During your child’s teen years, it’s inevitable that you will have all sorts of awkward conversations with them. Whether it’s a discussion about smoking, drinking, or relationships… there will be quite a few uncomfortable moments between the both of you. These days, there’s a new topic to add onto that list. Now more than ever, kids are inquiring about plastic surgery. How should you respond?

It’s More Serious Than You Think

Cosmetic surgery may seem like something innocent, but you need to consider your child’s underlying motives. Is she being teased in school for having too large of a nose or too…

The drama encircling Jon and Kate Gosselin got me thinking about a tidbit of wisdom passed to me by my father.  Watching the actions of Jon and who he is associating with tells me about his character without ever talking to him.  My father used to tell me if you want to be a champion, run with champions.

You become known for who you associate with.  I used to think this advice was not fair.  I had some friends who in hindsight I would not let my daughter even talk to, let alone hang out with.  Then I thought it was…

As a teen or kid, having and getting together with friends is very important and crucial to growing up properly.

There are many benefits to having kids get together with friends.  First of all, this helps kids build social skill that they will need throughout life.  Secondly, friends are fun, and life should be a fun experience.  Finally, well…friends are friends.  Period….

It happens to every set of siblings.  Even in the closest of families, kids fight.  They bicker, they pick at each other.  The only sure way to avoid sibling rivalry is to raise an only child.  But since that may be a less than ideal suggestion, there are steps that you can take to minimize the infighting and maximize the family harmony.

#1 – Roomie up!

The experts call it co-habitaiton.  Kids who share a room will tend to be closer to one another.  Even if you’ve got the space, turn one of the rooms into a den or a playroom and…

Danny White with AnointedFighter.com has decided to take the best of two worlds, martial arts and religion, and combined them into a very unique system called ChristJitsu.  The lessons and life principles of the Christian faith now have the excitement and recognition system of the martial arts world.

ChristJitsu plays on the popularity of martial arts, especially mixed martial arts and their Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.  Relax parents, kids won’t be learning to prize fight in a cage.  Instead, Danny claims they will be learning to fight in the cage of life.  ChristJitsu translated means, ” the way of Christ.”  The students will…