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Welcome to Clovie's Family Focus Hub
Discover a wealth of resources designed to empower families at every stage of their journey. Our library has a diverse selection of books, blogs and articles, categorized for specific age groups - Pre-School, Primary, Tweens, Teens, and Young Adults. Find practical advice and stories tailored to your family's needs. Dive in, explore, and strengthen your family bonds with the support of our community at Clovie. Happy reading!
Pre-School
ARTICLES / BLOGS
Faith at Home
The Daily 5 - Essential Relational Moments
Download
Anxiety is energy with nowhere to go
3 Steps to Calm Anxiety
by Karen Young (BSc)(Psych)(Hons)MastGestTher
Read Now
2 Reasons Kids Hate Breathing Through Anxiety and Big Feels
And What to Do About It.
by Karen Young (BSc)(Psych)(Hons)MastGestTher
Read Now
Pocket Prayers Explained
by Instagram Account @rootedinmore
Though popular, my pocket prayer videos always get a fair amount of backlash - many coming into the comments to let me know “this isn’t prayer”! Yes, the Bible teaches us how to pray and what the Lord desires to hear from us. But do you know what else the Bible says? That the Lord loves your children.
Teaching our kids to think about God, speak truths about God and carry them around “in their pockets” is a sweet way to help them strengthen that relationship with their Heavenly Father
Watch Now
The Real Weight of Parenting
by Michelle Mitchell
"I’ve been trying to describe the real weight of parenting. Is it the exhaustion that comes from keeping the school routine, or driving kids to sports and social activities all weekend? Is it dealing with snippy requests from a teenager who wants to live a grand life with your credit card in hand?
While no one would argue that these day-to-day things are weighty, I think there is an even heavier weight we carry – and that’s the weight of uncertainty..."
Read Now
Staying in the lane of "Mum"
by Michelle Mitchell
A reminder of the limitations of parenting and the importance of community.
Watch Now
Navigating Those Conversations with Our Kids
How one family tackled the topic of sex education
by Petrea Taylor
It’s a big topic, one we want to do well, but how do we talk to our children about sex when they are young? Studies show us that by 9, most children have sadly been exposed to pornography or some kind of sexually provocative images. Have you ever walked past a lingerie shop, seen an ad on TV or even just passed a young teenage couple and had your kids look with intrigue, and even worse ask you a question?
Read Now
Download Article
Why Chores Deserve a Spot in Your School Holiday Routine
by Parent Cue
Want to help your kids grow independence and confidence these school holidays? Start with a simple rhythm of age-appropriate chores.
Why do we really give our kids chores?
Not to check a box.
Not to keep the house perfect.
But to teach them:
- life skills
- responsibility
- how to contribute
- who they’re becoming.
Read Now
Navigating Those Conversations with Our Kids
How one family tackled the topic of sex education
by Petrea Taylor
It’s a big topic, one we want to do well, but how do we talk to our children about sex when they are young? Studies show us that by 9, most children have sadly been exposed to pornography or some kind of sexually provocative images. Have you ever walked past a lingerie shop, seen an ad on TV or even just passed a young teenage couple and had your kids look with intrigue, and even worse ask you a question?
Read Now
Download Article
Pre-School
BOOKS
The Memory Box
By Joanna Rowland, Illustrated by Thea Baker
A Book About Grief
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
The Present Box
By Michelle Jewels-Parsons / Ellie Rose Hanham
Book about grief
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
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Caught in the Middle
By Karina Hudson
Caught in the middle is the story of a child whose relationship with God, through the Bible and prayer, helps with the difficulties faced and feelings experience as a result of having divorced parents.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
My Two Houses
By Karina Hudson
Tells the story of a child who lives with the challenges of being in a blended family and is helped by prayer, scripture and the knowledge that wherever you are God is near and can be your friend.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
My Family Bush
By Karina Hudson
My Family Bush helps bring meaning to the concepts of ‘step’, ‘half’ and ‘full’ as they apply to blended family relationships whilst showing that all families regardless of their structure are special and loved by God.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Let's Shout Out to Single Dads
By Karina Hudson
Let’s shout out to Single Dads is a colourful rhyming book paying tribute to single fathers everywhere by encouraging their parenting with scripture and affirming that God’s way guarantees a home filled with peace and a heart strengthened by hope and courage.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
When I'm Shining with... Series
By Wendy Mason & Lisa Maravelis
The fruit of the spirit ‘Shining with Light’ series has been written for young children (ages 3+) in a way that captures a child’s sense of wonder and learning, encapsulated in fun rhyme and storytelling. The stories develop life skills such as friendship and social skills that children can relate to and put into practice in their everyday lives and experiences.
