License to Parent with Trace Embry

About Brad Griffin Our guest, Brad M. Griffin, is the Senior Director of Content & Research for the Fuller Youth Institute .  Brad develops research-based resources for youth ministry leaders & families.  Brad is the coauthor of over fifteen books, including Faith Beyond Youth Group, 3 Big Questions That Change Every Teenager & 3 Big Questions That Shape Your Future, Growing Young, and...

About Jordan Whitmer Our guest, Jordan Whitmer, age 25, is the Founder of the evangelism and missions organization reaching Generation Z youth called the HowToLife Movement .  He also hosts the podcast called “Gen Z Today.”   He is a graduate of Liberty University, with a Bachelor’s in Religion: Biblical and Theological Studies, and is an ordained reverend.  Jordan’s heart is that Gen Z find Chris...

About Dr. Frank Turek Our guest, Dr. Frank Turek is an Author and President of Crossexamined.org , a Christian Apologetics ministry helping young people defend the Christian faith. Frank hosts an hour-long TV program each week called “ I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist .” He hosts a podcast with the same name.  He also writes for Townhall.com . Help Defend the Faith with Christian Apologe...

Continued from Last Week In this episode of License to Parent, Trace and Michelle continue their discussion on the impact of sexual perversion and the LGBTQ+ movement on society and the church. They mention how the normalization of these issues are causing a moral decline and confusion among young people. Open and Honest Discussion They also discuss the importance of parents having open and honest...

About Today’s Program Trace and Michelle approach the sensitive topic of individuals identifying as LGBTQ+ that is often left undiscussed among families.  They recommend and offer this disclosure for today’s program audio:  (If you have younger kids in the room, you may want to distract them from our conversation today, or hit the pause button and listen to this when they’re out of the room becaus...

About Karen Whiting Our guest, Karen Whiting , is a mother of two daughters and three sons, and that includes rocket scientists. She’s a grandmother of 15 and her late husband served in the U.S. Coast Guard, so they raised their children from Hawaii to New York and Michigan to Florida. She is the author of 27 books, an International speaker, certified writing and marketing coach, and a former tele...

Transported to Treatment Today we explore the process of what it looks like to transport a child to a treatment program. It takes building trust with the child. It comes with fear, and that’s where we must work with parents to alleviate the fear, give them as much information as we can so they can process what to do, how to do it, and how to move forward. What is a SafePassage A parent’s decision...

Exploring Residential Care Throughout the 18-year journey of parenting, conflicts between parents and children are inevitable. However, when these conflicts intensify during the teenage years, leading to constant battles, what steps should parents take? What happens when the strategies to control a rebellious teenager no longer work, putting the household and its members at risk? When all ideas se...

Christmas Stress Our thoughts can easily lean more toward sentiments, traditions, or even festivities, but Christmas is definitely a time for emotions – often mixed emotions. Discussing Emotional Stress during Christmas with Bob Lepine Bob Lepine is the long-time co-host of Family Life Today . You can also hear him on Truth For Life . Bob is a pastor, author, and serves various other ministries. B...

Ask Trace In today’s societal landscape parents are faced with tough decisions. Raising their children in a manner that aligns with their faith often requires a denial of certain activities that their peers might enjoy. During our co-host, Michelle Hill’s own childhood this meant not being allowed to go to movie theaters, a source of disagreement within her household. Navigating cultural norms and...

Five Lies Perhaps we need to look to our society for answers. Discussing Our Society with Rosaria Butterfield Rosaria Butterfield is a pastor’s wife, homeschool mom, author, and speaker. She is a former tenured professor of English and Women’s Studies at Syracuse University. Rosaria converted to Christ in 1999 in what she describes as a ‘train wreck.’ Today we are discussing her book, Five Lies Of...

Raising the Unshakable When raising kids, it’s important that parents raise them to be unshakeable. But what exactly does that mean? Today, we are continuing our discussion with author Lauren Gaines about instilling an unshakable spirit into our kids and teens, and what that looks like. Discussing Resilience with Lauren Gaines. Lauren is an author, speaker, teacher, and mother. She is the creator...

