Part 3...................................Here are a few thoughts that Tim included in the excellent chapter entitled Little House on the Internet from his book, “Little House on the Freeway”:Ever since someone mouthed the first cussword, God has assigned parents the job of showing their kids how to sift through the detrimental banter that often clutters the lives of people committed to being the salt of the earth. The best way to protect our children from these things is to teach them...

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Part 2..............The second most common mistake when it comes to parents responding to this whole sexting phenomena is we get so focused on the horror of the problem (pictures of your teenager’s body parts, pictures of them or their friends involved in sexual acts, and a lot of degrading **##@@%%), that we fail to move on to the solution. Use the reality of the problem to start a dialogue about the solution, not to build a movement against this new form of an old evil force lurking in...

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Our team just recently returned from a long weekend in Edmonton, Alberta at Breakforth 2010 where Dr. Kimmel was invited to teach a number of workshops. We had such an incredible time with all of the attendee's and wanted to thank all of you who were able to join us. We are so thankful for your obvious heart for families and we will be praying that the grace-based message brings great freedom to your lives and your homes.While there we were able to catch up withsome of our dear friends at Focus...

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Definition: Sexting - the transmission of photographs of private body parts, people engaged in sexual acts, and graphic, tawdry sexual communication via cell phones and personal computers.It is as old as time and first raised its ugly head in the Garden of Eden. Taking good and using it for evil that is. Just like Satan himself, the perversion of good into bad can take credit for most of the heartache in our world.If you are like most parents, you got your child a cell phone hoping that it would...

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We just recently returned from a Raising Truly GreatKids event in Chicago at Park Community Church. We're praising God for all of the great work He did in all of the families that attended. Specifically, 7 attendee's designated that they committed their lives to Christ for the very first time - Amen!!! We are celebrating the new lives of these brothers and sisters and praying for them as they move forward in their walks with God.Here are a few comments we received from attendees:Marc and I went...

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Proverbs 22:6 says, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”When this passage is read directly from the Hebrew text it actually says, “Train up a child according to their unique inner bent.”This meaning implies a few things that we as parents need to consider:First, we need to know what our child’s “unique inner bent” is. The word “unique” tells us, in no uncertain terms, that no two kids...

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Just like any big event, there comes a point when it is kickoff time. All of the planning and preparing has to be done, because ready or not, it’s here. Christmas Eve finally arrives and things begin to happen fast and furiously.All shopping, wrapping, baking and decorating should be done by now. At our house, we spend Christmas Eve day preparing for a house full of family and friends. When our children were young, we would go to church in the early evening and then gather at our house....

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It would not be Christmastime at the Kimmel house without several batches of this great fudge recipe. When our kids were younger and you could still bring homemade gifts to their teachers, this was a much requested treat. It was fun to find a pretty tin or glass jar and fill it full of this chocolate lover’s delight.This is also a recipe that Tim loves to make with me. He is not much of a cook, but when it comes time to make fudge, he volunteers readily to stir the mixture. Much like our...

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Although the hype of the holidays would like to convince us that it is “all about us”, Christmas provides many opportunities to reach out to others. And this may be one of a parent’s best defenses against whiny, selfish kids and teens. I believe that one of the ways we are made in God’s image is to love others and, when we do, we have a sense of well being and significance.People are also more open to receiving God’s love through us during the Christmas season. Whether...

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