Books we have in this series:
Love, Joy, Goodness, Faithfulness, Kindness, Gentleness, Self-Control
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Where can I purchase these?
There's a Bully in my Brain
By Lauren Thompson
The story takes you on a journey inside the mind, and notices that a bully has taken over! But you don’t have to let that bully be the boss. You have the power to tame that bully and enjoy having thoughts that are uplifting and kind.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Babies and Toddlers
By Rachel Turner
Nurturing your child's spiritual life.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
My Underpants Rule!
By Kate and Rod Power
My Underpants Rule! is fun, bright and lively, encouraging toddlers and primary children to empower themselves without causing alarm. "What's under my pants belongs only to me!" is reinforced by rhymes and scenarios, ingraining what is appropriate and inappropriate, and what to do in difficult situations. Like a nursery rhyme, reading this book with your child will ensure the lessons stay with them for life.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Parenting Children for a Life of Faith
By Rachel Turner
Helping children meet and know God.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
There's a House Inside my Mummy
By Giles Andreae and Vanessa Cabban
A gentle and tender story of a little boy waiting for his new brother or sister to arrive. Told with humour and a simple rhyming text, this is the perfect picture book for all expectant brothers and sisters.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
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The Friend Who Forgives Book Video
By Dan Dewitt and Catalina Echeverri
Read by Ann Hughes
Watch Video Now
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
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Little People Big Feelings
By Gen Muir
A go-to parenting guidebook for dealing with emotions and challenging behaviours in kids.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
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You and Me - By the Book
By Patricia Weerakoon
In You and Me by the Book, children learn that God had created them right from the beginning to be either a boy or a girl, regardless of how they feel or what they like to do.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Primary
ARTICLES / BLOGS
Faith at Home
The Daily 5 - Essential Relational Moments
Download
Anxiety is energy with nowhere to go
3 Steps to Calm Anxiety
by Karen Young (BSc)(Psych)(Hons)MastGestTher
Read Now
2 Reasons Kids Hate Breathing Through Anxiety and Big Feels
And What to Do About It.
by Karen Young (BSc)(Psych)(Hons)MastGestTher
Read Now
Anxiety isn't the problem, but the response to anxiety can be
Here's how to turn it around.
by Karen Young (BSc)(Psych)(Hons)MastGestTher
Read Now
The Real Weight of Parenting
by Michelle Mitchell
"I’ve been trying to describe the real weight of parenting. Is it the exhaustion that comes from keeping the school routine, or driving kids to sports and social activities all weekend? Is it dealing with snippy requests from a teenager who wants to live a grand life with your credit card in hand?
While no one would argue that these day-to-day things are weighty, I think there is an even heavier weight we carry – and that’s the weight of uncertainty..."
Read Now
Staying in the lane of "Mum"
by Michelle Mitchell
A reminder of the limitations of parenting and the importance of community.
Watch Now
Navigating Those Conversations with Our Kids
How one family tackled the topic of sex education
by Petrea Taylor
It’s a big topic, one we want to do well, but how do we talk to our children about sex when they are young? Studies show us that by 9, most children have sadly been exposed to pornography or some kind of sexually provocative images. Have you ever walked past a lingerie shop, seen an ad on TV or even just passed a young teenage couple and had your kids look with intrigue, and even worse ask you a question?
Read Now
One of the hardest things as parents is deciding when to protect them and when to move forward
The line isn’t always clear, but it’s an important one
by Karen Young - Hey Sigmund
Read Now
What to say when teens mess up
by Michelle Mitchell
Watch Now
Why Chores Deserve a Spot in Your School Holiday Routine
by Parent Cue
Want to help your kids grow independence and confidence these school holidays? Start with a simple rhythm of age-appropriate chores.
Why do we really give our kids chores?
Not to check a box.
Not to keep the house perfect.
But to teach them:
- life skills
- responsibility
- how to contribute
- who they’re becoming.
Read Now
The Hit and Run Compliment Strategy
by Michelle Mitchell
Just like a magpie…. hit and fly away! Swoop and then retreat.
