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Mothers Children And The Body Politic
$26.00Add to cartHow we talk about human life matters.
In western post-Christian society, humans are thought of less like precious image bearers and more like commodities. The canary in the coal mine of this ideological shift is often women and children, which manifests itself in the seemingly built-in disdain towards motherhood and children for their lack of production of economically valuable goods.
However, the risk of this utilitarian approach to human life is not just outside the church, but within those spaces as well. Indeed, the commodification of human life within the contemporary body politic is so deeply embedded within the systems, even the church has lost touch with some of the ways it inherently devalues the lives of women and children.
Classics scholar Nadya Williams draws from voices both ancient and modern to illuminate how Christians can value human life amidst an empire that seeks to dehumanize that which is most precious. Bringing insights from the beliefs and practices of the early church in Greco-Roman context about motherhood, raising children, and human life, Williams suggests there is a way to recapture a vision that affirms the imago Dei in each person over and above our economic contribution to society.
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Grounded In Grace
$16.99Add to cartChildren and teens face a tremendous amount of pressure from their peers and culture to find their identity in their activities, feelings, or performance. This modern way of looking at identity can be challenging to navigate for parents who grew up with a traditional view of identity rooted in predetermined roles. What if they could help their children and teenagers find their identity in something that never went away and never changed based on their ability or performance–an identity grounded in God’s grace?
Jonathan Holmes explores the five core areas of identity struggles most common to teens: sports, academics, moralism, sexual orientation, and gender confusion. He provides parents with a biblical foundation to work from and practical tools to help their teen find their identity based on who God says they are.
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Disciple Them Like Jesus
Original price was: $17.99.$14.97Current price is: $14.97.Add to cartIn the whirlwind of modern parenting, it’s easy to lose sight of what our priorities should be. Family ministry expert Barrett Johnson urges you to return to the primary task of nurturing authentic faith in your kids. Addressing the unsettling trend of young adults abandoning their faith soon after leaving home, Disciple Them like Jesus advocates for intentional discipleship within the family unit, offering a clear blueprint grounded in the model of Jesus and his twelve disciples.
By exploring pivotal questions such as “What did Jesus do to empower ordinary individuals to transform the world?” and “How can I replicate Jesus’s approach within my household to foster a lasting and genuine faith in my children?” this book lays out a five-component model stemmed from Jesus’s disciple-making priorities. Guiding you through a practical, step-by-step approach, Johnson invites you to embrace Jesus’s proven principles and foster an environment that challenges a vibrant, enduring faith in the next generation.
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Family Discipleship That Works
$18.00Add to cartFamily discipleship is one of the most basic ways God has ordained to build his kingdom-and yet most parents struggle to do it consistently.
Amid our busyness, the multitude of different approaches, and our own self-doubts, the deck seems stacked against us. But Brian Dembowczyk isn’t here to pile on the guilt or to make us feel like failures. As a parent himself, he knows this struggle firsthand.
In Family Discipleship That Works, Dembowczyk says that the goal of discipling our kids isn’t just passing along head knowledge. It’s teaching them to act like Jesus. The Bible itself is not just a story but a drama in which we ourselves participate, and our kids have roles to play too. Dembowczyk offers practical advice and a wealth of ideas for teaching our kids to imitate the character traits of Jesus himself as we “act out” the Christian life together.
As parents, we are indeed called to disciple our children to know and act like Jesus. By God’s grace, that’s a task we can do-not out of guilt but with joy and good hope.
Family Discipleship That Works . . .
*Invites parents into more active family discipleship without judgmentalism, but with grace and understanding
*Presents “imitating Jesus” as a new model for understanding and enacting family discipleship
*Includes practical, achievable advice for parents to live out these principles in their homes
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Me I Was Made To Be
$35.99Add to cartYour kids are talking about identity. Are you part of the conversation?
Today’s kids and youth are talking about identity–and often very differently from the adults around them. How can we walk well with them through their questions about who they are and how they fit into the family of God? We must begin by telling a better gospel story, with an invitational posture that actually expects us to love God and love others.
In this engaging and disarming book that speaks to readers across the theological spectrum, author and children’s ministry expert Christie Penner Worden invites grownups along to imagine a more Jesus-centered narrative for the sake of kids who are no longer buying what the church is selling, who do not feel safe, and who have not been welcomed into the conversation that adults are having without them. The Me I Was Made to Be is the beginning of a conversation that offers a compelling story on identity rooted in a deeper understanding of the gospel–one that includes all image-bearers and extends Jesus’ welcome to all our kids.
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Me I Was Made To Be
$19.99Add to cartYour kids are talking about identity. Are you part of the conversation?
Today’s kids and youth are talking about identity–and often very differently from the adults around them. How can we walk well with them through their questions about who they are and how they fit into the family of God? We must begin by telling a better gospel story, with an invitational posture that actually expects us to love God and love others.
In this engaging and disarming book that speaks to readers across the theological spectrum, author and children’s ministry expert Christie Penner Worden invites grownups along to imagine a more Jesus-centered narrative for the sake of kids who are no longer buying what the church is selling, who do not feel safe, and who have not been welcomed into the conversation that adults are having without them. The Me I Was Made to Be is the beginning of a conversation that offers a compelling story on identity rooted in a deeper understanding of the gospel–one that includes all image-bearers and extends Jesus’ welcome to all our kids.
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Parenting Without Panic In An LGBT Affirming World
$14.99Add to cartAs Christian parents, we long to equip our kids as they venture out into a culture where LGBT identities are affirmed and celebrated. We want them to know what God says and to love what God says. But it’s hard to know where to start. That’s where this book can help.
Author Rachel Gilson helps you to teach your children proactively and positively about God’s beautiful design for human sexuality, gender and relationships. This book will help you to provide your children with a Christian framework for sexual ethics, rather than letting the culture lay the foundations of their worldview in this area.
