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Building Moral Individuals and Relationships E4: Creating a Healthy Conscience for Your Children Part I

Release Date: 03/07/2019

Risks For 21st-Century Families E9: The Absence of Empathy

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The lack of empathy in people is becoming a bigger problem today. There are many possible causes, like increased screen time and less in-person interaction. In this episode, we talk about how such a lack can occur, the symptoms of it, and some solutions parents can use to teach more empathy and eliminate some of the risk factors that threaten its development. Visit FirstAnswers.com to find answers for 21st-century parents and more about the podcast.

Risks For 21st-Century Families E8: Sex and Pornography, Part 2

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There are serious emotional and social risks for children who are exposed to or addicted to pornography. Learn how to teach about it in your family to help prevent pornography use, learn how to talk about it when your children are exposed to it, and, if a child is addicted, learn what parents can do to help solve it. Visit FirstAnswers.com to find answers for 21st-century parents and more about the podcast.

Risks For 21st-Century Families E7: Sex and Pornography, Part 1

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Over the last few decades, cultural changes have made early sexual experiences for teenagers more common and acceptable, and sexual information is much more accessible and prevalent. Learn what increases the risks for children to be exposed to sexual information and to engage in early sexual activity, what can happen if they do, and how parents can adapt to the changing times to adequately teach their children how to avoid many of these unnecessary risks. Visit FirstAnswers.com to find answers for 21st-century parents and more about the podcast.

Risks For 21st-Century Families E6: Self-Worth and Family Conflict

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Learn more about self-worth for kids, how it differs from self-esteem, how it's produced, and how parents can help kids feel more of it. Then we talk about a possible link between how children feel about themselves and family conflict. Learn about handling family conflict in a healthy way and the types of conflict to avoid. Visit FirstAnswers.com to find answers for 21st-century parents and more about the podcast.

Risks For 21st-Century Families E5: Social Media

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Parents need to take social media use more seriously. Average hours of daily use for teens is already too much and an amount that is most likely to lead to increased anxiety and depression and concerns about self-worth. Learn more about some of the many risks and what parents can do to teach about it, regulate use, and promote healthy human connection. Visit FirstAnswers.com to find answers for 21st-century parents and more about the podcast.

Risks For 21st-Century Families E4: Substance Abuse

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Learn why substance abuse can be such a significant risk for children and teens, the conditions that make them more vulnerable to it, and some possible solutions to help kids and families avoid the dangers or recover from use. Visit FirstAnswers.com to find answers for 21st-century parents and more about the podcast.

Risks For 21st-Century Families E3: Gender and Other Identity Issues

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One of the most challenging issues today for children and parents is identity disorders, one of the most common being gender dysphoria. There has been a rapid increase in children facing these challenges today, and it is a significant risk because gender is a core element to one’s identity. Without as much societal support for healthy gender development as there was in the past, parents can learn to support their children’s healthy identity development by reducing family conflict, communicating that they see and understand their children as individuals, and expressing to them that they...

Risks For 21st-Century Families E2: Artificial Intelligence

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AI use is becoming more commonplace for adults and children. While it is sometimes useful, it can have a negative impact on overly reliant users’ critical thinking skills, beliefs in false information, and abilities to be creative and think outside the box. Parents can learn how AI can be a risk and how to promote AI literacy, set clear boundaries with their children’s use, and promote a general sense of online skepticism with their children. Visit to find answers for 21st-century parents and more about the podcast.

Risks For 21st-Century Families E1: Introducing The New Series

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What is happening to families and children in our modern world deserves more attention, so we started a new series focused on the current risks to families and children, like AI and technology, falling birth rates, and declining community support. Children today are facing ideas, social behavior, and challenges that parents have never faced, so parents need to learn more and do more in order to address these challenges and help their kids navigate them successfully. Visit FirstAnswers.com to find answers for 21st-century parents and more about the podcast.

Faith Is More Than You Think E17: It Takes Faith To Marry And Have Children

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A troubling social trend involves marriage and families. Marriage rates are dropping, and fewer children are being born. Faith, and not just religious faith, can contribute to people’s willingness to marry and have children. See how to teach your children to examine their own faith, build more faith, and learn to exercise it before these big life decisions. Visit FirstAnswers.com to find answers for 21st-century parents and more about the podcast.

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The idea of conscience is resurging nowadays because there has been a rapid increase in problems with impulse control, like addictions. When parents promote a healthy conscience, they are making their children less vulnerable to these types of problems. Dr. Scoresby presents several methods that help parents nurture their child’s inner voice so children recognize it, consult it, and use it to avoid harming themselves or others.

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