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Talking with Your Grandchildren about Troubling News (Part 1)
March 14, 2022
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Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist Over the past few years, there has been more bad news than normal: the pandemic, loss of many lives, riots, civil unrest, ...
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Finding Spiritual Balance
March 7, 2022
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Written by Sylvia Schroeder, blogger of When the House is Quiet Balance. It’s a thing for older people. I find myself stretching out a hand to steady myself more times ...
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Marching Into Spring
February 28, 2022
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Written by Carol Beaver, Church Advocate, Legacy Coalition In most parts of our beautiful land, March is a turning point. Even if we are tired of snow, gray skies, chilly ...
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Reasons Why Kids May Completely Disengage
February 21, 2022
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Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist In my first blog on the topic of prodigal children and grandchildren, I talked about the reasons children and grandchildren may stray ...
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Reasons Why Adult Children and Grandchildren Stray
February 14, 2022
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Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist Do you have a child or grandchild that has left home, not only physically, but emotionally and spiritually as well? They have ...
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Prodigals and the Grandparents Who Love Them
February 7, 2022
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Written by Deb del Villar, Director of Communications As grandparents, what do you do when 3 John 4 is not your reality – for your children or grandchildren? You are ...
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Love Stories
January 31, 2022
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Written by Carol Beaver, Church Advocate, Legacy Coalition When holiday sales are over, stores quickly shift to the next holiday by stocking aisles and shelves with red and pink hearts, ...
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Gearing Up for a Healthy 2022
January 24, 2022
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Written by Dr. Joannie DeBrito, Family Support Specialist I’d like to suggest that one of the best gifts you can give your grandkids is that of being a healthy grandparent. ...
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How Grandparents Can Respond to LGBT Issues Part 2: Ways to Help
January 17, 2022
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In Part 1 of this post, we explored how we, as Christians, can respond to confused parents and grandchildren with grace and truth by first looking at the facts about ...
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How Grandparents Can Respond to LGBT Issues Part 1: Being Informed
January 10, 2022
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An experienced marriage and family counselor recently shared that her last three clients had come in to discuss having underage granddaughters who had disclosed that they are lesbians. All three ...
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