Rachel writes with understanding and clarity to help fellow parents engage with the wider LGBT narrative with faith rather than fear. Since she herself experiences same-sex attraction but has chosen to follow the Bible’s teaching, she has put much thought into this topic. She reassures us that Jesus gives us everything we need to be faithful disciples in a fallen world, and that God works out his perfect purposes despite human sin. She also shares her wisdom on how to respond with grace and truth to people with different beliefs in this area.
This book is ideal for parents of pre-school and primary-school children.
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Helping Your Child With A Bully
$6.25Add to cartIt’s hard to know what to do when you see your child struggling with a bully. Do you encourage them to tell an authority figure? Call the other child’s parents? Intervene? What is the right response?
It’s always important to take bullying seriously and to guide your child in how to respond when it happens to them or those around them. Experienced family and children’s counselor Julie Lowe offers tips for discerning the nature of the concerning behavior, gives practical advice for the best ways to respond, and points parents to the wisdom from God that comes as we ask him for guidance and help. She encourages parents to start by being a source of comfort and understanding, helping a child identify safe people to go to, and role-playing appropriate responses to mean behavior. Reminding children that their value comes from Jesus and that he is always with them will help counteract the temptation for retribution, mishandling of conflict, or falling into isolation.
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Meet Me In The Middle
Original price was: $19.99.$11.97Current price is: $11.97.Add to cartYou can have an open and trusting relationship with your teenager. Mother-and-daughter team Sandra Stanley and Allie Stanley Cooney write in alternating chapters to you and your middle school/early high school daughter in this unique, interaction-prompting book that will help you grow in connection, communication, and faith.
Some conversations between parent and child don’t happen until a crisis forces them to occur. At that point, defenses go up, lines are drawn, feelings are hurt, and solutions seem out of reach. But what if those conversations happened before a crisis? This book helps make that happen. As leaders at one of the country’s largest churches, Sandra Stanley and Allie Stanley Cooney not only have professional backgrounds working with young people, they have walked this path together. In Meet Me in the Middle, they draw on their experience to help you:
*Use eight planned opportunities to have comfortable discussions with your daughter about the topics you care about most
*Learn natural ways to communicate your faith
*Hear firsthand what your daughter is most stressed about
*Help your daughter navigate fear and anxiety
*Approach the tricky subjects of friends, boys, and dating
Discussion questions, Scripture, activity ideas, and outing suggestions in Meet Me in the Middle help pave the way to a strong, trusting relationship. As you and your daughter step toward one another, you’ll explore how you both can:
*Grow in faith as you find your identity and self-worth in Christ
*Avoid the comparison trap
*Nurture healthy relationships
*Keep communication openMeet Me in the Middle guides you to a loving, trusting relationship with your tween or teen daughter as you grow closer, seek out God together, and enjoy each other along the way.
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Youll Make It And They Will Too
$17.00Add to cartA lifeline of hope for parents of teens who feel adrift on the real and raw parenting journey, presented with wisdom and faith–and a touch of candid humor–from seasoned educator, mother, and Today Parenting contributor Amy Betters-Midtvedt.
As a mom with five kids ages twelve to twenty-two living at home, Amy Betters-Midtvedt found that parenting teens challenged everything she thought it meant to be a “good” mom. But in the unraveling came the building of something new and more beautiful than she could have imagined: an incredible sense of love, hope, joy, and relationship–even in the mess.
You’ll Make It (and They Will Too) is as much about navigating the minefields of anxiety and mental health as it is setting curfews, convincing kids to bring their dishes back to the kitchen, and deciding whose turn it is to have the car keys. It’s about dancing in the kitchen with soon-to-be adult kids who are taller than you. It’s making appointments with a therapist and a college admissions counselor in the same week. It’s helping your kids cling to faith even as they reject the pew on Sunday mornings.
Through stories steeped in hope and prayer of both her professional and personal parenting journey, Amy shares:
– words of comfort for when you feel alone, together with wisdom and strategies that will help you to not just survive the sleepless nights, but also to thrive as a stronger family unit
– prayers to draw on God’s strength when everything feels overwhelming
– a path forward with your teenagers that brings you into a lifelong loving relationship
– ways to celebrate the beauty in your teens in all that they are, just as God made them
Each chapter will leave you equipped, encouraged, and less alone by guiding you through how to listen to your own heart when parenting your precious teen.
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In His Hands
$19.99Add to cartWhen your child or unborn baby is facing serious medical problems, it can be hard to know what to pray. The shock, uncertainty and fear can mean that even though you want to cry out to God in prayer, your words just dry up.
That’s where this book can help, with prayers that use Scripture to help you communicate with the Lord. Whether you need to cry out honestly to the Lord in grief, to pray boldly for healing and help or simply to process what is happening, you’ll find words to help you talk with the God who loves you and weeps with you–the God who can do all things.
Authors Eric Schumacher and Jessika Sanders both know what it’s like to face a family medical crisis, and they are passionate about helping others in the most difficult situations. Eric is the author of Ours: Biblical Comfort for Men Grieving Miscarriage. Jessika is the founder and president of Praying Through Ministries, which provides support for parents whose children have been hospitalized and families who have experienced child loss.
This easy-to-navigate book includes prayers for a clear diagnosis; prayers for healing; prayers for comfort and relief from pain; prayers for peace, courage, perseverance and wisdom to cope well; prayers for unity; for the extended family; for the medical team; for practical needs; for times of spiritual darkness and doubt; and much more.
This book is designed to help both parents and the wider family turn to God for help when a child is facing a medical crisis.
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Little Habits Big Faith
$16.99Add to cartFeeling daunted by how to help your kids really grow in their faith? It ‘ s time to start little.
We want our kids to know God. We know we’re supposed to disciple them. But parenthood is hard, and we’re busy, tired, and often feel unequipped. What if our kids don’t seem all that interested or can’t sit still long enough for us to read the Bible?