Building Strong Marriages It has been commonly understood that stronger marriages have always helped to produce healthier and more well-adjusted children. There are many studies on this topic. Today we will talk with Bob Lepine about his most recent book, “ Build A Stronger Marriage ”. Discussing Marriage with Bob Lepine Bob Lepine is best known to radio and podcast listeners as the long-time co-h...

Raising Conservative Kids Throughout history, parents in every country around the globe have been given the right to exercise final authority over their own children. This includes how they raise their kids. Teaching them things like values, religion, and worldview along with reading, writing, and arithmetic. However, these days political correctness, the “woke” police, public schools, the media,...

Entertainment Roles In the past, by and large, Christian parents in America raised their kids to assimilate into the culture, but that was when American culture had, for the most part, accepted and lived by Judeo-Christian moral values. Today the cultural pendulum has swung far from any semblance of the biblical standard that once shaped it. So now we have to raise our kids in a more intentional w...

The Miracles of Shepherd’s Hill Have you ever taken a step of faith believing that God was directing you and knowing that He would do just that? Trace and Beth Embry saw a need in our world and knew God was calling them to be the answer and to bring healing. So step by step, brick by brick, child by child, through God they are breathing life into our next generation. And they are watching God buil...

Intentional Parenting Open the Bible to Proverbs 22 and you will find these words, “Train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it.” As parents you know you have 18 years to guide, direct, discipline, coach, and train your child “in the way he should go.” Those 18 years set them on a path for success in the world and hopefully eternity. That is what you hope...

Faith Still Moves Whether in raising our children or in life in general, we exercise faith. The object of our faith makes all of the difference. If you and your family have been blessed by Trace Embry’s book, “The Miracles of Shepherd’s Hill,” then stay tuned. Today we will be speaking with Fox News’ Harris Faulker who has also broached the realities and benefits of faith, prayer, healing, and mir...

Sound Minds It is no secret that grit is something that seems to be lacking in many of our kids today. This even includes some of our 30-something-age kids. So how can we impart a sturdier constitution in our children while they are still at home? Not only for the sake of our children’s future but for our sanity and success as parents. After all, we may likely need the help of an emotionally, ment...

Supermoms Activated Throughout all of history, from Bible times until now, it seems that when leadership fails among the male population God has always brought forth brave women to stand in the gap. Today it seems that fewer American males are taking the leadership that they need to, which means that once again men aren’t standing up and speaking out to protect their kids and society from the insa...

Vertical Marriage One of the keys to success for just about any endeavor in life is setting proper priorities. Proper priorities are important for having a healthy marriage, bringing up healthy kids, and for managing a healthy family. Dave and Ann Wilson will be talking with us about proper priorities for keeping families upright amidst the chaos of a world that has gone sideways. It is what they...

In His Image We learned from the creation story that God didn’t do anything random. Day One God created the light, Day Two was the sky, and so forth. Then we come to Day Six. After God created the animals He made humans. Here are the words from Genesis 1:27, “So God created mankind in His own image. In the image of God, He created them. Male and Female, He created them.” What it means to be male a...

Loving Our Children For most parents loving our kids is as natural as breathing. It’s hardwired into us. And though they would usually agree that we really do love them, our kids may not necessarily always agree that we always make them feel loved. At least not in a way that fosters security and emotional well-being. How can you foster that security and emotional well-being in your children? Dr. G...

Father Figure Though you wouldn’t think anyone would have to make an argument for it, fathers are a big plus toward healthy emotional and spiritual development in their kids. While no family functions optimally without a father, fatherlessness still compromises 80% of American households in some areas of the country. Not surprisingly these are also the most crime-ridden areas. Is that a coincidenc...

Family Life A parent’s love for their children is immeasurable. For most of us, this love seems to be wired into us from the moment our first child is born. But is it possible that this unconditional love, despite good intentions, could be misdirected? Something that can block God’s design for a healthy family? Dennis Rainey talks to us about choosing a life that matters and about loving our kids,...