What is “gender dysphoria”? What are the causes? Why are we suddenly seeing so many children and adolescents certain that they were “born in the wrong body”? What is “transitioning”? Is it an effective treatment for a young person’s gender … Continue reading
BARBARA'S
Social media –Links to Barbara’s posts
What do teens need to know about social media for their own well-being, for building and maintaining healthy relationships, and for using this form of communication in ways that honors God? How can you help them to avoid the inherent … Continue reading →
Identity — Links to Barbara’s posts
What makes you, you? When your circumstances, or your environment, or your relationships change, what inside of you stays the same? Who, or what, gives you a sense of value, of worth? Conversely, what threatens to destroy your sense of … Continue reading →
God’s Plan for sex — Links to Barbara’s posts
How should we think about sex and relationships? About our bodies and our sexual desires? Are these related at all to our spiritual lives, to our relationship with God? What is the meaning and purpose of sex in God’s eyes? … Continue reading →
Transgender — Links to Barbara’s posts
What will you do if your daughter tells you that one of her classmates is transgender? If your son tells you he is really a girl or your sister says she is really a man? How will you relate to … Continue reading →
Homosexuality — Links to Barbara’s posts
How do you prepare a teen to think critically about homosexuality? To enter confidently and non-judgmentally into discussions on gay rights or the gay lifestyle? It’s tempting to avoid talking about this issue. It’s too controversial, and most of us … Continue reading →