Christie Thomas has a secret for you: helping your kids connect with God is way easier than you think. It all starts with 30 seconds a day–and the power of a simple habit. Through Christie’s empowering, encouraging insights, you’ll discover how to overcome common struggles, implement easy practices that fit your unique kids, and change your family’s faith culture. In this book, you will:
*discover how to make Scripture and spiritual practices come alive for short attention spans
*learn simple steps for developing faith through the Faith Growth Cycle and its three stages- seed, sprout, and root.
*develop practical strategies for establishing consistent habits
Life-changing moments can come out of simple habits. If you’re feeling overwhelmed by all the things you’re supposed to do to teach your kids about God, Little Habits, Big Faith shows you how to leverage the power of small, consistent choices with confidence. God can use even the smallest step to change how your family grows in faith.
In addition to key points at the end of each chapter, there is an appendix full of topical resources for parents to quickly reference:
*Ideas for little habits
*Keystone habits
*Prompts & rewards
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Strongheart : Cultivating Humility, Respect, And Resiliency In Your Child
$15.99Add to cartFor all parents who desire to raise a generation of kids with strong hearts.
Parenting. It’s the most important endeavor of our lives. And there’s no shortage of advice on how to raise kids. But amidst the chatter of competing voices, how do we sort the folly from the wisdom? In StrongHeart, author Jill Garner cuts through modern parenting myths and trends to deliver the bold truth about what it will take to raise the next generation. Jill provides evidence-based solutions for parents seeking to raise children of character who can overcome–rather than succumb to–a culture full of turmoil.
Jill focuses on the education of the heart as she shows parents how to:
*Champion self-respect rather than self-esteem
*Replace happiness with deep, lasting joy
*Instill a heart of gratitude that stifles innate selfishness
*Develop GRIT (Guts, Resilience, Integrity, and Tenacity)
*Engrave other-centeredness on kids’ hearts. . . and moreMore than ever parents feel burdened to raise kids who are brave, resilient, and kind. This book enables us to see beneath the surface of our children’s struggles to the heart attitudes that determine kids’ thoughts and actions. This is an essential resource for parents, grandparents, and anyone who has a heart for cultivating in children a StrongHeart.
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Survival Guide To Motherhood
$12.99Add to cartFaith-Based Wisdom for Joy-Filled Parenting
While most moms share the desire to love their kids and parent them well, you might be surprised to discover just how many of them feel as though they are messing it up!
An experienced mom of grown children, Karen Stubbs wrote Survival Guide to Motherhood to provide you with wisdom, encouragement, and companionship on your mothering journey. As you engage with a unique aspect of mothering in each chapter, you will be:
*equipped with new tools for your parenting tool belt, such as managing your home, connecting with your spouse, and disciplining your child
*encouraged to know you’re never alone as you encounter relatable stories and affirmations of your boundless value before God
*empowered with the joy of the Lord as you learn to trust Him always
In this uplifting guide, you will discover sage counsel and gentle reminders to invite God into every life circumstance. As you are freed from the prison of perfection and the fear of failure, you will believe that not only can you survive motherhood–you may even thrive!
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5 Love Languages Of Teenagers
$16.99Add to cartOver 600,000 copies sold! Socially, mentally, and spiritually, teenagers face a variety of pressures and stresses each day. Despite these pressures, it is still parents who can influence teens the most, and The 5 Love Languages of Teenagers equips parents to make the most of that opportunity.
In this adaptation of the #1 New York Times bestseller The 5 Love Languages(R) (more than 20 million copies sold), Dr. Gary Chapman explores the world in which teenagers live, explains their developmental changes, and gives tools to help you identify and appropriately communicate in your teen’s love language.
Get practical tips for how to:
*Express love to your teen effectively
*Navigate the key issues in your teen’s life, including anger and independence
*Set boundaries that are enforced with discipline and consequences
*Support and love your teen when he or she failsGet ready to discover how the principles of the five love languages can really work in the life of your teenage and family.
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Parenting : 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family With
$22.99Add to cartPaul David Tripp’s Bestselling Book on Parenting, Now with Study Questions
Sometimes parents wish there was a guaranteed formula for raising good kids-a certain list of rules to follow to ensure they’d have obedient children. But if moms and dads view their role through the lens of God’s grace, they will see that the gospel must first shape how they parent before they can effectively shape their children.
In the bestselling book Parenting, Paul David Tripp unfolds a more biblical perspective on parenting than merely adhering to a list of rules. He lays out 14 gospel-centered principles that will radically change the way parents think about what it means to raise up a child, informing everything they do as a parent. This edition includes a section of engaging study questions for every chapter, helping individuals and groups reflect on each topic in greater depth.
Downloadable study questions are available for free.
*Christ-Centered Advice for Families: Explains how the gospel should affect the way parents interact with their children at every age
*Engaging Study Questions: Reflect on each chapter alone or as part of a small group
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Opt Out Family
Original price was: $19.99.$11.99Current price is: $11.99.Add to cartDiscover a new and hopeful path forward as you consider your family’s approach to social media, screen time, and technology.
We’ve all heard the mind-boggling statistics about technology and social media use. The numbers don’t lie; our obsession with smartphones and social media is slowly eroding the very essence of our homes and families. We see it. We feel it. We know it.
So what do we do about it?
Spoiler alert: Forget parental control apps, time limits, or reward charts. This revolutionary path takes us into the heart of the beast itself: the social media algorithm. Former social media influencer and trailblazer Erin Loechner has seen the perks and pitfalls of social media usage, and she knows how to hack the strategies of tech wizards and platform experts so you can borrow their billion-dollar playbook to engage your family in meaningful ways away from screens.
The Opt-Out Family is packed with eye-opening research and startling insights, as well as practical encouragement and creative ideas to transform your family’s relationship with today’s ever-evolving technology. As a result, you will:
*Experience more quality time with your children that doesn’t revolve around screens
*Create healthy habits as a family that will set your children up for success in the future
*Discover what your kids actually need from you, and learn how to delight and engage them better than a device can
*And, ultimately, establish true and lasting influence within your own four walls–and far beyond
The Opt-Out Family unlocks a world where genuine connections flourish and technology takes a backseat. It’s time to reclaim your home and build a tech-free family culture that’s stronger than your Wi-Fi signal.
