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Lately the terms “delayed adulthood” and “extended adolescence” have been heard amongst parenting experts, and many television news programs have had feature stories on the phenomena. The joke about the video-game addicted boy growing up to be the 35 year old man who can’t hold a job and lives in his parent’s Continue reading Just One Thing: Raising Independent Kids 
“But if we do that, what if… happens? THEN what are we going to do?” It came out in a conversation, awakening us to “What if?!” What if, what? What if she learns some hard lessons, and begins to take on responsibility? What if we, her parents, take that F-word by the horns and put it where it belongs? Fear, the other F-word, can make people do (or keep them from doing) lots of things. Continue reading Fear, or “What if” 
Sometimes I wish that there was a book that came with our first baby. We could, by following this book, understand our child and know exactly what her needs are. Continue reading Where’s That Child-Raising Manual? 
This is my daughter’s testimony, which she first read publicly in May 2010 at Teen Challenge New Hope House’s fund raiser banquet, and again at her own graduation from the program in June. She lives out what she testifies here, and has her goofy, crazy sense of humor and her own style too. Continue reading What Do You Think of Me? Testimony of a 16 Year Old 
Every morning at 6:00, my husband turns on the news. I usually drowse for another half an hour, listening to the TV as it interests me. When this story came on, I came fully awake as I was really, truly surprised. I’d not heard about this. It is disturbing. Continue reading Teens Smoking Incense to Get High |
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