Motivating Reluctant Teens to Read
Does your teen not enjoy reading? Help encourage your teen to read with these engaging reading activities.

Should Your Teen Help Pay for College?
Thoughts on whether or not your teen should help pay for his or her college education.

Parenting Teenagers by Creating a Teen-Friendly Environment
Practical tips for creating a teen-friendly environment in your home.

Coaching Your Teenagers on the Quest for Good Grades
Tips for helping encourage your teen to work for good grades in school.

Modest Clothing Patterns: Who Sells Them and Why
Online resources for buying modest clothing patterns for all ages.

Expanding Your Teen's World View
Ideas for helping your teen venture out into the world to become a well-rounded adult.

Making a Connection With Your Teen
Tips for forming a stronger, lasting bond with your teen.

Helping Your Teen Find a Summer Job
School almost out? Here are some helpful tips for helping your teen find a summer job.

Parenting Your High School Graduate
Tips for helping your teen transition from high school to adult life.

5 Strategies to Teach Your Children About Saving Money
Tips for introducing your kids or teens to the concept of saving money.

Teens and Discipline
Natural consequences for actions? Tips for discipling teens.

Spending Time With Your Teenage Daughter
Creative ways to spend quality time with your teenage daughter.

Kid Birthday Party Games - Pre-Teens
Fun, easy birthday party game ideas for pre-teens.

Youth Who Volunteer Get Better Grades and Become Active Citizens
Interesting statistics showing how community service benefits teens.

Great Part-Time Business Ideas for Students
Part time business ideas to help kids of all ages earn some extra money, as well as learn lifelong skills.

How to Help Your Kids do Algebra
Tips for helping your children learn algebra.

Middle School Blues
Tips for loving and supporting your teenagers through their middle school years.

Help Your Teenager Get Organized for Back to School
Tips for helping your teenager get organized for the school year.

Hey Big Spender: 7 Signs Your Teen Needs a Money Education
Signs to help determine if your teen is learning good money management skills.

Nine Steps to Helping Your Teen Get a Job
Tips for helping your teen prepare a resume and look for a new job.

Teaching Your Teen Good Money Management
Tips for teaching teens how to manage money.

5 Ways to Find Your Child's MySpace Profile
Tips for checking into your teenager's Internet activities by finding their MySpace profile.

Talking to My Teenager is Like Pulling Weeds!
Trying to talk to your teenager? Here are some tips to get you started.

6 Ways to Communicate Clearly with Your Teen
Tips for talking with your teen in an easy and conversational way.

Help My Preteen/Teenager is Driving Me Nuts!!!
Successful tips for talking to and parenting your preteens and teenagers.

Summer Camp Care Packages
Sending care packages to your children at summer camp is a great way to show them you care.

Building Teen Character: Voluneering for Community Service
Looking for something for your teenagers to do this summer? Get them involved in community service.

Building Teen Character: Part-Time Employment
There are a number of ways that parents can help teenagers build their character. One way is through part-time employment.

From Teenage Thorn to Adult Rose
A teenage child is like a rose bush – one of God’s wonderful creations engulfed by beauty, yet protruding with an armor of defensive thorns.

Successful Summer Tips for Your Teen
Looking for something productive for your teens to do this summer? Consider the following ideas.

Sleepover Party Crafts
Here are some fun crafts that are great for sleepover parties that involve the fun of working as a group, but also creating something special that you get to take home.

Raising Teens on a Tight Budget
Lets face it the things required these days to raise a child are expensive. Things can cost a lot of money school fees, fashionable clothes, sports activities to name just some as a scratch on the surface.

Helping Your Teens through Trials
So how do we guide teens safely "through the fire without being burned"? I am not a psychologist or a professional counselor. I am a mom and a teacher. I am still learning and struggling through their ages and stages myself.

Starting a Teen Book Study Group
If you're looking for a way to connect with your teenage daughter this summer, consider starting a girl's book study group with your daughter and her friends.

Organizing Your Teen Daughter for School
It's almost time for school to start again, and time for one of my most unfavorite activities...school shopping with my teenage daughter.

Division of Labor
Dividing up household chores is a great way to get everyday household tasks in less time and with less complaints.

To Clean or Not to Clean (Your Child's Room)
Whether or not to help your child clean their room. It's an age old dilemma. I still clearly remember my dad patiently (and sometimes not so patiently) explaining and demonstrating to me how to fold the sheet corners on my bed.

Homework Organizer
An easy tip for helping keep homework from overtaking the house.

The Blessings of Sponsoring a Child
A couple of years ago, a friend shared how she sponsored a child through Compassion International. And I felt God tugging at my heart not just as a person, but as a mom.

Family Night
In my opinion, one of the very best things you can do for your family is to start holding a regular family night. If you don't already do something like this with your family, I encourage you to start this week!

Time Management for Kids
Do you ever feel like there's not enough time in the day? You've just realized it's time for bed, and you still haven't accomplished all you set out to do today? Put yourself in your kids' shoes. If you can't prioritize and accomplish your own daily tasks, how can you expect your children to do the same?

Family Activity Night
Holding a weekly family home activity night is one way that you can prioritize what is of value in your life and at the same time teach children a wide variety of lessons and skills that can strengthen your family morally & spiritually.

Graduation Gifts
Easy, thoughtful graduation gift ideas.

Friendship Albums
Idea for making a creative, inexpensive photo album for teens.

Gift Ideas for Teen Girls
Christmas, birthdays, graduations...these are all occasions when we might struggle to come up with an inexpensive gift idea for the teenage girl in our life. Following are some gift ideas that can be purchased for $15 or less.

13 Ways to Spend Time With Your Teenage Daughter
It's hard to find things to do with your teenage daughter. You might be busy, they might have better things to do...I encourage you not to let this time slip away from you. Our interests may be very different from theirs, but there's always things you can do to bridge the gap.

Raising a Self-Sufficient Teen
Teens don't learn responsibility overnight. If you haven't been working with your teen on gradually giving them a sense of independence and ownership of their lives, then you're going to have your work cut out for you. Don't wait until it's too late.

My Teen Hates Our Youth Group
Families with teens face this same problem every day. What's the right answer? The truth is, there are many different possible answers to this tough question.

Babysitting and Your Teenager
Babysitting has changed a lot since I was a teenager. My mom didn't worry about checking out the families I babysat for and spent time with. Maybe things were safer then, but then again maybe not. Maybe she should have worried more.

Praying With Your Teenager
I don't remember my parents ever praying with me. It wasn't until I was a parent myself, and a born again believer, that I realized one of the outward signs of a committed Christian is their active prayer life.

Kids, Clothes, and Image
It was bound to happen. I knew sooner or later my daughter would come to me and announce that everything we have worked so hard to give her is basically not good enough for her.

A Modern Hope Chest
When our neighbors moved away, they left behind an old cedar chest and wanted to know if our family would like to have it. I was sure I could find some use for it. They're not that easy to come by, and it was still in pretty good shape.

Role Models for Your Teen
By the time your children reach their teens, there is only a limited amount of time left to influence them and get them started in life in the right direction.

Second-Hand Clothes, First-Class Style
Consignment shopping can be fun as well as rewarding. I was first introduced to consignment shopping when I was pregnant with my daughter, about 12 years ago.