2024-02-20T13:21:00+00:00By Jules Loveland
Are you clear about what you would do?
2024-01-16T08:03:00+00:00By Louise Irwin
Which social media do you find most attractive?
2024-01-08T16:52:00+00:00By Mark Arnold
2023-12-20T14:53:00+00:00By Dawn Savidge
What do you spend on Christmas?
2023-12-20T13:30:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
Do you ‘have it’?
2023-12-20T12:07:00+00:00By Kate Orson
How aware are you of New Age?
2023-12-20T11:45:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
Have you ever owned a pair?
2023-12-19T16:06:00+00:00By Joel Toombs
Do conversations with your kids come easily?
2023-12-19T12:37:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
What is the toughest part of Christmas for you?
2023-12-18T16:42:00+00:00By Nicole Watt
Have you looked into the background of your favourite chocolate bar?
2023-12-18T10:45:00+00:00By Dawn Savidge
What was your experience of Santa growing up?
2023-12-13T13:03:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
Have you had to make adjustments to your Christmas routine?
2023-12-13T12:49:00+00:00By Lisa Skinner
Do you know your love language?
2023-12-12T14:01:00+00:00By Kevin Doran
Premier NexGen spoke with Kevin Doran, Premier’s director of Public Affairs about how this legislation has come about
2023-12-12T09:53:00+00:00By Lisa Skinner
Do you find Christmas is a good time to share faith?
2023-12-11T10:55:00+00:00By Ali Hull
How many gifts do you typically buy?
2023-12-07T10:56:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
Have tattos been an issue in your home?
2023-12-01T08:24:00+00:00By Lisa Campbell
Have you lost the sense of wonder of Christmas?
2023-11-28T09:09:00+00:00By Victoria Beech
Was ‘advent’ celebrated in your home growing up?
2023-11-21T10:51:00+00:00By Jo Rowe
Is selfishness the root of issues in your family?
2023-11-16T11:47:00+00:00By Sally Hope
What kind of discipline methods do you use?
2023-11-15T10:51:00+00:00By Dan Blythe
Did you enjoy listening to talks growing up?
2023-11-09T10:41:00+00:00By Joel Toombs
Have you had to field unwanted personal attacks?
2023-11-06T09:02:00+00:00By Mark Arnold
When did you first become aware of ADHD?
2023-10-31T10:43:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
What is the maximum you have ever worked in a week?
2023-10-26T09:43:00+01:00By Dawn Savidge
Do you prefer working from home?
2023-10-24T09:04:00+01:00By Joel Toombs
Was ‘leaving for uni’ your biggest transition?
2023-10-23T10:07:00+01:00By Kate Orson
How was Halloween celebrated in your childhood?
2023-10-16T08:51:00+01:00By Kate Orson
Was your appearance a concern for you growing up?
2023-10-11T09:03:00+01:00By Mary Deller
Do you know a young person who vapes?
2023-10-09T09:44:00+01:00By Sally Hope
Sally Hope believes that of all people, Christians should be engaged with those in society who have had a lousy start
2023-10-05T08:32:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
Your worst mistake as a parent?
2023-10-03T08:54:00+01:00
An insight into a Christian charity or ministry that you may like to know about.
2023-09-27T09:44:00+01:00By Andy Peck
Have you ever been alarmed by someone’s behaviour in youthwork context?
2023-09-27T08:37:00+01:00
This is an occasional post where we give you an insight into a Christian charity or ministry that you may like to know about.
2023-09-25T09:55:00+01:00By James Somerville-Meikle
Did you have the opportunity to attend a faith-based school?
2023-09-21T15:52:00+01:00By Emma Hide
Which of the seven is most important?
2023-09-21T10:20:00+01:00By Andy Peck
Where do you get your parental wisdom from?
2023-09-20T08:27:00+01:00By Becky May
How close has your parenting been to what you expected?
2023-09-19T08:49:00+01:00By Andy Peck
What helped you settle into a new place?
2023-09-18T09:00:00+01:00By Kate Orson
Did you have any limits placed on your music listening?
2023-09-14T12:45:00+01:00By Ian Paul
Do you think there’s any connection between maths and faith?
2023-09-12T10:02:00+01:00By Grace Moxon
Was psychology a subject offered at your school?
2023-09-11T08:48:00+01:00By Kate Orson
Do you recall teaching about ‘consent’ from your youth?
