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Monthly Archives: May 2012
Parenting Godly Teens, #6, Demonstrate Genuine Faith
One of the most ineffective ways to raise a godly teenager is to offer a lot of pious platitudes while living a different way. It will bait plenty of accusations of hypocrisy and insincerity, provide a ready-made comeback for any … Continue reading
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Tagged example, fatherhood, fathers, godliness, motherhood, mothers, parents
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Parenting Godly Teens, #5: Teach them hope
Here’s a topic for raising teens that isn’t raised too often. And yet here’s a topic that really must be addressed, because of the alarming rate at which young people seek to deal with temporary problems with serious, long-term, bad … Continue reading
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Tagged despair, faith, fatherhood, fathers, hope, motherhood, mothers, optimism, parenthood, pessimism, suicide
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Raising Godly Teens #4: Keeping Electronics Under Control
OK, this one may seem like a little hypocrisy coming from a guy who loves his electronics. The other difficulty with even writing this article is that everyone has a slightly different idea about what is “under control” and what … Continue reading
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Tagged computers, family, fatherhood, fathers, ipads, iphones, ipods, motherhood, mothers, parenthood, parenting
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Raising Godly Teens, #3 — Let Them Suffer (and Learn) a Little
I hope this title doesn’t make me sound like a monster, but interestingly enough it is actually biblical: “Do not hold back discipline from the child, although you strike him with the rod, he will not die.” Proverbs 23:13, NAS95. … Continue reading
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Tagged challenges, fatherhood, fathers, love, motherhood, mothers, parenthood, suffering, teens, trouble
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Raising Godly Teens, #2
Parenting teens is hard work; it’s not like when they were pre-schoolers and you could simply pick them up no matter how much of a fit they threw. You can’t spank them, and talking to them sometimes turns into big-time … Continue reading
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Tagged children, fatherhood, fathers, frustration, motherhood, mothers, teenagers, teens
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Raising Godly Teens, #1
A few months ago I wrote a series of articles on parenting for our church’s bulletin. It was well received and I thought that perhaps some of my other readers my enjoy them, too. So, for the next few entries … Continue reading
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Tagged attitudes, Christianity, home, modeling, parenting, teens
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