ParentU Podcast Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church

Establishing and keeping boundaries is difficult, especially when our teenagers are in need of more freedoms. Communicating clear expectations - rooted in the gospel can help parents discover new freedoms, as well.

Rachel Gunn, of Seeds of Impact Ministry, stops by to discuss impact vs. impulse parenting and all things boundaries.

ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Find out more at OMPC.org

Sara Litten, Director of Youth Ministry at Covenant Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, joins us to discuss the pressures facing teenage girls, how constant access to these pressures can create a comparison problem, and things parents can do to encourage teenage girls to derive value for themselves from the right places.

ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama. For more information, visit OMPC.org

Control: When faced with conflict within the family, do you seek to control before you try to understand and empathize?
Recognizing the motivation behind your need to control those situations can help reveal the status of your own head and heart. Are we seeking control so that we don't look foolish in front of others, weak in front of our teenagers, or are we seeking to love them by demonstrating the grace of Jesus?

Mark Long helps us examine our motivations and look to Jesus in hope when we are in tough situations.

ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama. For more information, visit ompc.org

Are you a tiger, a helicopter, or a lawnmower?

Mark leads us in a conversation on where our need to maintain control is often revealed by how we parent, how understanding our tendencies can help us parent better, and how the Lord is using all of it to draw us close to Him.

The parent U podcast is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

High school graduation - it's an exciting time for students as they transition into adulthood. Are you, as a parent, ready to transition into a new role? How can you best prepare your child to face the pressures

RUF Samford Campus Minister Ben Griffith stops by to share how college today is - and is not - different than two decades ago.

The parent U podcast is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.

We're all walking around with social media machines in our pockets, and we all have opinions on its merit. So what's the best way to manage it?

Patrick Bush, Student Ministries Director at Faith Presbyterian Church, stops by to join Mark in a conversation on Social Media usage, establishing healthy boundaries, establishing healthy boundaries and how to view your own social media usage.

ParentU is a ministry of Oak Mountain Presbyterian Church in Birmingham, Alabama.