anxiousmind #battlewords

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