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Rhythm Of Home
$16.99Add to cartFeeling overwhelmed by the challenges of parenting? Want to cultivate a home life that aligns with your deepest dreams and values as a family?
Chris and Jenni Graebe, authors of The Rhythm of Us: Create the Marriage You Long For, are back to share the intentional habits of flourishing families who love God and truly enjoy each other. You’ll take inventory of your current family rhythms, consider your unique core values, and move toward the life you truly envision for your family. Along the way, Chris and Jenni offer practical tips and strategies to navigate the challenges of parenting and cultivate a thriving family life.
Through exploring five intentional practices of flourishing families, you will learn to
*map out a vision for your family legacy,
*create a home environment that supports your deepest family values,
*connect on a deeper level with your kids in ways that will last a lifetime, and
*shape a loving and joy-filled family culture.Whether you are just starting your family or are farther along in your parenting journey, The Rhythm of Home will help you create a strong foundation. You don’t have to let the family life you dream of slip through your fingers, you can intentionally cultivate the loving, flourishing home you truly desire. The Rhythm of Home will lead the way!
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Never Alone : The Power Of Family To Inspire Hope
$18.99Add to cartFamily Is Divinely Inspired
Family is God’s design for us. But imagine a world without family. What would it be like? You would never attend a family reunion. You would have no one to invite to your wedding. You would have no spouse to commit your life to. No children or grandchildren. You would not gather with family for special holiday celebrations. You might feel alone. Isolated. As if you didn’t belong. But that isn’t what God had in mind, so He established the family.
In Never Alone, Dr. Albert Reyes explores scripture to help us find God’s plan and design for the family. Using the Bible as his guide and stories of real families with his ministry at Buckner International, Dr. Reyes guides you on a journey of discovery. Discover that family is a gift from God with the power to inspire hope. Find God’s plan for your family.
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How To Build A Thriving Marriage As You Care For Children With Disabilities
$39.99Add to cartBuilding a vibrant and joyful marriage is always a challenge. When you add the stresses inherent in parenting children with disabilities, it becomes both more difficult and more critical.
Once on the brink of divorce, Kristin and Todd Evans uncovered the unique set of skills critical for growing a fulfilling relationship amid the extraordinary challenges of caring for their two children with special needs. Now they are sharing their hard-won discoveries and inspiring marriage story with you. Weaving together insights from Scripture, research, and clinical and personal experience, Kristin and Todd offer you the practical relationship tools you need to save, strengthen, and enjoy your marriage. They help you:
– identify your unique needs
– assess your strengths and weaknesses
– set your priorities
– develop healthy stress management skills
– deepen your communication and connection
– tackle problems as a team
– find ways to rest and recharge
– nurture sexual intimacy
– build a strong support network
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Parent Revolution : Rescuing Your Kids From The Radicals Ruining Our School
$29.00Add to cartFrom the leader of the online army in America’s parental rights movement comes the real story of how moms and dads across the country are turning the tide against radical activists in public schools.
It’s no secret that our government-run public education system has held generations of Americans hostage. The teachers unions–the government’s stormtroopers–have been hard at work running a mass misinformation campaign to convince parents that because this is how it has always been, this is how it has to be. But here’s what you may not realize: the parents are winning, and we have entered the death spiral of the education dictatorship. The school choice revolution is here, and moms and dads are successfully restoring parental rights in education, one state, one school district at a time.
In The Parent Revolution, Dr. Corey A. DeAngelis-public enemy #1 of the teachers’ unions – takes readers inside this movement like no one else can. As Vox reported in late 2023, DeAngelis has become “the public face” of the effort, “traveling from state to state, holding rallies, making media appearances, and tweeting constantly.” Or as another education voice put it, “No one in education policy, advocacy, or activism has ever lived rent-free in more heads at once than Corey DeAngelis.”
As America’s most prominent and influential advocate of school choice, DeAngelis unapologetically argues why parents and political leaders must lean into the culture war taking place in schools. He exposes the hypocritical elites who are content to hold other people’s children captive to poorly run government schools while sending their own children to the best private and charter schools out there. And most importantly, he equips readers with the ability to make sure the potent forces of the educational industrial complex don’t regain their footing.
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Caring For Kids From Hard Places
$15.99Add to cartWhy doesn’t he act his age? Why does she behave so impulsively? Why does he have meltdowns so often?
There is always meaning behind behavior in all of us. It might be a behavioral reaction from something as simple as hunger or exhaustion. Or something far more serious – a triggered reaction to a traumatic, frightening experience.
Children who have experienced early childhood neglect or trauma are often greatly impacted in developmental ways. Children in foster care or who are given up for adoption often deal with these kinds of negative early experiences and it can be difficult to know how to help. People who teach-either in school or children’s ministry often see these youngsters’ behavior as confusing and don’t understand why.
In Caring for Kids from Hard Places, Jayne and David Schooler discuss the reasons behind why children and teens sometimes exhibit potentially disruptive behavior. Together, they offer practical strategies on training, equipping and resourcing staff and volunteers to provide a responsive environment for children with behavioral challenges. Caring for Kids from Hard Places includes:
*Insights on how to understand adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
*Principles for creating a trauma-informed environment
*Strategies for facilitating healing
*Tips on how to create a sensory-smart classroomDiscover how to better love children from difficult backgrounds and pave their way for a better life.
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War On Children
$26.99Add to cartA Masters Seminary Press Title
In The War on Children, bestselling author, John MacArthur, offers the tools needed to understand the enemy’s battle plan and be ready for the next assault. As God’s people, we need to:
*Teach our children God’s Word
*Train them in righteousness
*Give them wise and biblically based guidance
*And above all, give them our extravagant loveEvery day, on a multitude of battlefronts, Satan is deploying weapons of mass corruption against our children. Modern culture has been systematically designed with an agenda that is aggressively anti-God, anti-Christ, and anti-Scripture, intended to corrupt and consume young, impressionable hearts and minds.