2023-09-07T07:28:00+01:00By Joel Toombs
Joel Toombs shares some mentoring approaches that will take time with your children to a new level
2023-09-06T09:11:00+01:00By Dawn Savidge
Were your transitions to a new school harder for you, or for your child?
2023-09-05T09:56:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
Which transitions do you recall most clearly?
2023-09-04T10:00:00+01:00By Ali Campbell
How valuable were chats with your parents on the journey to school?
2023-08-30T14:09:00+01:00By Emma Hide
How did you find ‘English’ studies?
2023-08-30T07:40:00+01:00By Andy Peck
Which Bible passage do you find most relevant to your family?
2023-08-28T08:00:00+01:00By Andy Peck
What verses would you select?
2023-08-25T09:00:00+01:00By Dawn Savidge
Were you anxious as you began a new school year?
2023-08-23T08:00:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
Did your exam results at 16 define your next steps?
2023-08-17T07:27:00+01:00By Andy Peck
Do you have a basic grasp of economics?
2023-08-16T09:10:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
How significant were results days for you?
2023-08-10T12:37:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
How would you cope with a phone ban?
2023-08-03T15:04:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
Do you recall your first Saturday job?
2023-08-03T14:50:00+01:00By Kate Orson
Do you recall picking up ideas from adults by over hearing them chat?
2023-08-01T17:33:00+01:00By Emma Hide
Which part of geography did you like best?
2023-07-19T09:52:00+01:00By Dawn Savidge
How clear was your pathway?
2023-07-13T13:03:00+01:00By Karen Murdarasi
How prevalent are ‘county lines’ where you live?
2023-07-11T10:07:00+01:00By Lisa Skinner
How tidy is your home?
2023-07-10T08:54:00+01:00By Sharon Blair
Do you recall when you learned to pray?
2023-07-07T07:15:00+01:00By Andy Peck
Did you get compared with anyone when you were growinng up
2023-07-06T09:13:00+01:00By Ross Hendry
Do your children access porn and how would you know?
2023-07-05T09:06:00+01:00By Sam Reimer
Did you go through a teenage rebellion?
2023-06-20T08:55:00+01:00By Dawn Savidge
What were the faith based school options for you?
2023-06-16T09:29:00+01:00By Ali Campbell
What’s the best part of being a parent?
2023-06-14T07:12:00+01:00By Kate Orson
What TV programmes seem to affect your kids?
2023-06-08T08:52:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
How aware are you of this issue?
2023-06-02T07:45:00+01:00By Ellie Willcock
Have you ever followed someone you found to be ultimately unhelpful?
2023-06-01T07:43:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
Did you ‘try something’ out of curiosity?
2023-05-30T07:36:00+01:00By Andy Peck
Do you know a teen who questions the basics about Jesus?
2023-05-26T10:15:00+01:00By Kate Orson
Did magical themes interest you in your youth?
2023-05-26T06:00:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
What did you cringe at growing up?
2023-05-25T07:49:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
Have you ever completely misheard a lyric?
2023-05-24T10:06:00+01:00By Trish Hahn
How easy was it for you to grasp the Holy Spirit’s coming?
2023-05-22T09:28:00+01:00By Kate Orson
What would you do if your child decided not to follow Jesus?
2023-05-18T10:08:00+01:00By Graham Nicholls
Do you recall the views about sex from your sixth form days?
2023-05-16T09:02:00+01:00By Kate Orson
Was laughter a key part of your upbrining?
2023-05-11T12:23:00+01:00By Jo Rowe
Which social media platforms are you on?
2023-05-03T08:44:00+01:00By Nigel Roberts
What’s your best tip for coping at exam time?
2023-04-20T12:31:00+01:00By Kate Orson
When were you first aware of eco issues?
2023-04-12T09:00:00+01:00By Kate Orson
Have you ever stopped a film because of what it was portraying?
2023-03-30T14:48:00+01:00By Becky May
Are you tempted to sanitise the death of Jesus for younger ears?
2023-03-29T09:13:00+01:00By Matt Bird
Who do you know with dyslexia?
2023-03-28T07:17:00+01:00By Mark Arnold
When did you first become aware of autism?
2023-03-24T05:56:00+00:00By Jo Rowe
Who’s the best parent you know?
2023-03-22T10:40:00+00:00By Kate Orson
Do you know couples who have different views on faith?
