“Just wait until you have a teenager!”

Heard that one yet? While every stage of parenting has its trials, there is something uniquely challenging about adolescence. Many parents wonder if they’re truly ready to walk with their kids through all the emotional drama, the conversations about sex and dating, and the challenges of resisting the corrupting influence of a secular culture.

Yet it’s going to happen, whether you’re ready or not. As you prepare them for this launch into the teen years, you can equip your kids to have stability and direction during this time of change, to not just survive the teen years, but thrive.

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Launch Into the Teen Years Kit

Created to get you and your preteen talking, this dynamic video-based series provides a comprehensive overview of sexual issues related to adolescence and how to talk about them. Presented in six engaging sessions, viewers follow eight preteens at a camp as they are taken through various activities and challenges that follow each topic.

A Marriage Checkup Plan

We’ve all seen athletes check their pulses. Joggers sometimes wear heart-rate monitors around their chests. Cyclers might put two fingers to their necks. I figure if my heart’s still beating at all after a little exercise, I’m doing pretty good!

But these athletes are onto something important. Monitoring their pulse not only helps them increase their fitness level, but it can also identify serious problems.

Every couple needs to do regular “pulse checks” to check their marriage health, as well. Couples need to monitor their relational fitness to catch problems they might otherwise miss.

Judy (PG-13)

Everyone knew Judy Garland as the young and hopeful Dorothy, skipping down a yellow brick road. And most could recognize her unique and dynamic voice. But three decades after her breakout role in The Wizard of Oz, Judy Garland’s career and life are both struggling.