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The flipside: Coaching parents to uncover strength within a child’s weakness

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Parents are often frustrated by the behavior of their kids. Dr. Scott Turansky shares a helpful insight that you can pass along to parents to give them hope:

Many of the moms and dads in your church struggle with parenting issues. Starting Tuesday, May 17, our Care Issue will be Parenting God’s Way. That week we’ll share articles that explain:

  • How you can help parents avoid three common parenting mistakes
  • Advice to give parents who are dealing with a difficult child
  • Often-overlooked reasons children disobey
  • How to prevent your lay leaders from giving bad parenting advice

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Sam Hodges
Sam Hodges
Managing Editor

Sam leads the CareLeader team. As a seminary-trained, ordained pastor, Sam knows firsthand a pastor’s desire to provide effective care to hurting people in the church and community. He directs and oversees CareLeader’s content, making sure the articles and videos equip pastors with information and ideas that are strategic, do-able, and consistent with Christ-centered, biblical care principles.

Sam also leads Church Initiative’s editorial team and has written and produced a number of Church Initiative’s video-based small group curriculums. They include GriefShare second and third editions (2006, 2014), DivorceCare third edition (2012), and Single & Parenting (2011). Sam is also coauthor of Grieving with Hope: Finding Comfort as You Journey Through Loss.

Sam graduated from Howard University with a bachelor of arts in communications. After that he received a master of divinity degree from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary with an emphasis in Christian education. Sam has also served on staff as a discipleship pastor at Infinity Church in Laurel, MD.

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