License to Parent with Trace Embry

The Term Abortion But there’s another definition for the term abortion calling it an object or undertaking regarded as unpleasant or badly made, or carried out. Sadly for some parents, even after choosing to give birth to their child, raising that child can too often be regarded as an unpleasant undertaking that’s badly carried out. Could this application of the term abortion be accurately applied...

Transformation through Empowerment If you haven’t already done so, be sure to listen to Part I of our two-part series with Kimball Lewis. Let’s get into the nuts and bolts of teen and parent interactions. Do you feel stuck? Is your teen rebelling against you? Are you at the end of your rope? If you don’t know how to handle what’s going on in your home or feel that you have lost the power in your h...

The Problem Child(ren) Does your child lie to you and argue with you about virtually everything? Does rebellion just seem to be part of your child’s very nature? Would you enjoy a total transformation of your child with the help of an expert who’s equipped for empowering parents? Today we are going to be addressing the emerging issues we see in our children. So much of this is so practical and bas...

The Impact of Healthy Families All of this has combined to put a damper on the security of its people. Those are all vital to the emotional health of our people. This is a particular challenge for our kids. So when the people and institutions that our kids would have historically trusted most are no longer necessarily trustworthy. It’s even more important to ensure that we, their parents, can be t...

Standing Strong Well, it’s no doubt that as parents we would do everything we can to stand strong to stop the abuse, to teach our kids to fight back against it, and get as far away from it as possible. Let’s also remember that abuse comes in many forms. There’s sexual abuse, physical abuse, and emotional abuse. But what about this: secularism, depravity, immorality, and apathy? These are all aroun...

The Divine Reset Today we engage in Part II of that conversation. If you missed Part I with Eric, you can listen to it online. Discussing America 2.0 with Eric Holmberg Eric Holmberg is the Founder and President of Reel to Real Ministries. He’s also with the Apologetics Group, an ordained minister, an author, speaker, and video documentarian. Collective Culture & the American Way Episode Highlight...

America 2.0 I mean let’s face it. The world we grew up in at least seemed to be a bit more straightforward. Not everyone followed the rules but at least most people agreed on what right and wrong were. In many ways, screens and keyboards have become our kids’ gateway to the culturally accepted source of moral inspiration and discernment. Or lack thereof. We might say that they are the new alters o...

The Impact & Dangers of Technology There is a lot of conversation about healthy child-rearing. In this current age, and for generations to come, parents will be faced with concern and discussion surrounding one very important topic: digital technology. In a world saturated by media and digital technology, our children may just be at risk of being impacted every waking hour of every single day for...

A Generation Raised on Technology Raising kids today is certainly different than a generation ago. There are many different ways that technological innovations have made parenting (and life in general) much easier. In other ways, digital technology and information access have actually complicated our approach to raising kids. There’s an argument to be made that technology is actually hindering par...

New Priorities in Parenting Where are you taking your parenting cues today? Is it from pop psychology? The media? Science? Scripture? It is essential for today’s Christian parents to keep their priorities straight. Our parenting manual comes straight from Scripture. We can be confident in our decisions when we are walking in the foundations of God’s word. Sometimes our way of parenting may seem a...

Politically Incorrect Parenting When we parent according to Scripture, we aren’t always seen as normal in the eyes of the world. Sometimes we even see strange looks from other Christian parents! But answer this for me: Are your kids more emotionally well-adjusted than other children? Are they better behaved? Are they easier to handle? Keep this in mind when you see side glances or others begin to...

The Absolutes of Manhood In today’s world, it’s difficult to even have an intelligent conversation about manhood. Why? There are new terms, new standards, new protocols that many of us are still needing clarity on and to become familiar with. In fact, many of the terms being tossed around need to be defined and agreed upon before we can truly communicate on this topic. Fluidity has overtaken the c...

