Keep Your Welcome Mat Out for Your Teens

Keep Your Welcome Mat Out for Your Teens

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Creating a Home Where Teens Feel Safe to Be Themselves

Today’s teens are surrounded by filtered images, fake personas and pressure to appear perfect. What they’re really searching for is something genuine. In this episode, Mark, Wayne and Heartlight Counselor Courtney LaFleur discuss how authenticity, vulnerability, and honesty creat ...  Show more

Are You Helping Your Teen — Or Judging Them?

Could your attempts to help your teen actually feel like judgment to them? In this episode, Mark shares a devotional about the difference between offering help and communicating criticism. Using a personal story involving a dying llama, Mark illustrates how timing, tone and under ...  Show more

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