The Heidi St. John Podcast

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Resources for this series:

Age of Opportunity by Paul Tripp

Are you hoping to merely survive your teenagers? With compassion, wit, and wisdom, Tripp uncovers the heart issues affecting families during the often-chaotic adolescent years.

What’s the Big Deal? Why God Cares About Sex by Brenna and Stan Jones

Written for children ages 8-11, What’s the Big Deal? helps kids find answers to their questions about sex. It explains the basic facts about sex, why God made adults so they want to have sex, what God says about sex in the Bible, and how to respond when faced with sexual pressure from peers, TV, movies, and magazines.

Passport to Purity by Dennis and Barbara Rainey

A True Connection product. Box with four audiocassettes, 64-page student guide, 88-page parent manual, gold seals, and commemorative passport.

Connect with your preteen or early teen on this once-in-a-lifetime getaway!

Parents, how would you like a workable plan and effective tools to successfully prepare a preteen or early teen for the turbulent adolescent years? This guided weekend retreat for a father and son or a mother and daughter will provide everything needed for a once-in-a-lifetime getaway together.

Short, Precious, Irreplaceable: The Teen Years blog post by Heidi St. John

What Parents of Prodigals Need to Know blog post by Marianne Sunderland

So You’re About to be a Teenager by Dennis and Barbara Rainey with Samuel and Rebecca Rainey

Samuel and Rebecca Rainey, preteens themselves not many years ago, add their perspective as young adults who vividly recall their own successes and failures as teenagers. Covering such topics as friends, peer pressure, boundaries, dating, and sex, the Raineys address the most common traps of adolescence and teach young people how to avoid making poor choices. Short, concise chapters are filled with engaging illustrations and practical applications.

Get into the Bible with your family! Check out Firmly Planted Family Resources for this series: Age of Opportunity by Paul … Continue reading Keeping the Heart of Your Teen →

Get into the Bible with your family! Check out Firmly Planted Family

Resources for this series:

Age of Opportunity by Paul Tripp

Are you hoping to merely survive your teenagers? With compassion, wit, and wisdom, Tripp uncovers the heart issues affecting families during the often-chaotic adolescent years.

What’s the Big Deal? Why God Cares About Sex by Brenna and Stan Jones

Written for children ages 8-11, What’s the Big Deal? helps kids find answers to their questions about sex. It explains the basic facts about sex, why God made adults so they want to have sex, what God says about sex in the Bible, and how to respond when faced with sexual pressure from peers, TV, movies, and magazines.

Passport to Purity by Dennis and Barbara Rainey

A True Connection product. Box with four audiocassettes, 64-page student guide, 88-page parent manual, gold seals, and commemorative passport.

Connect with your preteen or early teen on this once-in-a-lifetime getaway!

Parents, how would you like a workable plan and effective tools to successfully prepare a preteen or early teen for the turbulent adolescent years? This guided weekend retreat for a father and son or a mother and daughter will provide everything needed for a once-in-a-lifetime getaway together.

Short, Precious, Irreplaceable: The Teen Years blog post by Heidi St. John

What Parents of Prodigals Need to Know blog post by Marianne Sunderland

So You’re About to be a Teenager by Dennis and Barbara Rainey with Samuel and Rebecca Rainey

Samuel and Rebecca Rainey, preteens themselves not many years ago, add their perspective as young adults who vividly recall their own successes and failures as teenagers. Covering such topics as friends, peer pressure, boundaries, dating, and sex, the Raineys address the most common traps of adolescence and teach young people how to avoid making poor choices. Short, concise chapters are filled with engaging illustrations and practical applications. This book is essential reading for preteens.

Preparing for Adolescence by Dr. James Dobson

What do you say to an adolescent who’s getting ready to enter those turbulent teenage years?...

RESOURCES for this series: The Story of Me (Book 1) by Brenna and Stan Jones Designed for ages 3-5, and … Continue reading Talking to Your Kids About Sex →

RESOURCES for this series:

The Story of Me (Book 1) by Brenna and Stan Jones

Designed for ages 3-5, and using age-appropriate language and illustrations, this book explains to young children the marvelous body God gave them.

Before I was Born (Book 2 in the series) by Carolyn Nystrom

Before I Was Born explains in age-appropriate language the basic nature of sexual intercourse between a husband and wife and discusses conception, fetal development, childbirth, and breastfeeding. For children ages 5 to 8.

What’s the Big Deal? Why God Cares About Sex by Brenna and Stan Jones

Written for children ages 8-11, What’s the Big Deal? helps kids find answers to their questions about sex. It explains the basic facts about sex, why God made adults so they want to have sex, what God says about sex in the Bible, and how to respond when faced with sexual pressure from peers, TV, movies, and magazines.

Passport to Purity by Dennis and Barbara Rainey

A True Connection product. Box with four audiocassettes, 64-page student guide, 88-page parent manual, gold seals, and commemorative passport.

