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April 2025

April 22, 2025

5 Quick Steps to Calm a Stressed-Out Child (Part 2)

Were you surprised last week to learn how important it really is to listen to...

April 15, 2025

5 Quick Steps to Calm a Stressed-Out Child (Part 1)

It’s so important to listen to what your child is saying and, more than that,...

October 2024

October 01, 2024

What Parents Need to Know About College Kids Mental Health 2

This is part 2 of a two-part series on the mental wellbeing of college students....

May 2024

May 13, 2024

How To Stop Being a Snowplow Parent – Part 1

This is Part 1 of a two-part series for those of us parents who just...

March 2024

March 12, 2024

Finding Contentment in the Everyday

What I discovered is what I hope you do, too: that contentment is available to...

December 2023

December 05, 2023

What Adult Children Need – And Don’t Need – From Their Parents

In my series for Empty Nest parents this fall (see part 1, part 2 and...

September 2023

September 28, 2023

The Sky Is Not Falling—3 Ways to Help Our Kids Find Calm in Chaos

We all know societal challenges are real. And some people are absolutely called to address...

August 2023

August 22, 2023

What Every Empty Nest Parent Needs to Know (Part 1)

So in the span of a few very short weeks or months, as our kids...

April 2023

April 25, 2023

The Good Thing About Being the Bad Guy, Part 2

being the parent rather than the friend doesn’t mean swinging the pendulum of rules enforcement...

April 20, 2023

The Good Thing About Being the Bad Guy, Part 1

This is a two-part blog to encourage and equip parents of teenagers. In this part...

November 2022

November 29, 2022

A Devotional Story Update and Tribute

A few years ago, I wrote a devotional book called Find Peace. In Day 9,...

April 2022

April 05, 2022

A Different Perspective on Teens—and How to Talk to Them

Many of our kids, to some degree or another, have been hearing our warnings about...

March 2022

March 02, 2022

Talking To Your Young Adults About the Ukraine Invasion

We need to be fervently praying for wisdom for our leaders and ourselves about how...

November 2021

November 02, 2021

How to Not Freak Out When Talking to Your Teenager

Is it possible to settle our own emotions when our teen is talking to us,...

May 2021

May 25, 2021

How I Stopped Yelling at My Kids

Today we are sharing a guest blog from Crystal Paine while Shaunti is in this season...

November 2020

November 10, 2020

This One Thing Makes a Huge Difference for Your Teen

Parents, I have some encouraging news for you. Although we’re all suffering from just a...

March 2019

March 06, 2019

The Best Parenting Advice I Ever Received

We recently celebrated our son’s 16th birthday. Trust me, Jeff and I spent more than...

February 2018

February 12, 2018

3 Things Every Boy Needs to Hear from His Mom

In more than a decade of research with thousands of men and boys over the years, one...

October 2017

October 30, 2017

4 Reasons Parents Need to Be The Boss

It wasn’t really a thing before the title song of the hit comedy series Malcolm...

May 2017

May 15, 2017

Four Fantastic Facts to Know about Your Prickly Teen

If you’re a parent of a teenager, you’ve probably experienced the eye roll or utter...

May 12, 2016

3 things to do when your kid rolls her eyes at you

Not that this ever happens. But every now and then our kids (girls and boys)...

September 2015

September 08, 2015

Play It Subtle When Talking With Teens

Dear Shaunti, I was driving my 16-year-old daughter home from volleyball practice recently when she...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

When State Says Pot is OK, How Do I Convince My Child It Isn’t?

Dear Shaunti, We live in Colorado, where pot is now visible on every corner. For...

April 13, 2015

How can I get my teen to STOP relying on social media so much?

Dear Shaunti, My kids’ obsession with Instagram and other social media has gotten to ridiculous...

January 2015

January 26, 2015

Drama-Free Guarantee: Talking to Teenage Boys

Dear Shaunti, My oldest son is having a tough first year of high school –...

January 05, 2015

Conquer the Calendar Without Crushing Your Kids

Dear Shaunti, My 8th grade son is getting involved in extra-curricular activities for the first...