License to Parent with Trace Embry

As we reach the end of the year, we make decisions about the future path of Shepherd’s Hill Academy and License to Parent. What programs do we keep? What do we cut? What staffing needs and changes need to be met to meet the ever-changing needs of teens...

So could movies, music and other tools outside the local church be effective tools of ministry? Could they actually help us be more efficient and effective inside the walls of the church? Today, we speak with someone who is doing just that.

Our nation’s political climate has become emblematic of what should be our preeminent and most basic form of government. And this government is found under the roofs of virtually every home in America today.

One might not expect that scientific data would actually be needed to assert such claims, but in today’s world, anecdotal evidence alone doesn’t fly anymore. And for good reason. Parenting Teens in a Troubled World Empirical science is the final arbite...

Joshua sees first hand every day how teens enter Shepherd’s Hill Academy and what things can lead to their trouble. We’ll conclude our three-part series today as we speak candidly once more on License to Parent.

Today we continue the conversation and dive into parenting troubled teens and some of the mistakes parents make along the way. One such mistake includes trying to become friends with our kids. That will come,

Trace and I will be having a candid discussion about some of the more sensitive and under-discussed topics that face American parents these days. I want to warn you, this program will not be for the faint of heart. In fact,

If nothing else, at the very least, the DNA provided by fathers is essential for the very existence of every human being on planet earth. So, why has the institution of fatherhood been so marginalized and maligned in Hollywood and TV and other forms of...

Walt Mueller is the founder and President of the Center for Parent/Youth Understanding and has been working with young people and families for over 35 years. As a result of his work with CPYU, Walt has become an internationally-recognized speaker and a...

Many Americans today, however, view right and wrong more subjectively rather than absolute. Feelings and opinions, therefore, dictate each individual’s desire to live as he or she sees fit. The Bible is now considered an archaic book of myths in the ey...

Is it possible that being ill-informed with a warped, or gross lack of historical knowledge could actually be affecting our kids’ perspectives, attitudes; and somehow, even their behaviors, today? If so, could this same lack or slanted view of history ...

I want my kids to have access to the constructive things that the internet has to offer. I just want that access to have some wise and godly boundaries put into place. I want to use digital technology as a tool to engage with my kids.

But then we become grandparents. Suddenly we discover an entirely new kind of love. The joy of grandparenting is second to none! Today we’ll be talking about being a grandparent with Dr. Ken Canfield as he discusses The Heart of Grandparenting. Dr.

David and Jason Benham (the Benham Brothers) are former professional baseball players, nationally acclaimed entrepreneurs, and best selling authors. Their rise to success earned them a reality show with HGTV that was set to air in the fall of 2014 – ye...

Without a starting point as fundamental as the gender binary, we parents may actually have nothing meaningful at all to teach our children for which they can’t legitimately respond, “That’s just your opinion, dad/mom”. As scary as it all sounds,

I believe the term “toxic masculinity” is just a contrived gateway term that lulls the American masses into a continued pathway toward the feminization of our society as a whole. If they can pull it off, it’ll be a whole lot easier for the powers that ...

Beating their kids into submission may be one parent’s idea of good parenting. Allowing your child to do what they want when they want maybe another parent’s measure. Historically the America standard for raising healthy,

Metaphorically speaking, today’s kids are born with digital DNA. Yet, as more science is understood about this issue, the more this metaphor may actually be closer to reality. It may not only explain our kids’ extreme aversion to boredom; but,

Our culture is in constant turmoil. What we once held to be true is not being challenged, it’s being replaced with the opinion of the day. Those once held beliefs are having to get in line to fight to regain their relevance.

New apps, websites, devices –even new languages and other modes of communication and entertainment–are developing virtually every day. And, this includes ways of communicating and sending images that could negatively affect your child’s reputation and ...

And, when so many of these instant pleasures avail themselves at every turn without any peer pressure to resist, then, like sheep to the slaughter, it can be just too easy to allow our emotion to cloud our reason and proceed with something that we’ll l...

It seems that more and more the deck is being stacked against the unique attributes that God has given our sons in particular. Has paternal dominance and toxic masculinity really been the root of society’s ills?

But, these days, there are websites and podcasts devoted entirely to debunking the Bible and Christianity! And, they’ve given our kids pause to believe that perhaps the Bible isn’t what their parents claimed it to be; but,

Have we mortgaged our kids’ childhoods for “stuff” and status? Why shouldn’t our success be gauged more by the relational peace, contentment, fulfillment, joy, and security that we and our kids actually bring to one another?

They’re known as “Peter Pan males.” Because, by all observation, it appears that they just refuse to grow up. They’ve also been known to be plagued with what’s now called “a failure to launch.” So, what can we do as responsible and God-fearing parents ...