Groomed: My Internet Predator Horror Story
Episode 152 When she was 13 years old, Alicia Kozakiewicz developed an online friendship with Scott Tyree. Little did she know she was being groomed for an abduction. On New Year’s Day, 2002, Alicia...
View ArticleDoes porn provide good sex education? No. Here’s Why.
Unfortunately we live in a world where porn has become the most common sex educator. It’s common for children, even before puberty, to see pornography, and then to continue watching it into...
View ArticleWorth the Wait: Can you put a price tag on your child’s purity?
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also ~ Matthew 6:21 “I had to spend four hours at the Verizon store, kids in tow, to get my new phone,” a close friend shared in a recent...
View ArticleThe Atrocity of Child Pornography
Episode 153 Last week we released the first part of our interview of Alicia Kozakiewicz. When Alicia was 13 years old, she was abducted outside her home by a predator who had groomed her online over a...
View ArticleResponsibly Warning Your Children about Porn
“Help! I just caught my 10-year-old son looking at porn on his tablet he uses for games!” “Checking my child’s phone for something else, I came across the sexual pictures she was exchanging with a boy...
View Article10 Reasons Parents Don’t Talk to Children about Sex and Porn
[Knock] [Knock]. “Zack, we need to talk. May I come in?” “Sure dad. What do you want to talk about?” Just moments earlier, walking down the hall with face flushed, palms sweating, heart pounding, and...
View Article5 Ways Our Culture is Grooming Your Daughter for Porn
Whether your daughter is seven years old or seventeen, our culture is grooming her for an appetite for pornography. If you have a daughter or know someone who does, listen up. Millions of well meaning...
View ArticleMy Kid Was Stuck Watching Porn on a Plane
Shocked. Horrified. Disgusted. Sickened. That’s only a handful of the emotions that overtook me when I found out that my 14-year-old son was a captive audience to a two-and-a-half-hour public display...
View ArticleIs Courtship in Crisis? (Part 1 of 3)
Episode 160 For seven years, Thomas Umstattd, Jr. ran the website PracticalCourtship.com to encourage a national conversation to help the so-called “courtship model” work for more singles. He...
View ArticleProtecting Young Women from Cybersex
Bill and Christine called my office deeply distraught about their fifteen year-old daughter, Shannon. They had caught her sexting with her boyfriend. She was taking nude photos of herself with her cell...
View ArticleTraining Your Child to Not Be the Next Ashley Madison Scandal
Recently, Josh Duggar was outed for having an Ashley Madison subscription. In response to that, Josh confessed to “several years” of porn addiction while lobbying against immorality in America. First...
View ArticleIs Courtship in Crisis? (Part 2 of 3)
Episode 161 Last week we began our conversation with Thomas Umstattd, Jr., author of Courtship in Crisis: The Case for Traditional Dating. Seven years ago, Thomas would have been an unlikely person to...
View ArticleIs Courtship in Crisis? (Part 3 of 3)
Episode 162 For the last two weeks we’ve been interviewing Thomas Umstattd, Jr., author of Courtship in Crisis: The Case for Traditional Dating. For seven years Thomas ran the website...
View Article10 Ways to Begin Talking to Your Children About Sex & Porn
Last we met, we left Zack and his father, Aaron, as they were about to have “the talk.” Before Aaron was ready to talk to his son about sex and porn, Aaron had to do some of his own work. This is very...
View Article4 Reasons Modesty Empowers Women (And Porn Does Not)
The wall was plastered with images of scantily clad women. With this as the backdrop, he stood up and said, “When you feel comfortable in your own skin, come back and see me.” Extending his hand for a...
View ArticleShould Kids See Nude Art? Should You?
If you’ve ever taken a child to an art museum, chances are that they’ll quickly point out that “those people don’t have any clothes on!” Nude art—whether in paintings or statues—has been part of our...
View ArticleConsumed By Media: Parental Wisdom for the 21st Century
Episode 168 In the modern world, media consumes our lives. From TVs to touchscreens, from text messages to tablets, media is part of our every day lives. How much is too much? Today we are speaking...
View ArticleKeeping Your Kids Safe from Sex Trafficking
Many people believe that sex trafficking only happens to the runaway, the poor, the disenfranchised youth. While that population is more at risk, it can happen to anyone. In chapter one of In Our...
View ArticleTeaching Our Kids Media Discernment
Episode 169 Christian parents often try to filter the media their kids consume, but how do we actually teach our children media discernment? It is one thing to guard their eyes and ears. But how do we...
View ArticleSexting: 7 Facts Parents Need to Know
In today’s culture, sexting is becoming more and more common. Let’s look at 7 facts parents need to know about this trend. 1. Sexting is sending nude or otherwise provocative images of yourself online...
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