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The Rise (And Dangers) Of #BookTok

Due to social media apps like TikTok, it has become easier for teens, tweens, and even younger children to stumble upon different online communities. One community in particular, #BookTok, has become popular on TikTok over the past couple of years,...

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Roblox - The Online Gaming Platform that has Many Parents on Guard

Roblox is an online gaming platform for many user-created games. According to their website, "Roblox is the ultimate virtual universe that lets you create, share experiences with friends, and be anything you can imagine." There are gaming...

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Abstinence, AI & Your Family

In the past year, we have seen an explosion in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in all areas of our society. Businesses are finding ways to utilize AI to increase their marketing potential, design new projects and even analyze large swathes of...

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Social Media Addiction and Your Teen

The Familial and Adolescent Health Survey, conducted by Gallup, found that teens spend a daily average of 4.8 hours on various social media platforms. The top three most popular platforms reported by just over 1,500 participants were YouTube, TikTok...

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Teaching Chastity During the Little Years

By helping children understand that their bodies, minds and spirits are not just accidents of nature, but divine gifts given from a loving God, we can teach them how important it is to care for their bodies and to maintain their purity. This is the...

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Discipling Your Children and Grandchildren

Discussing the latest music, artists, celebrities, video games, social media influencers, apps and sporting events with teens can be challenging. There is a lot to learn and things are constantly changing. Discipleship in these areas takes creativity...

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Memorial Day Family Traditions

For many Americans, Memorial Day weekend marks the start of backyard BBQs, summer vacations and pool time. But it is so much more than that! In 1971, Congress declared Memorial Day a national holiday to honor and remember the men and women who died...

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The Virtue of Kindness

We all want our kids to be kind, but that is not the same as knowing what to do when you catch your child being unkind.  As a world-renowned developmental psychologist, Dr. Thomas Lickona has led the character education movement in schools...

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The Truth About Living Together Before Marriage

Living together, or cohabitating, before marriage, used to be a rare living arrangement in our society with 0.1% of 18- to 24-year-olds and 0.2% of 25- to 34-year-olds living together before marriage in 1968. Today, living together before marriage is...

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Holy Week Family Activities

Holy Week is an opportunity for your family to pause and ponder, to carefully mark each day and not let the week fly by like every other. These are some of the darkest and brightest days in the history of the world, and they are rich with...

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