2023-03-17T07:37:00+00:00By Victoria Beech
When did you last play outside with your children?
2023-03-15T10:47:00+00:00By Emma Lawson
Have you ever used a private tuor?
2023-03-13T11:33:00+00:00By Andy Monks
Do you believe your child can lead?
2023-03-09T10:48:00+00:00By Jo Rowe
Jo Rowe looks at a phenomenon recognised by advertisers and begins a new approach with her eight-year-old son.
2023-03-02T17:48:00+00:00By Alastair McIver
Do you know anyone who married young?
2023-03-01T08:31:00+00:00By Becky May
Were you a fan of his books in your youth?
2023-02-27T10:55:00+00:00By Kate Orson
Have you assumed the Bible had just one approach to punishment?
2023-02-23T15:22:00+00:00By Martyn Whittock
Does the word ’politics’ excite or depress you?
2023-02-23T08:28:00+00:00By NT Wight
What approaches worked best in your home?
2023-02-14T13:27:00+00:00By Martyn Whittock
How did you rate history at your school?
2023-02-14T09:14:00+00:00By Amie Buhari
Have you ever broken up a fight?
2023-02-13T10:41:00+00:00By Dawn Savidge
What do you believe about the Second Coming?
2023-02-09T11:07:00+00:00By Dawn Savidge
Are you aware of what is being taught about gender and sexuality at your children’s school?
2023-02-07T11:04:00+00:00By Nick Pollard
Do you know a young person facing mental health challenges?
2023-02-03T08:00:00+00:00By Kate Orson
How did you learn to pray?
2023-01-31T10:11:00+00:00By Alex Taylor
Do you recall a particular TV programme being banned?
2023-01-30T10:53:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
What would you sacrifice for your family?
2023-01-27T10:15:00+00:00By Andrew Bunt
What is your first reaction when someone tells you something they didn’t expect?
2023-01-20T07:45:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
Are you the kind of person to go on a diet?
2023-01-19T08:52:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
Have your irritations increased or decreased over time?
2023-01-17T10:34:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
Can you see history repeating itself in your family?
2023-01-12T17:57:00+00:00By Becky May
Do you think your parents made the right choice?
2023-01-11T16:07:00+00:00By Jo Rowe
How easy is your church worship experience?
2023-01-11T11:12:00+00:00By Andy Peck
Did you ever win a prize at church?
2023-01-10T11:03:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
Who was your ‘hero’ growing up?
2023-01-06T13:35:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
Were your friends all your age?
2023-01-03T14:09:00+00:00By Andy Peck
How good do you rate your start in the Christian faith?
2022-12-21T16:26:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
What matters most in your Christmas celebrations?
2022-12-21T16:11:00+00:00By Becky May
What are your top tips?
2022-12-21T08:47:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
Did you ever talk about relationships at home?
2022-12-15T15:40:00+00:00By Becky May
As people who know grace why do we screw ourselves up so much?
2022-12-15T10:51:00+00:00By Ellie Willcock
There are believed to be 90,000 au pairs in the UK
2022-12-14T09:35:00+00:00By Alex Taylor
Do you find keeping children busy a challenge?
2022-12-08T10:52:00+00:00By Andy Campbell
Have you ever received coaching?
2022-12-05T12:21:00+00:00By Jo Rowe
Would you say you were an easy teenage to parent?
2022-12-01T16:39:00+00:00By Jared Stacy and
Jared Stacy warns UK Christians that the more belligerent approaches don’t work and aren’t the way of Jesus.
2022-11-29T16:29:00+00:00By Jo Rowe
What’s your favourite part of the festivities?
2022-11-29T11:48:00+00:00By Molly Ashton
Would you have enjoyed home education?
2022-11-24T10:40:00+00:00By Andy Peck
Andy Peck looks at the heartbreak of children drifting away from church and faith and suggests some things to remember
2022-11-21T11:37:00+00:00By Victoria Adepoju
Would you be able to spot the signs?
2022-11-21T09:50:00+00:00By Ali Hull
Ali Hull talks to two Christian foster carers about their very different experiences of fostering
2022-11-16T09:35:00+00:00By Claire Hailwood
Would you want to appear on the show?
2022-11-15T11:27:00+00:00By Jo Rowe
Do you recall any regular chores you had to do?
2022-11-09T08:56:00+00:00By Emma Lawson
Are you surprised by these statistics?
