Advertise on podcast: Legacy Christian Academy’s Power Tools for Parents

Join LCA's three division counselors as they discuss important considerations within divorce, single parenting, and blended families. Acknowledging that divorce grieves God as it's painful and impactful on individuals and families and not what He intended for us, He also is in the business of making beauty from ashes and redeeming our stories. Themes include: setting up solid support systems, the power of steadiness for our kids, coparenting considerations, and decision making guidance. Listen in for encouraging and applicable messages that can meet you right where you are.

Walking with your child through any type of social struggle isn’t easy on either of you! Social struggles vary in length, contributing factors, motivations and more, and therefore knowing the ideal amount of parent support can be tricky and dependent on the situation and your child. Tune in to learn key factors in determining if behaviors are mean, rude, or truly bullying and learn more about your role as a parent in each. Support steps in the areas of skill building, watchful waiting, role playing, discipline, heart work, empowering our children, and reporting are discussed.  Hear about important proactive programming in each division at LCA to build students’ understanding of healthy, respectful peer relationships.

While adulthood can be a special period in many ways, it can bring with it a lot of emotional weight and responsibility. If we're all honest, we know we don't always get it right with our kids, and sometimes harder days don't bring out the best in us.  Join your LCA divisional counselors in this honest and relatable episode as they discuss anger in adulthood, how to navigate what may be below the surface, and how to walk through it well for you and your children. Parental power tools are shared for both prepping and monitoring ourselves as well as walking through anger aftermath in a Biblical way. Tune in, and subscribe today!

We all want children who have empathetic hearts and can be a light in the lives of others, but what are tangible ways we can grow our children’s empathy muscles throughout their childhood? Join your LCA division counselors as they discuss age-appropriate strategies and conversation topics that can help your child grow in their ability to “knowtice” and care well for others.

For many children, the words flow freely when the topic is light and easy, but it can often be much harder when they are walking in a tougher season. Join your LCA division counselors as they discuss strategies they wish they had earlier on and tools they picked up along the way in their parenting journeys. Topics include timing, methods, kids’ perspectives on why they aren’t talking, strategies for keeping your cool during parental disappointment, gender differences, and more.

While the hearts of our children were made for relationship and connection, the ability to seek, find, and connect with a true friend is difficult.  Join the Legacy Christian Academy counselors as they offer insight and pointers on how to help your child find and nurture a Godly friendship.

LCA's 3 division counselors meet with Head of School Kevin Mosley to discuss the most important topic God has equipped parents for, their children's spiritual formation. Topics include spiritual formation needs by developmental level, parent choice in influences over their children, and partnership with churches and community. Tune in to hear more about LCA's strategic plan for spiritual formation and practical steps you can take today to support your children's spiritual formation.

Perfectionism and the pressure it carries can have a profound impact on our children and our parenting. Join LCA's three division counselors as they discuss tools for embracing imperfection and understanding where our true identity lies. Topics include controlling the narrative, the journey over the outcome, and ready-to-implement parenting tools.

This is an episode you don't want to miss! Join your three LCA divisional counselors as they have special guests Michael Presley (LCA Middle School Student Life Coordinator) and Andrew Embry (LCA Upper School Assistant Principal and Coach).  Coach Presley and Coach Embry talk all things The Power of a Dad including: the impact of their dads and growing up under their leadership the evolving role dads have through different stages of their children growing up leading the spiritual development of your children and how that relates to a dad's personal relationship with God challenges and advice Tune in to be blessed by the wisdom and perspective Michael and Andrew have to share with our community and beyond.

Listen in as your LCA division counselors discuss adoption with LCA parent Kori Bailey. From the moment adoption was laid on her family's heart to the wait and trials along the way, Kori shares her journey with adoption alongside middle school counselor Dr. Lana Snear, mother of four adopted children. Kori and Lana share about walking hand in hand with God through raising their children and leaning on Him throughout the journey as well as how we, in community, can share in the love of adoption.

Join Legacy Christian Academy's three divisional counselors as they discuss how students in each division interact with different technology tools in relation to their levels of cognitive, emotional, and social development. From this experience, the team shares target dates for introduction of certain tools based on developmental patterns.  Discover how a slower introduction to certain technology tools can nurture better mental health, social skills, and stronger family values, allowing children to grow up more grounded and resilient in a tech-driven world.

In response to the book Habits of the Household: Practicing the Story of God in Everyday Family Rhythms by Justin Whitmel Earley, your LCA division counselors meet with Lower School Principal Rachel Constantinescu to discuss how these habits can help us shape both our hearts as parents and the hearts of our children. Listen in to gain actionable next steps for areas from bedtimes to heading out the door and from mealtimes to screen time.

Join your Legacy division counselors as they talk about helping your child build connections and make new friends at the start of this new school year!  From circles to horseshoes and back-pocket conversation starters to secret formulas, we've got some tools for your toolbox on this one. Because we know that finding community is important!

It’s not a topic we often discuss, but teaching our kids the importance of financial appreciation is such a crucial lesson that will set them up for success in life.  On this episode of Power Tools for Parents, we are joined by special guest, Dwayne Hamilton, Legacy’s Dean of the School of Business and Upper School Business Applications teacher, as we talk about all things money when it comes to raising our kids!  We discuss: A super cool allowance system to help our children with money management    How to instill gratitude and the skill of differentiating needs from wants  The secret to saving and being generous at the same time Recommendations for books and resources on this topic    Mr. Hamilton shares lots of practical ways to teach these principles and introduce valuable habits that will help your kids become financially responsible adults.  We so love his intentionality and heart on this matter!  Tune in!  There’s lots to learn!

Join LCA's three division counselors as they tackle the topic "Three Things I Would Tell My Younger Parenting Self". Whether you are early on in your parenting journey or have parented through many chapters of your childrens' lives, these relatable, vulnerable topics will reach you right where you are. Feel free to join in on the discussion by posting a comment with what you would tell your younger parenting self!