We are in the middle of a dangerous ideological conflict with eternity at stake. Christian parents cannot simply float passively along with the drift of our culture. We need to:
*Be aware of the threats this world poses to our children
*Understand the enemy’s battle plan and be ready for the next assault
*Prepare our children for the attacks they will face from a culture intent on their destruction. -
Parenting Map : Step-By-Step Solutions To Consciously Create The Ultimate P
$18.99Add to cartInstant National and International Bestseller
A revolutionary new parenting method by the New York Times bestselling author of The Conscious Parent and The Awakened Family.
Every parent is capable of raising happy, healthy, and emotionally grounded children. Despite this, too many of us struggle along the journey. From the fast-changing realities of social media to the fear that permeates our culture, to the generational expectations that are unconsciously placed on children, the pressures on parents and children have reached a critical moment. We feel it and our children feel it. But there is a solution.
With over two decades experience working directly with parents, acclaimed clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Shefali offers a profoundly practical and groundbreaking parenting solution that helps parents actualize their deepest desires for their children. This step-by-step guide disrupts toxic inherited patterns and replaces them with authentic connections that allow us to see and respond to our children for who they are and who they can become.
This is the evidence-based manual that every parent has been searching for. Complete with paradigm shifting wisdom, illuminating client stories, and detailed practices, The Parenting Map guides the way to empowering our children while transforming ourselves.
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5 Love Languages Of Teenagers Workbook (Workbook)
$12.99Add to cartThe essential companion book for The 5 Love Languages(R) of Teenagers
Struggling to connect with your teen?
These thirteen lessons-created to strengthen and deepen your relationships with the teens in your life-provide workable strategies for applying the principles of The 5 Love Languages(R) of Teenagers. They offer glimpses of our relationship’s potential when you understand and speak a teenager’s love language.
This workbook includes interactive questions, quizzes, charts, and diagrams-all aimed at helping you better express love and identify areas for development. Whether you’re working with this book as an individual, a couple, or in a small group, let patience, grace, and humor be your companions.
Never before has raising teens been so perplexing. If you are wondering what on earth you’re doing wrong, you’re not alone. But there is hope. By learning to meaningfully express love amid your teen’s many changes, you can stay connected, maintain influence, and help your teen grow into a healthy adult.
As you apply the interactive and practical lessons from this book, you will see dividends. And the more you pour into this workbook, the greater your dividends will be.
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5 Love Languages Of Children Workbook (Workbook)
$12.99Add to cartThe essential companion book for The 5 Love Languages(R) of Children
You know you love your child. But how can you make sure your child knows it?
The twelve lessons in this book were created to strengthen and deepen your relationship with your kids. These lessons give you workable strategies for applying the principles of The 5 Love Languages(R) of Children. They offer glimpses of your relationship’s potential when you understand and speak your child’s love language.
This workbook-designed for individuals, couples, or small groups-focuses on the invaluable love languageTM content. It includes interactive questions, quizzes, charts, and diagrams-all aimed at helping you better express love and identify areas for development.
As you work through this book, let patience, grace, and humor be your companions. Learning a love language requires more than a little trial and error. But it’s worth the effort. As you combine the insights of The 5 Love Languages(R) of Children with this practical, interactive workbook, you will enjoy the beautiful, flourishing relationships with your kids that you desire!
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Parenting With Hope Study Guide (Student/Study Guide)
$9.99Add to cartBuild a Flourishing Family Culture
With this study guide companion to Parenting with Hope, author and experienced mom Melissa Kruger provides wisdom for navigating the teen years and creating a home environment that encourages teens to grow and mature in their faith–long after they leave.
Using a combination of thought-provoking questions, opportunities for reflection, and practical guidance, Melissa will help you…*prayerfully study and live out God’s Word
*apply scriptural insight as you consider each aspect of your teens’ lives: home, church, school, and their social and extracurricular activities
*identify biblical principles and values that will equip and enrich you in your parenting journey
Parenting is not easy, and parenting teenagers comes with a unique set of challenges. This insightful resource will help you think biblically, engage gracefully, and live wisely so that this can be a spiritually formative season of life–for you and your teenage children.
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Parenting With Hope
$22.99Add to cartRaise Your Teens on a Rock-Solid Foundation
As children mature, it’s important for parents to prepare for the unique changes and challenges of adolescence. With so many cultural pressures and influences vying for teens’ attention, parents need a secure foundation for creating an environment where faith can flourish.
Parenting with Hope invites you to anchor your hopes and expectations in Christ–the true source of wisdom, strength, contentment, and fruitful parenting. Integrating sound biblical teaching, insights from developmental experts, and her own experiences as a teacher and mother, Melissa Kruger will wisely guide you through today’s most common concerns. Emphasizing principles over prescriptions, Melissa will help you to understand how you can build up and bless your teens in God-honoring ways.
When you recognize God as the ultimate parent, you’ll begin to truly understand that he is presently at work in the hearts of both parents and teens. This encouraging and practical guide will equip you with the wisdom to cultivate a Christ-centered household, passing on a legacy of faithfulness to your teenage children.
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Raising Mentally Strong Kids
Original price was: $27.99.$19.97Current price is: $19.97.Add to cartParenting is about to get easier–and a whole lot more effective….
In a time when so many children and young adults seem to be struggling, parents are looking for help in bringing up mentally healthy kids who are equipped to thrive. Finally, evidence-based help is now available for overwhelmed parents who are trying their best but feel like they’re falling short.
#1 New York Times bestselling author and neuropsychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen and child psychologist Dr. Charles Fay have teamed up to reveal what’s missing from most parenting books. It’s the fact that you need to address both the brain and the mind of your child (and yourself) in order to effectively raise good and strong humans.