Connect with your preteen or early teen on this once-in-a-lifetime getaway!

Parents, how would you like a workable plan and effective tools to successfully prepare a preteen or early teen for the turbulent adolescent years? This guided weekend retreat for a father and son or a mother and daughter will provide everything needed for a once-in-a-lifetime getaway together.

Short, Precious, Irreplaceable: The Teen Years blog post by Heidi St. John

What Parents of Prodigals Need to Know blog post by Marianne Sunderland

Age of Opportunity by Paul Tripp

Are you hoping to merely survive your teenagers? With compassion, wit, and wisdom, Tripp uncovers the heart issues affecting families during the often-chaotic adolescent years.

So You’re About to be a Teenager by Dennis and Barbara Rainey with Samuel and Rebecca Raine...

Short, Precious, Irreplaceable: The Teen Years blog post by Heidi St. John What Parents of Prodigals Need to Know … Continue reading Preparing for the Teen Years →

 

Short, Precious, Irreplaceable: The Teen Years blog post by Heidi St. John

What Parents of Prodigals Need to Know blog post by Marianne Sunderland

Age of Opportunity by Paul Tripp

Are you hoping to merely survive your teenagers? With compassion, wit, and wisdom, Tripp uncovers the heart issues affecting families during the often-chaotic adolescent years.

So You’re About to be a Teenager by Dennis and Barbara Rainey with Samuel and Rebecca Rainey

Samuel and Rebecca Rainey, preteens themselves not many years ago, add their perspective as young adults who vividly recall their own successes and failures as teenagers. Covering such topics as friends, peer pressure, boundaries, dating, and sex, the Raineys address the most common traps of adolescence and teach young people how to avoid making poor choices. Short, concise chapters are filled with engaging illustrations and practical applications. This book is essential reading for preteens.

Preparing for Adolescence by Dr. James Dobson

What do you say to an adolescent who’s getting ready to enter those turbulent teenage years? Dr. James Dobson, one of America’s leading family psychologists, knows how to speak directly and sincerely to today’s adolescents about the topics that trouble them most. Topics include avoiding feelings of inferiority, handling peer pressure, drug abuse, puberty, sexual development, menstruation, masturbation, romantic love, overcoming discouragement, sound decision-making, and handling independence.

Teach Them Diligently: How to Use the Scriptures in Child Training by Paul Tripp

A must-have for any parent who desires to bring up children to be spiritually equipped to handle life.

Resources for this podcast: SPONSOR: Firmly Planted Family (Bible Studies for the ENTIRE family!) The Berenstain Bears: The Trouble … Continue reading How to Assign Age-appropriate Chores for Kids →

Resources for this podcast:

SPONSOR: Firmly Planted Family (Bible Studies for the ENTIRE family!)

The Berenstain Bears: The Trouble With Chores

Three Tips to Prioritizing Your Day (including downloadable schedule)

Age-Appropriate Chore Chart from The Happy Housewife

Organizing Your Chores (Blog Hop)

Chilling the Chore Wars

Beyond the Chore Chart by Kimberly Eddy

* Have you tried to get your children to help out around the house?

* Do you stress out over the state of their messy rooms?

* Do your children ignore your carefully crafted chore chart?

* Is it easier for you to just do the job yourself?

* Do your children view helping out around the house as punishment?

If you answered yes to any of these, then, Beyond the Chore Chart: Chores, Kids, and the Secret to a Happy Mom is just for you! When it comes to books on chores, we moms need something that would go beyond just hanging up an age appropriate chore chart up on the wall, and assuming everyone would catch on and start helping out. There’s a process to getting your helpers to really help you out, and in this book I share my own tricks of the trade, getting your little helpers to become big helpers!

* Learn the secret to getting your kids to help you with household chores, without yelling at your kids.

* Why training your children step by step to do each job prevents frustration for you and them.

* How to teach your children, at different ages, to help with chores.

* Ways to make helping around the house fun.

…and more!

The New Strong-Willed Child by Dr. James Dobson

Is a willful little darling driving you to distraction? The New Strong-Willed Child is the resource you need—a classic bestseller completely rewritten, updated, and expanded for a new generation of parents and teachers. Challenging as they are to raise, strong-willed children can grow up to be men and women of strong character—if lovingly guided with understanding and the right kind of discipline. Find out what Dr. James Dobson, today’s most trusted authority on parenting, has to say about what makes strong-willed children the way they are; shaping the will while protecting the spirit; avoiding the most common parenting mistake; and much more. If you are struggling to raise and teach children who are convinced they should be able to live by their own r...

Is it a good idea to pay kids to do the dishes or fold their laundry? Listen in as Heidi and Durenda talk about their own experiences as moms of many, and offer encouragement for parents who are facing this question with their kids.