When you give your teenage a compliment, just keep walking.
Read Now
Primary
BOOKS
Birds and Bees by the Book
By Patricia Weerakoon
For children aged 7-10 - A 6 book series covering learning about family, body, brain, sex, gender and pornography
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Caught in the Middle
By Karina Hudson
Caught in the middle is the story of a child whose relationship with God, through the Bible and prayer, helps with the difficulties faced and feelings experience as a result of having divorced parents.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
My Two Houses
By Karina Hudson
Tells the story of a child who lives with the challenges of being in a blended family and is helped by prayer, scripture and the knowledge that wherever you are God is near and can be your friend.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
My Family Bush
By Karina Hudson
My Family Bush helps bring meaning to the concepts of ‘step’, ‘half’ and ‘full’ as they apply to blended family relationships whilst showing that all families regardless of their structure are special and loved by God.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Let's Shout Out to Single Dads
By Karina Hudson
Let’s shout out to Single Dads is a colourful rhyming book paying tribute to single fathers everywhere by encouraging their parenting with scripture and affirming that God’s way guarantees a home filled with peace and a heart strengthened by hope and courage.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Books on Anxiety
By Karen Young
Books for kids about anxiety. Kids can do amazing things with the right information.
Hey Awesome
and
Hey Warrior
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase these?
There's a Bully in my Brain
By Lauren Thompson
The story takes you on a journey inside the mind, and notices that a bully has taken over! But you don’t have to let that bully be the boss. You have the power to tame that bully and enjoy having thoughts that are uplifting and kind.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
My Underpants Rule!
By Kate and Rod Power
My Underpants Rule! is fun, bright and lively, encouraging toddlers and primary children to empower themselves without causing alarm. "What's under my pants belongs only to me!" is reinforced by rhymes and scenarios, ingraining what is appropriate and inappropriate, and what to do in difficult situations. Like a nursery rhyme, reading this book with your child will ensure the lessons stay with them for life.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Good Pictures, Bad Pictures Jr
By Kristen A. Jensen, MA
How do you empower a young child to embrace the good and reject the bad they see in their digital world? For every parent who wants to protect their children, but knows it's futile to quarantine them, Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr. is a comfortable, effective way to begin this sensitive but essential conversation. Using gentle, age-appropriate messages and beautiful, fun illustrations, Good Pictures Bad Pictures Jr. empowers children with the Turn, Run & Tell plan and five important safety rules that every kid growing up in the digital age needs to know.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Good Pictures, Bad Pictures
Porn-Proofing Today's Young Kids
By Kristen A. Jensen, MA
Good Pictures Bad Pictures is a story about a mum and dad who teach their child what pornography is, why it’s dangerous, and how to reject it.
This book uses easy-to-understand science and simple analogies, to teach kids simple concepts about the brain and the process of addiction, and gives them a specific strategy to help keep them safe from the dangers of pornography.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Image Bearer
By Ellie Sanazaro & Madison Kay
This is a Christian children’s book that celebrates differences! Inspired by Genesis 1:27, Image Bearer shows how EVERY child is wonderfully made in the image of God! It will introduce your family to topics including autism, Down syndrome, mobility devices, feeding tubes, communication devices, facial differences and more!
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
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Made With Love
How Babies Are Made
By Kate Petty
In this informative and friendly picture book, children can find simple answers to all the big questions about how they came to be born.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Girl Wise Books
By Sharon Witt
Sometimes when we are younger, we go through some wonderful times, but also some tough times too. Whether that be problems with friends, worrying about how you look or just feeling a bit down in the dumps- these books are written especially for you - to help you in your journey!
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase these?