In this groundbreaking book where neuroscience meets love and logic, parents are given practical tools to help children of all ages go from behavioral problems like defiance, meltdowns, and power struggles to being:
*Responsible, confident, kind, and resilient
*Better prepared to make good decisions
*More focused and motivated
*Better able to have healthy relationships, and more….Let Dr. Amen and Dr. Fay help you learn how to be the parent you’ve always dreamed you could be-and raise great kids who are on their way to reaching their full potential, including their best possible mental health.
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Reclaiming Education : Teach Your Child To Be A Confident Learner
$15.99Add to cartAre you satisfied that your children’s current educational environment is bringing out their best potential?
In a world where traditional education systems make little or no accommodation for individual learning styles (such as auditory or visual learning), and they’re failing to teach even the basics, it’s time for parents to take charge of their children’s education.
In Reclaiming Education, parents are equipped with practical and immediately useful tools to work in partnership with their children to identify and develop their learning styles and strengths. If you want to help learners build the kind of confidence that inspires lifelong learning, get them involved in the solutions for their own success.
In this book, both parents and children can learn how to:
*Identify learning style strengths
*Develop strategies for adapting to less than ideal circumstances
*Design an effective study space environment that’s tailored to your child’s needs
*Motivate even the most resistant learnersA great faith-based parenting resource for anyone who feels like the traditional education system has failed their children, and for anyone interested in homeschooling or simply helping their children to succeed in any type of school setting.
Say goodbye to a one-size-fits-all education and unlock your child’s full learning potential.
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Becoming A Screen Savvy Family
$17.99Add to cartHow Do Christian Parents Keep Up with Their Children’s Screen Consumption?
The expert media staff at Plugged In have compiled a must-read resource to help you understand the media your children consume. Years of researching and analyzing the latest media trends are compiled in Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family.
Offering practical advice and strategies to help your children navigate the ever-changing landscape of pop culture, Becoming a Screen Savvy Family includes social media, music, streaming services, video games, movies, and more to help you dialogue with your children about the content that they are exposed to. The effects of technology and media consumption on children are far-reaching, impacting their mental health, sleep patterns, attention spans, and social skills.
In Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family, you’ll learn:
*the effects on your children’s biology, behaviors, and beliefs;
*traits of engaged parents, creating a game plan, and how to step in when needed;
*how to screen those screens; and
*practical strategies for limiting screen time and thinking critically about media.Becoming a Screen-Savvy Family will quickly become an essential tool to guide your family’s relationship with media and your child’s screen consumption.
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Loving Adopted Children Well
$15.99Add to cartBased on Chapman’s best-selling The 5 Love Languages(R)–a specialized resource of intentional love for families of adopted children.
Adoption brings unique challenges. Love and bonding don’t always come naturally. There can be emotional distress, frustration, and disappointment. In Loving Adopted Children Well, Dr. Gary Chapman along with professor and mom of adopted kids Dr. Laurel Shaler share how The 5 Love Languages(R) provide concrete steps to infusing love, hope, and attachment in your family.
In addition to the beauty and healing you’ll discover in the chapters on the love languages–Service, Gifts, Physical Touch, Quality Time, and Words of Affirmation–the authors provide essential chapters on subjects such as:
*When You Don’t “Feel the Love”
*Getting Spouses on the Same Page
*Help for Single Parents
*Stopping Sibling Rivalry
*Support–Why it’s Needed and Where to Find It . . . and more.With empathy for adoptive parents, Chapman and Shaler provide an honest and invaluable resource of wisdom, joy, and healing. Apply the lessons from Loving Adopted Children Well, and you will see love grow and flourish in your home.
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Raising Kids To Follow Christ
$16.99Add to cartHow can we raise the next generation to have an unshakable faith in God as they navigate the challenging terrain of modern culture?
Offering years of experience and countless success stories, author and parenting expert Lee Ann Mancini says what our children need is a heart change, not just a behavioral change, so that they become effective disciples. In Raising Kids to Follow Christ: Instilling a Lifelong Trust in God, she inspires parents, grandparents, teachers, and others to teach their children essential Christian principles to enable them to navigate the world with grace, integrity, and an unbreakable bond with their heavenly Father.
This book goes beyond surface-level advice, delving into the intricate matters of children’s hearts and minds and offering a blueprint for nurturing a deep and unwavering faith in Christ.
Raising Kids to Follow Christ offers:
– Decades of personal experience and training based on key essential principles in Scripture
– Practical strategies for addressing doubts, fears, and questions that arise in today’s culture
– Ways to help children control their emotions and actions in various situations
– Suggestions from some of today’s brightest Christian minds in children’s spirituality
– Empowerment for parents to become their child’s spiritual champion
– Easy-to-understand apologetics for children and adults
– Fun ways to connect your child’s heart to Christ
Raising Kids to Follow Christ is a collaborative journey inviting parents to learn, grow, and flourish alongside their children as they become bold in their witness and committed to their faith rather than secular culture.
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Parenting : The Complex And Beautiful Vocation Of Raising Children
$21.99Add to cartBooks on parenting abound, with many suggesting that specific strategies will produce desired results. Gifted theologian Holly Taylor Coolman offers something different: a theologically and biblically rich commentary on the theme of raising children.
As a mother of five who is known for approaching parenting in a theological way, Coolman is often asked for advice. In this book, she explores parenting as a complex and beautiful vocation in which mothers and fathers themselves are made and unmade, offered troubling sorts of gifts, and drawn deeper into connection not only with their children but also with God, others, and themselves. Coolman describes child-rearing as a vocation to which parents are called that requires them to develop the skills of apprenticeship and invitation. She also locates raising children firmly within the context of the church.
This book will appeal to Christian parents, especially adoptive and foster parents, as well as pastors, church leaders, and students.
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Parent Differently : Raise Kids With Biblical Character That Changes Cultur
$14.99Add to cartMost parents misguidedly prioritize behavior. The why and how to instill character.
