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Category Archives: Parenting

Parenting: Our Broken Moral Compass—The Truth and Tragedy of a Failing Integrity

I think someone must have driven over our moral compass. It’s not lost – it’s broken. When I was a boy of 12 at camp, I took a skills course in...

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Podcast 018: Sex Talk Part 2—Giving the Sex Talk to Your Pre-teen

Sex Talk Part 2—The nitty gritty details of how to actually give the the sex talk to your pre-teen. Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, help parents...

Podcast 014: Sex Talk Part 1—Talking to your Kids about SEX

Sex Talk Part 1—Talking to your Kids about SEX Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, coach parents on the why and how to do a great job...

Parenting: Internet Safety and Software for Every Device in Your Home

We all struggle with keeping our family safe and secure, especially in our world of easy and often-unsecured Internet access. You may be asking yourself where to start and how to...

Podcast 013: Family Traditions and Their Impact Children

Building Family Traditions: What is their impact on your children? Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, focus on helping couples understand the benefits and strength of building...

Parenting: Cell Phone Sanity for Children

Dr. Dave’s Complete Family Guide for Mobile Use Her parents didn’t think through the ramifications of their little girl becoming so tech savvy so young. Her mom and dad embrace technology....

Parenting: Developing A Family Mission Statement

Knowing Why You are Developing a Family Mission Statement Life is about choices. When you intentionally make the right decisions, so many things will go well in the life of your...

Podcast 009: Preparing Your Kids to Face Drugs

The Agony with Ecstasy—Preparing Your Kids to Face Drugs Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, focus on warning parents about the dangers and heartache of kids going...

Podcast 008: When the “In-laws” Become Outlaws—How to Win the Shootout

Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, focus on assisting couples on understanding and addressing how to work through the complexities of difficult extended family relationships.   Click...

Podcast 006: Bless the Mess—Keeping Your Sanity in the Preschool Years

Dr. Dave Currie along with Wayne & Mary Jane Dahl, focus on helping parents understand and improve their role as life directors of their little one’s growth and maturity.   Click...

Marital Prayer Part 2: How to Start Praying Together

Marital Prayer Part 2: How to Pray Together Relational research shows that 92% of couples that call themselves Christians never pray together. “Tell me something new,” you say since you’re one...

Parenting: The Impact of Family Traditions

Why does a college student say to a fellow passenger on a flight home for Christmas, “I can’t wait to get home. I miss my family”? Because family traditions, like a...

Parenting: Rethinking the Sex Talk

What Every Son Needs to Hear From His Dad An interview by Sam Black for Covenant Eyes Many dads feel awkward when talking to their sons about girls, feelings, sex, and…yikes,...

Parenting: Indecent Exposure—Winning the Sexual Battle for the Minds and Hearts of the Next Generation

Tears poured down her face as we embraced. My wife, Donalyn, whispered to me through her pain, “It is so wrong, and so easy. What if our grandbabies ever saw that?”...