The Evolution of Higher Education & Faith But today the very mention of having faith in God is something that is often considered equivalent to being a neanderthal. A Christian Perspective on Higher Education Many of the nation’s most prestigious institutions actually began as theological establishments. However, today we see a much different picture. So how can we as parents set our children up f...

Manipulation, Money & Modern Parenting America continues to be a country that sparks not only the curiosity but the desire of those from other nations. Day after day people are trying to get here; whether that be legally or otherwise. If American is such a terrible place to live, then why are we facing a crisis at the border? There are those that would seek to manipulate our society into hating ou...

Navigating Our Culture's Digital Landscape Can our children navigate the digital landscape free of corruption and addiction? Is there wisdom in giving our children digital technology? What about virtually unfettered access to digital technology by way of the smartphone? How can we know when our kids are safe? Or when they’ve crossed the line? When are our kids at risk of becoming eye-slaves to dig...

When Our Kids Look to Us in the Unknown As adults, many of us were completely blindsided by the events of 2020. The careers we held in high esteem, the same careers we planned to retire from, suddenly don’t exist anymore. Positions cut, or moved remote at the very least, initiated a huge shift for our personal lives and for our family. But the ripple effect of the pandemic didn’t just impact us. I...

Explicit Content & Our Children Today, sexually explicit images aren’t just those naughty magazines sold from behind the drug store counter. Milder or “soft” versions of it can be seen on billboards along the highway. Stronger forms are readily available out in the open now as well. They may be lurking just next to the candy aisle at your local convenient store. These images are not only in the li...

Healthy Boundaries & Our Children Even as parents, we also need to adhere to boundaries both for ourselves and in other interpersonal relationships. But what if you were told that in some areas of life, even in your child’s life, that there may not be a reason to adhere to boundaries at all. What if you were told that boundaries, in some cases, might actually be detrimental? When it comes to spiri...

Technology Use for Good & Evil It seems as though as soon as you get a new computer it has already sneaked in its replacement and it’s already out of date. If you’re looking for the latest apps for your smartphone, anything you download today will surely be obsolete tomorrow. Now we’ve often said that technology isn’t bad in and of itself. It’s a tool that can be used to do great things. But in th...

The Over-Consumption of Technology By Our Kids Is being ostracized even a wise or valid reason? After all, kids being ostracized is a risk of having or not having or participating or not participating in something all the time.  If our reference point of how to live is what other people think we are all going to be in for a lot of disappointment! However, being ostracized for doing something right...

Parenting Priorities and Today's Culture Are we, as parents, taking our parenting advice from popular media? Science? Pop Psychology? Scripture? As Christian parents, it is important to take our cues from Scripture, walking in the foundations of God's word. Today, we speak again with John Rosemond as we continue to discuss politically incorrect parenting. Our parenting styles, disciplines, and gen...

Parenting Differently in Today's Culture You may parent a little bit different than those in your neighborhood, at the grocery store, and even those in your extended family. A genuine commitment to God and His word can get funny looks from your kids’ friends, the parents of those friends, and even other Christian parents. But have you noticed that your kids are more emotionally well-adjusted, bett...

The Crisis of Manhood Today, there are new standards, protocols, and even terms that many of us are yet to be familiar with. In fact, many of the definitions of these terms have to be sorted out and agreed upon before we can have an intelligent conversation about manhood. Apparent absolutes about boys and men have become fluid. But more than that, American culture has created a climate ripe for sy...

Putting Romans 12:2 into Practice By and large, a vast majority of moral views and perspectives of even non-believers in America used to be in line with biblical views. Unfortunately, it’s hard to say that about many Christians today. This similarity in views also applied to parenting. This was specifically seen in what used to be required of our nation’s youth and what they were allowed to be exp...

Educating our Children in Today's Culture As a result, our kids have been allowed to be exposed to influences that we wouldn’t regularly even think of allowing them to be exposed to. Media, movies, peers, popular culture and more are vying for our kids' attention. Have we been complicit in all of this? We must be vigilant. Our kids are God’s kids and we have the responsibility to train them in the...