For moms, raising boys into men can be a real challenge. Dr. Meg Meeker's book Strong Mothers, Strong Sons offers a lot of perspective and advice.

Recently, Randell and Mark did a survey with some real, live young people. They asked them what three things they wished their parents knew. The results were eye opening. This episode shares some of the common categories and offers some advice for parents' responses.

We are taking a break from new content this week, but encourage you to visit www.isthatnormal.org for a post highlighting prior resources and episodes. We'll be back next week with a fresh interview episode. Until then Be Abnormal!

In this episode Mark and Randell talk about the all-important topic of curfews!

Teens and Young Adults speak fluent internet - the new language that is emerging from our growing digital communication culture. In this episode Mark and Randell talk about some of those trends and how parents can avoid getting lost in translation!

Chances are if you have children or young adults in your house, video games are there too. But how do we respond? Are they healthy? What should our rules about them be? In this episode, Randell and Mark talk about all of that and more!

We've all had those moments where we've failed, fallen, and missed the mark. When it involves raising our children it can be devastating. In this episode Randell and Mark talk about those moments and what to do with them.

One of the greatest challenges in parenting is to provide consistent boundaries and consequences. Today Mark and Randell discuss some of those issues as well as present a tangible solution - the family contract!

In the face of social distancing and shuttering of venues, Christ In Youth came up with an alternative delivery for their summer conference experiences for teenagers - the local church! In this episode, CIY MOVE Director Lane Moss talks with Mark and Randell about that experience and how to help parents connect their children to Kingdom work.

We all love a good dad joke...sort of. But what role does humor play in our relationship with our children? Can it be used to help us develop their character and faith? Today we invite our friend Josh Burchell to help us with that discussion.