Legacy Christian Academy’s Power Tools for Parents

Power Tools for Parents Ep 24: God's Got This: Navigating Divorce, Single Parenting, and Blended Families

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.    

Power Tools for Parents Ep 23: Mean, Rude, or Bully? Helping Kids Navigate Social Struggles

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.

Power Tools for Parents Ep 22: Managing Anger: What To Do When You Lose It

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!

Power Tools for Parents Ep 21: Growing Empathy in Our Kids

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.

Power Tools for Parents Ep. 20: Communication with Kids: Pitfalls and Strategies

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.

Power Tools for Parents Episode 19: Developing Depth in Friendships

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. 

Power Tools for Parents Ep. 18: Spiritual Formation with Mr. Mosley

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. 

Power Tools for Parents Episode 17 Fighting Perfectionism

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.

Power Tools for Parents Episode 16: The Power of a Dad

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. 

Power Tools for Parents Episode 15: Adoption

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.