2022-11-08T15:15:00+00:00By Lindsay Wright
Lindsay Wright was lost in motherhood before rediscovering who she was
2022-11-08T10:58:00+00:00By Dan Randall
Do you have any ‘evangelists’ in your family?
2022-11-07T12:05:00+00:00By Jo Rowe
Who sets the tone for the culture in your family?
2022-11-04T11:34:00+00:00By Jonny Reid
Did you ever play sport on Sunday?
2022-11-02T13:33:00+00:00By Jonny Reid
How would you support your child’s faith alongside their sport?
2022-10-31T10:40:00+00:00By Lindsay Wright
Do you do anything special at Halloween?
2022-10-27T15:49:00+01:00By Andy Peck
Andy Peck found a local church which solved a tricky dilemma
2022-10-26T12:14:00+01:00By Naomi Graham
How often do you pray with your children?
2022-10-24T15:28:00+01:00By Andy Peck
Do you see yourself as a leader?
2022-10-20T16:34:00+01:00By Becky May
How has your relationship with your children changed over time?
2022-10-19T11:03:00+01:00By Andy Peck
What do you think teens think about Jesus?
2022-10-18T11:12:00+01:00By Lindsay Wright
Could your family find a time to read the Bible together?
2022-10-17T10:26:00+01:00By Dawn Savidge
Which apps do you use?
2022-10-13T10:04:00+01:00By Jo Rowe
How do you know when your children are lying?
2022-10-11T09:28:00+01:00By Andy Peck
When did you first own a mobile phone?
2022-10-07T08:59:00+01:00By Trish Hahn
What helped you through your exams?
2022-10-05T09:41:00+01:00By Andy Peck
Andy Peck believes there are some conversation approaches that can improve your chats with young people
2022-10-03T07:52:00+01:00By Emma Lawson
How much do you know about what your children watch?
2022-09-30T09:20:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
How many apps on your phone?
2022-09-27T10:41:00+01:00By Jo Rowe
Jo Rowe learns how to help her children act as a thermostat and not a thermometer in challenging the atmosphere at school
2022-09-22T09:37:00+01:00By Jo Rowe
What pushes your buttons?
2022-09-21T10:12:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
How much do you remember about pocket money in your youth?
2022-09-13T09:53:00+01:00By Andy Peck
How good is your understanding of monarchy?
2022-09-08T08:02:00+01:00By Mark Arnold
Are there things that typically press your buttons?
2022-09-06T09:00:00+01:00By Trish Hahn
Can you recall the day you ended full-time education?
2022-09-05T10:04:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
The day will be the first of very many. why not make the most of it?
2022-09-01T14:28:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
Are you a bit jealous of your youthworker’s connection with your child?
2022-08-31T13:54:00+01:00By Jo Rowe
Can you remember your first day at secondary school?
2022-08-30T14:58:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
How well do you speak ‘teenager’…?
2022-08-10T12:59:00+01:00By Rob Parsons
What might be possible if you began to dream?
2022-08-02T10:12:00+01:00By Andy Peck
Are you happy to receive good advice, whatever the source?
2022-08-01T09:59:00+01:00By Jenni Whymark
Jenni Whymark is thrilled to see England Women’s football thriving and asks whether we can learn a thing or two in the church
2022-07-21T15:29:00+01:00By Jo Rowe
What works for you when you are angry with someone?
2022-07-21T12:31:00+01:00By Victoria Beech
Do you secretly dread it when your children break up for summer?
2022-07-18T08:55:00+01:00By Transforming Lives for Good (TLG)
Could your church supoort this nationwide work?
2022-07-11T14:04:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
Where do you draw the line?
2022-07-07T10:21:00+01:00By Jo Rowe
Make sure God’s beautiful gift to us is understood well
2022-06-30T12:02:00+01:00By Mark Arnold is additional needs ministry director at Urban Saints and co-founder of the Additional Needs Alliance. He is a Churches for All and Living Fully Network partner and member of the Council for Disabled Children. He is father to James, who has autism.
Longer, sunnier, days are here! The opportunity to take our children’s or youth group out for the day or just for a couple of hours on a club night has arrived! Perhaps to the beach or the countryside, maybe to a park or to a children’s farm, there are lots of places that we can take our children and young people to, including those with additional needs.
2022-06-28T15:03:00+01:00By James Pratt and who is a Falmouth University graduate and Production Assistant at Premier Radio
What would you say to someone about to head for uni?