Wise Guys
By Sharon Witt
Sometimes when we are younger, we go through some great times, but also some tough times too. Whether that be problems with friends, school, family or coping with change, this book is written especially for you – to help you in your journey in growing up to be all that you were created you to be.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Everyday Resilience
By Michelle Mitchell
Helping kids handle friendship drama, academic pressure and the self-doubt of growing up.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Parenting Children for a Life of Faith
By Rachel Turner
Helping children meet and know God.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
The Friend Who Forgives Book Video
By Dan Dewitt and Catalina Echeverri
Read by Ann Hughes
Watch Video Now
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
You and Me - By the Book
By Patricia Weerakoon
In You and Me by the Book, children learn that God had created them right from the beginning to be either a boy or a girl, regardless of how they feel or what they like to do.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Tweens
ARTICLES / BLOGS
Playing the parenting "LONG game".... and ways to building an emotionally safe space for your teens and tweens
Michelle Mitchell
Watch Now
Compassionately Assertive: Five ways to approach a tech overloaded teen
Michelle Mitchell
Read Blog
What to do with a Defiant Teenager: Seven reminders that will get you through
Michelle Mitchell
Read Blog
Faith at Home
The Daily 5 - Essential Relational Moments
Download
Anxiety is energy with nowhere to go
3 Steps to Calm Anxiety
by Karen Young (BSc)(Psych)(Hons)MastGestTher
Read Now
2 Reasons Kids Hate Breathing Through Anxiety and Big Feels
And What to Do About It.
by Karen Young (BSc)(Psych)(Hons)MastGestTher
Read Now
Anxiety isn't the problem, but the response to anxiety can be
Here's how to turn it around.
by Karen Young (BSc)(Psych)(Hons)MastGestTher
Read Now
Equipping our young people to make healthy, safe, wise and life-giving choices by SLOWING DOWN the decision making process
by Pippin Girl
.
Watch Now
When Things Get Heated
by Michelle Mitchell
.
Watch Now
If you need a different way to explain tech to a teenager, listen to this.
by Michelle Mitchell
.
Watch Now
The Real Weight of Parenting
by Michelle Mitchell
"I’ve been trying to describe the real weight of parenting. Is it the exhaustion that comes from keeping the school routine, or driving kids to sports and social activities all weekend? Is it dealing with snippy requests from a teenager who wants to live a grand life with your credit card in hand?
While no one would argue that these day-to-day things are weighty, I think there is an even heavier weight we carry – and that’s the weight of uncertainty..."
Read Now
Staying in the lane of "Mum"
by Michelle Mitchell
A reminder of the limitations of parenting and the importance of community.
Watch Now
One of the hardest things as parents is deciding when to protect them and when to move forward
The line isn’t always clear, but it’s an important one
by Karen Young - Hey Sigmund
Read Now
What to say when teens mess up
by Michelle Mitchell
Watch Now
Why Chores Deserve a Spot in Your School Holiday Routine
by Parent Cue
Want to help your kids grow independence and confidence these school holidays? Start with a simple rhythm of age-appropriate chores.
Why do we really give our kids chores?
Not to check a box.
Not to keep the house perfect.
But to teach them:
- life skills
- responsibility
- how to contribute
- who they’re becoming.
Read Now
The Hit and Run Compliment Strategy
by Michelle Mitchell
Just like a magpie…. hit and fly away! Swoop and then retreat.
When you give your teenage a compliment, just keep walking.
Read Now
Tweens
BOOKS
Tweens
By Michelle Mitchell
What kids need NOW, before the teenage years.
Navigating friendships, moods, technology, boundaries, body image and the road ahead
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Caught in the Middle
By Karina Hudson
Caught in the middle is the story of a child whose relationship with God, through the Bible and prayer, helps with the difficulties faced and feelings experience as a result of having divorced parents.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
My Two Houses
By Karina Hudson
Tells the story of a child who lives with the challenges of being in a blended family and is helped by prayer, scripture and the knowledge that wherever you are God is near and can be your friend.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
My Family Bush
By Karina Hudson
My Family Bush helps bring meaning to the concepts of ‘step’, ‘half’ and ‘full’ as they apply to blended family relationships whilst showing that all families regardless of their structure are special and loved by God.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Pippin Girl
By Pippin Girl
A girls guide to being a good friend and healthy relationships
&
A girls guide to managing stressful seasons
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase these?
Books on Anxiety
By Karen Young
Books for kids about anxiety. Kids can do amazing things with the right information.
Hey Awesome
and
Hey Warrior
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase these?
Everyday Resilience
By Michelle Mitchell
Helping kids handle friendship drama, academic pressure and the self-doubt of growing up.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Good Pictures, Bad Pictures
Porn-Proofing Today's Young Kids
By Kristen A. Jensen, MA
Good Pictures Bad Pictures is a story about a mum and dad who teach their child what pornography is, why it’s dangerous, and how to reject it.