Behavior modification does not guarantee good character qualities. Character influences decisions. It’s evidenced in our speech, actions, and attitudes. It’s about who we are and what we do. The world competes for the hearts of our kids–and we see its negative impact in their pride, laziness, and entitlement. As Christians, however, we want to see the character of Jesus Christ in our children. Dads and moms, grandparents, and teachers all want to see their children grow in humility, gratitude, and respect–for others and themselves. We want our kids to be brave, compassionate, and joyful. We don’t want our kids to flounder through life. We want them to flourish and live into their God-given designs and callings. Dr. Kathy Koch helps us to that end by answering essential questions:
*What is character and why does it matter?
*Why is there a crisis of character?
*What are the challenges in developing character?
*How can we teach or improve character?Not only does character help us accomplish our goals, there are many other benefits of mature character: we will be blessed, stand out for Jesus, attract good friends, grow in wisdom, and live in freedom.
Koch provides an invaluable resource for shepherding our children in godly character.
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Parents Guide To Lies Boys Believe
Original price was: $12.99.$10.39Current price is: $10.39.Add to cartLies are powerful. Your son has a persistent enemy who seeks to deceive and rob him of the confidence and strength he has in Jesus. But you can help him fill his heart with God’s Truth so that he can stand strong.
A Parent’s Guide to Lies Boys Believe, a companion book to Lies Boys Believe, is your tool to come alongside your son in the fight against lies. This unique and Bible-centered resource teaches your son the Truth he will need to navigate the challenges he is facing. Join the fight against lies using this guide, packed with encouragement and biblical insight. Written by two experienced parents with a house full of boys and a heart to raise up a generation of Truth-seekers, you’ll be empowered to talk with your son and push back against the Deceiver.
Together, these books give you the tools you need to start important conversations. A Parent’s Guide to Lies Boys Believe will help you:
*Develop and communicate a right theology of lies and Truth to your son
*Initiate meaningful ongoing conversations about the topics like: the gospel, God’s Word, entertainment choices, self-control, and more.
*Build a Word-centered home
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Parent Guides To Connecting In Chaos: 5 Conversation Starters: Tough Conver
$19.99Add to cartThe five parent guides in this bundle offer deep insights and clear strategies for confronting difficult topics with your teen. Many of these topics trigger complex emotions and can intimidate parents away from broaching the subject for fear of doing it wrong or making things awkward. The concise format and conversational style make the guides accessible and understandable. Parents will feel empowered to strengthen their relationships with their kids through tough times.
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Lights A Lovely Mile
$27.00Add to cartEugene H. Peterson’s never-before-published wisdom for each season of the Christian year
The glorious, never-dull reality of the gospel is this: Christ sets us free. All of us can be doers of the word, using the stuff of the everyday to make something to the glory of God.
Long before his iconic paraphrased Bible translation, The Message, Eugene H. Peterson (1932-2018) faithfully preached for decades to the small congregation of Christ Our King Presbyterian Church in Bel Air, Maryland. As the seasons passed, along with the accompanying fasts and feasts, Peterson faithfully revealed ways to cultivate a robust, authentic life of faith, intimacy, obedience, and joy.
Now you can gain new insights into Peterson’s preaching and pastoral life through this collection of his most compelling yet never-before-published sermons. Following the calendar of the church year, from the darkness of Advent to the light of Epiphany, the wilderness of Lent to the celebration of Easter, and the fire of Pentecost to the everyday glory of ordinary time, these remarkable sermons point to the eternity beyond our experience of time.
With his trademark wit and wisdom, Peterson shows how to pursue a “long obedience in the same direction” through all the seasons, colors, and rhythms of our lives.
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Strong Girls Strong World: A Practical Guide To Helping Them Soar–and Crea
$17.99Add to cartYou Can Make a Global Impact–One Girl at a Time
In Strong Girls, Strong World, Dale Hanson Bourke draws on her international leadership and reporting experience to offer personal insights we can all use as a road map to understanding the issues girls face–and the tangible ways we can each make a difference. Filled with personal stories, hope-filled examples, and specific opportunities, readers will discover:
*how investing in girls changes communities and entire countries
*eight areas that create high-impact investments for girls
*what leading organizations are doing to change the lives of girls, and
*dozens of specific and practical ways you can make a difference today.Investing in the life of a girl can bring about global change. In Strong Girls, Strong World, you’ll find out how to take the first steps.
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Parents Guide To Walking Through Grief
$4.99Add to cartDo what makes you happy right now is one of our culture’s loudest anthems. But when it comes to grief, this philosophy can lead to destructive or addictive behaviors if teens don’t learn to process in a healthy way. Whether it’s a friend moving away, a breakup, or a death, this sensitive guide offers reassuring explanations to commonly asked questions about how to handle grief.
Features:
*What is grief, and how do teens typically respond?
*What happens when we don’t deal with grief?
*What does healthy grieving look like? -
Parents Guide To Racism In The United States
$4.99Add to cartFrom its foundation to the present day, the United States has been marred by racism. Learn how to discuss this hot-button issue compassionately.
Features:
*Definitions of race-related terms such as racism, while privilege, and Black Lives Matter
*Concise summary of the history of the US Civil Rights Movement
*Biblical support for respecting people of all races
*Practical strategies for pursuing racial justice as a family
*Shame-free discussion questions for honest conversation
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Parents Guide To Tough Conversations
$4.99Add to cartHow can you tackle tough topics like sex, bullying, or porn without making it awkward? Gain practical strategies and tips to impact conversations with your kids.
Features:
*How to naturally initiate difficult conversations
*How to determine when, where, and what topics to discuss
*How to use encouraging language to help your kids open up
*How to forgive yourself if you’ve messed up tough topics in the past -
Parenting Gen Z
$16.99Add to cartWhy is parenting Gen Z so challenging?
When it comes to raising kids in the Christian faith, common challenges like lack of biblical knowledge, uncertainty and doubt, and the breakdown of discipleship in the home make it difficult for parents to raise spiritually healthy kids. Nowhere is this more apparent than with Gen Z, the most non-Christian generation in American history. How can parents instill a love for God in their children and help them avoid the pitfalls unique to their generation?