2022-06-22T08:08:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood and a former youth worker who is involved with her husband at Freedom Church in Worcester. They are parents to four children
What do your children find funny?
2022-06-13T09:47:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
Are your young people tempted to smoke?
2022-04-27T11:30:00+01:00By Claire Hailwood
Wouldn’t it be great if anyone at church just ‘got on’! But we all know it’s not that simple
2022-04-27T11:26:00+01:00By Andy Wood
Your child is excited about an option, but darn it, it’s on at the same time as church!
2022-04-27T11:22:00+01:00By Joel Toombs
You know you want to improve your conversations with your teenage son or daughter, but don’t know how
2022-04-27T09:02:00+01:00By Jenni Whymark
Have you ever had a sinking feeling when you see who your children are hanging out with?
2022-04-27T08:58:00+01:00By Trish Hahn
Is there anything more important that you will read or hear today, than God’s Word?
2022-04-27T08:49:00+01:00By Jo Rowe
Are we realistically expecting our teens to stand out as Christians in the classroom?
2022-04-27T08:36:00+01:00By Alison Keddilty
Sleep deprived and feeling just slightly desparate?!
2022-04-27T08:04:00+01:00By Dawn Savidge
Your children may be addicted to digital screens, but Dawn Savidge believes it’s time they started to live a little!
2022-04-11T14:47:00+01:00By Ali Hull
It’s a joy having grandparents on hand to help out. But what happens when parenting styles clash with yours?
2021-02-23T00:00:00+00:00By Andy Robertson
Video games are often a cause of worry for parents and carers. How much gaming time is too much gaming time? Andy Robertson will put your mind at rest, or at least will try…
2021-02-03T00:00:00+00:00By Claire Musters
Addiction to gaming is now recognised as a mental health condition. What does that mean for parents and youth and children’s workers?
2020-12-09T00:00:00+00:00
Can you remember how you learnt about sex? Was it a VHS describing what happens using euphemistic fruit images? Was it whispers in the playground? Was it graphic content seen online?
2020-11-17T00:00:00+00:00By Andy Robertson
Headlines about the dangers of video games may not be so prevalent, but most parents are nervous about the content of games and the time spent on them. Youth and Children’s Work Game Boy columnist, Andy Robertson, suggests the answer may be to play video games yourself. Yes really.
2020-07-13T00:00:00+01:00By Annie Wilmott
There’s been a lot of difficult subjects to tackle with our children and young people in recent months. Annie Wilmot, a funeral pastor, author and mum-of-two, revealed how we can talk to our children about the tough stuff.
2020-05-01T00:00:00+01:00By Rachel Turner
Parenting for Faith’s Rachel Turner, author of a new book from BRF entitled Parenting as a Church Leader, shares some encouragement.
2020-03-24T00:00:00+00:00By Jess Lester
Keeping children and young people entertained with tech may feel like a cop out – but now we’re in isolation, it’s only natural that we will be relying on our TVs, smartphones and gaming consoles for entertainment.
2020-03-23T00:00:00+00:00By Jess Lester
Children and young people know the importance of washing their hands – I know we’ve been singing Happy Birthday a lot in our house, at least – but did you know that we could be spreading germs with our technology?
2020-02-07T00:00:00+00:00
New research by Childwise found that more than half of children say they sleep with their mobile phone beside their bed, with most young people now having their own phone by the age of seven. The annual report into children’s use of media also found that seven to 16-year-olds spend an average of three hours and 20 minutes per day on their mobiles.
2020-01-23T00:00:00+00:00By Martin Saunders
The friend you’re made to be
2019-12-11T00:00:00+00:00By Annie Wilmott
Annie Willmot shares some advice and encouragement for anyone who feels like they’re blagging their way through parenting
2019-12-10T00:00:00+00:00By Rachael Newham
There is always a pressure to live all guns blazing, with energy and enthusiasm. Yet for many of us, we are exhausted rather than exhilarated.
2019-11-19T00:00:00+00:00
December… The month of the most important birth in history is finally here. That’s right, the birth of a brand new government. Merry Brex-mas!
2019-09-19T00:00:00+01:00By Kay Morgan-Gurr
Kay Morgan-Gurr explores spiritual development in young people with additional needs
2019-07-18T00:00:00+01:00
Ruth Jackson reflecting on the Soul Survivor talks and seminars that really impacted her and the one that stood out most.
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