This book uses easy-to-understand science and simple analogies, to teach kids simple concepts about the brain and the process of addiction, and gives them a specific strategy to help keep them safe from the dangers of pornography.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Parenting Children for a Life of Faith
By Rachel Turner
Helping children meet and know God.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Pre-teen Friendship Journal
By Fiona Ghiglione, PhD
Does your daughter ever struggle to find friends or navigate friendship drama? Have you ever found yourself wondering how to help and guide her as she travels the road of friendship?
In this world of social media pressures, girl cliques and school-yard bullying it can feel hard for girls to find deep and meaningful connections. As friendships become more complex it is common for them to lack the skills and knowledge to know how to handle these complex dynamics skilfully. Yet it is right now in the preteens when they stand to gain the most from friendship skills.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Pippin Girl Books
By Pippin Girl
Blossom Baby
Go with the Flow
Remarkable
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
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Guys/Girls Guide to Puberty Books
By Michelle Mitchell
These books are jam-packed with need-to-know information, messages of respect and positive vibes to help tweens face puberty with confidence.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase these?
Girl Wise Books
By Sharon Witt
Sometimes when we are younger, we go through some wonderful times, but also some tough times too. Whether that be problems with friends, worrying about how you look or just feeling a bit down in the dumps- these books are written especially for you - to help you in your journey!
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase these?
Wise Guys
By Sharon Witt
Sometimes when we are younger, we go through some great times, but also some tough times too. Whether that be problems with friends, school, family or coping with change, this book is written especially for you – to help you in your journey in growing up to be all that you were created you to be.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
The Everyday Resilience Journal
By Michelle Mitchell
Ideal for 8 – 12 year olds, this book offers 40 clever strategies to help tweens with friendship dramas, schoolwork and their confidence.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Talking Sex - By the Book
By Patricia Weerakoon
Giving kids a bible-based view of identity, relationships and sexuality.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
A Student's Guide to Sexual Integrity
God's plan for sex and your body
By Jim Burns
Honest talk about some of the most important questions you'll ever face.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Teens
ARTICLES / BLOGS
Year 12 Parents
Michelle Mitchell
If you have a teen in Year 12, here are two small things that make a big difference.
Watch Now
Playing the parenting "LONG game".... and ways to building an emotionally safe space for your teens and tweens
Michelle Mitchell
Watch Now
Compassionately Assertive: Five ways to approach a tech overloaded teen
Michelle Mitchell
Read Blog
What to do with a Defiant Teenager: Seven reminders that will get you through
Michelle Mitchell
Read Blog
Faith at Home
The Daily 5 - Essential Relational Moments
Download
Anxiety is energy with nowhere to go
3 Steps to Calm Anxiety
Read Now
Equipping our young people to make healthy, safe, wise and life-giving choices by SLOWING DOWN the decision making process
by Pippin Girl
.
Listen Now
When Things Get Heated
by Michelle Mitchell
.
Watch Now
If you need a different way to explain tech to a teenager, listen to this.
by Michelle Mitchell
.
Watch Now
The Real Weight of Parenting
by Michelle Mitchell
"I’ve been trying to describe the real weight of parenting. Is it the exhaustion that comes from keeping the school routine, or driving kids to sports and social activities all weekend? Is it dealing with snippy requests from a teenager who wants to live a grand life with your credit card in hand?
While no one would argue that these day-to-day things are weighty, I think there is an even heavier weight we carry – and that’s the weight of uncertainty..."
Read Now
Staying in the lane of "Mum"
by Michelle Mitchell
A reminder of the limitations of parenting and the importance of community.
Watch Now
One of the hardest things as parents is deciding when to protect them and when to move forward
The line isn’t always clear, but it’s an important one
by Karen Young - Hey Sigmund
Read Now
What to say when teens mess up
by Michelle Mitchell
Watch Now
Why Chores Deserve a Spot in Your School Holiday Routine
by Parent Cue
Want to help your kids grow independence and confidence these school holidays? Start with a simple rhythm of age-appropriate chores.
Why do we really give our kids chores?
Not to check a box.
Not to keep the house perfect.
But to teach them:
- life skills
- responsibility
- how to contribute
- who they’re becoming.
Read Now
The Hit and Run Compliment Strategy
by Michelle Mitchell
Just like a magpie…. hit and fly away! Swoop and then retreat.
When you give your teenage a compliment, just keep walking.