Parenting Gen Z is a must-read for everyday parents looking for ways to parent their sons and daughters effectively. In this motivational guidebook, Jason Jimenez tackles today’s parenting challenges in a fun and empowering way. This book includes easy-to-follow steps designed to improve your parenting skills and relationships with your kids! It covers:
*understanding and relating to Gen Z
*setting and monitoring device and gaming limits
*expert advice on how to talk about faith, sex, porn, LGBTQI issues, abortion, and depression
*tips for fruitful discipleship
*applying authority and discipline kids will respect -
Unshakable Kids : Three Keys To Raising Spiritually Strong And Emotionally
$29.99Add to cartYou may feel anxious about sending your child out into a world that too often feels dark and scary. But you can prepare your kids to live in the real world by equipping them with a sound mind and strategies for establishing a foundation of faith.
Adversity is a normal part of life, and when we keep our children too protected, we rob them of the opportunity to learn and practice essential life skills like discernment, understanding, boldness, and resilience. Using Scripture and principles of cognitive behavioral therapy, Unshakable Kids gives you the tools to equip your children to withstand the negative pressures of society and walk bravely into the world with wisdom. This book will show you how to model the qualities you want to build in your kids, control anxious thoughts, and help your kids rest in their identities as children of God.
With God’s Word and these brain-based tools, you can raise emotionally healthy and spiritually strong children who not only remain unshaken by the world, but can actually make a positive impact on it.
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Unshakable Kids : Three Keys To Raising Spiritually Strong And Emotionally
$17.99Add to cartYou may feel anxious about sending your child out into a world that too often feels dark and scary. But you can prepare your kids to live in the real world by equipping them with a sound mind and strategies for establishing a foundation of faith.
Adversity is a normal part of life, and when we keep our children too protected, we rob them of the opportunity to learn and practice essential life skills like discernment, understanding, boldness, and resilience. Using Scripture and principles of cognitive behavioral therapy, Unshakable Kids gives you the tools to equip your children to withstand the negative pressures of society and walk bravely into the world with wisdom. This book will show you how to model the qualities you want to build in your kids, control anxious thoughts, and help your kids rest in their identities as children of God.
With God’s Word and these brain-based tools, you can raise emotionally healthy and spiritually strong children who not only remain unshaken by the world, but can actually make a positive impact on it.
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Broken Children Sovereign God
$15.99Add to cartA testimony to the sufficiency of God in the gruelling day to day reality of raising a child with a mental health disorder.
Mental health disorders have become increasingly prevalent, especially in children and teenagers. Suicide is the 3rd highest cause of death in fifteen to nineteen year olds arounds the world. This effect of the Fall has left thousands of families in despair, confusion, and impotent desperation. Leslie Schmucker knows this all too well.
Writing to encourage other parents who find themselves in a similar situation, she explores different aspects of her and her family’s experience with their daughter,Jackie. Through violence and mayhem, joy and hope, intense isolation, shame and confusion, Leslie’s honest testimony to the goodness of God is humbling.
Leslie’s testimony is split into four sections:
*Comfort from the God who Knows
*Sufficiency in the Fallout
*Guidance in the Storm
*Hope for the JourneyLife in our post Fall world is not always neat, not every story looks like a success, but Leslie shows us how the gospel is for every situation, the love of God is for everyone, and He can be trusted to write our stories. Whether you are raising a child with a mental health disorder or not, this book will challenge your comfortable Christianity and show you a love beyond measure.
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Praying For Your Child From Head To Toe
$19.99Add to cartGod has given parents the privilege of shaping not just a human being but an eternal soul. Sometimes that responsibility can feel overwhelming, especially when it comes to prayer.
In Praying for Your Child from Head to Toe, bestselling author Sharon Jaynes helps us use the words of Scripture to pray over our children with intention. This practical and encouraging guide offers:
*A unique head-to-toe pattern to help us make prayer for our kids a natural habit
*Thirty brief reflections with sixteen prayers each, taking you from prayers for your child’s mind, eyes, and ears, to their shoulders, gifts, and relationships
*Flexibility, whether you are looking for a month-long devotional or Scripture prayers to use again and again
As Sharon reminds us, prayer is not a means of gaining control over our children to make them the men and women we want them to be. Prayer is a means of relinquishing control and asking God to shape our children into the men and women that He wants them to be.
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Talking To Kids About Gender Identity
$16.99Add to cartThe Wisdom You Need on One of the Hardest Issues of Our Day
As gender identity, transgender experiences, and emerging gender identities continue to be normalized and celebrated, many parents are left struggling with what to think about these issues–let alone how to talk to their children about them. The leading Christian expert on LGBTQ+ concerns, Dr. Mark Yarhouse has spent years counseling and teaching on these issues.
In this biblical, practical guide, he offers parents wisdom and answers to their biggest questions about gender, equipping you to:
* critically engage gender theory from a Christian view
* initiate honest, informative dialogues with your kids
* model biblical conviction with civility and compassion
* recognize early signs of gender dysphoria
* navigate relationships with those who identify differentlyGender identity is a defining issue in our children’s generation. This practical guide is your go-to resource for reliable, kingdom responses on these critical topics.
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Worry Free Parent
$29.99Add to cartWorry is contagious…
but you can stop its spreadAnxiety has an amazing ability to spread. Time and time again, when veteran counselor and parenting expert Sissy Goff has an anxious child or teen in her office, she’s found they have at least one very well-intentioned but anxious parent. Anxiety is contagious, and it’s likely affecting your kids, distracting you in the present, and making you feel like it will define your family’s future.
It doesn’t have to be this way. With over 30 years of experience helping both children and adults, Sissy offers you practical, well-researched tools that will make a difference in your life–and the lives of your children. Learn how to:
* uncover the roots of your own anxiety
* process anxiety in healthy ways rather than passing it on
* model bravery
* discover a place of deeper, freer connection to your kidsHere is the help you need to experience freedom from anxiety, raise confident, courageous kids, and become a worry-free family in an increasingly anxious world.