Read Now
Teens
BOOKS
Parenting Teenage Girls in the Age of a New Normal
By Michelle Mitchell
Key strategies for social media, sexuality, disrespect, drugs, anxiety and more.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Self Harm
By Michelle Mitchell
Why teens do it and what parents can do to help.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Beyond This Moment
By Nathan 'Dubsy' Want
17 inescapable moments every teen will face and how to get through them.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Pippin Girl
By Pippin Girl
A girls guide to being a good friend and healthy relationships
&
A girls guide to managing stressful seasons
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase these?
Everyday Resilience
By Michelle Mitchell
Helping kids handle friendship drama, academic pressure and the self-doubt of growing up.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Parenting Children for a Life of Faith
By Rachel Turner
Helping children meet and know God.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Surviving High School
By Sharon Witt
The High School years can be filled with a mixture of excitement, anxiety, and fear. For some children, they can find parts of secondary school overwhelming. This book will help guide them through some of the tricky areas of navigating school. Whether they are about to begin their high school journey, or already in the thick of it, they are sure to find some helpful information among the pages.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
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What Teenage Girls Don't Tell Their Parents
By Michelle Mitchell
As a parent you know that your ‘child’ is not just another teenager, struggling to grow up. She is your daughter. That in itself makes her the most unique and important teenager in the world. But when your sweet little girl suddenly stops talking, won‘t do anything you tell her to do, and starts dressing like she stepped out of a celebrity magazine, you start wondering what went wrong.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
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Talking Sex - By the Book
By Patricia Weerakoon
Giving kids/teens a bible-based view of identity, relationships and sexuality.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
More to the Story
By Jennifer M. Kvamme
Deep answers to real questions on attraction, identity and relationships.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
A Student's Guide to Sexual Integrity
God's plan for sex and your body
By Jim Burns
Honest talk about some of the most important questions you'll ever face.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Young Adults
ARTICLES / BLOGS
Releasing my grip on my almost adult child
By Erin Kerry
Read Blog
Anxiety is energy with nowhere to go
3 Steps to Calm Anxiety
Read Now
The Real Weight of Parenting
by Michelle Mitchell
"I’ve been trying to describe the real weight of parenting. Is it the exhaustion that comes from keeping the school routine, or driving kids to sports and social activities all weekend? Is it dealing with snippy requests from a teenager who wants to live a grand life with your credit card in hand?
While no one would argue that these day-to-day things are weighty, I think there is an even heavier weight we carry – and that’s the weight of uncertainty..."
Read Now
Staying in the lane of "Mum"
by Michelle Mitchell
A reminder of the limitations of parenting and the importance of community.
Watch Now
Young Adults
BOOKS
Beyond This Moment
By Nathan 'Dubsy' Want
17 inescapable moments every teen will face and how to get through them.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Parenting Children for a Life of Faith
By Rachel Turner
Helping children meet and know God.
Borrow (For Clovie Community)
Where can I purchase this?
Doing Life with Your Adult Children
By Jim Burns
Are you struggling to connect with your child now that they've left the nest Are you feeling the tension and heartache as your relationship dynamic begins to change In Doing Life with Your Adult Children, bestselling author and parenting expert Jim Burns provides practical advice and hopeful encouragement for navigating this tough yet rewarding transition.
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18 Plus - Parenting Your Emerging Adult
By Steven Argue & Kara Powell
The phase when your emerging adult pulls away more, needs you again, does things for the first time and you both keep asking, "What now?" Congratulations!
You've parented for 936 weeks, and your kid has graduated and moved on to what's next. Whether they still live at home or you've already converted their room into a workout studio, you might be in the best phase of your kid's life. While parenting won't look the same anymore, it isn't over yet. Your kid still needs you.
Eighteen Plus is a guide to help you parent in this new unfamiliar phase. You will discover how your emerging adult is changing, how their world is changing, and what they still need from you (besides more money.)
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Why Bother with Church
And Other Questions About Why You Need It and Why It Needs You
By Sam Allberry
In this brief accessible but thorough guide to church, Sam outlines what church is and why we need it. And how, when we have got it wrong, we can move closer to what a true church should be.
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More to the Story
By Jennifer M. Kvamme
Deep answers to real questions on attraction, identity and relationships.
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A Student's Guide to Sexual Integrity
God's plan for sex and your body
By Jim Burns
Honest talk about some of the most important questions you'll ever face.
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