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    4 boundaries to set as newlyweds
    Written by Dr. John Townsend

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    Marriage
    How to Set Healthy Boundaries in Your Marriage (Part 2 of 2)
    Oct 22, 2025 Dr. John Townsend
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    Life Challenges
    Q&A: Boundaries in marriage: Helping others with problems
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    Marriage
    How boundaries with your extended family can improve your marriage
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    Marriage
    Best of 2024: Establishing Clear Boundaries in Your Life
    Dec 23, 2024 Kevin Thompson
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    28 Min
    Life Challenges
    Q&A: Setting boundaries on Internet use
    Written by Mitch Temple

    Question: My wife spends a lot of time on a social networking...

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    Marriage
    How to set marriage-strengthening boundaries with your spouse
    Written by Vicki Hooper

    Boundaries are an expression...

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    Marriage
    How to Set Healthy Boundaries in Your Marriage (Part 1 of 2)
    Oct 21, 2025 Dr. John Townsend
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    28 Min
    Marriage
    How to Set Marriage-Strengthening Boundaries With Your Spouse
    Season 1 Episode #2
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    28 Min
    Life Challenges
    Setting boundaries to create safety: Healing an emotionally abusive relationship
    Written by Kari Trent Stageberg

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    Parenting

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    Parenting
    Establishing Healthy Boundaries with Adult Children (Part 2 of 2)
    Mar 1, 2022 ​Allison Bottke
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    28 Min
    Parenting
    Boundaries with teens: The key to freedom
    Written by Dr. John Townsend

    Our sons went through all the normal training, conversations...

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    Parenting
    Parenting young adults: Boundaries and limits when kids move back home
    Written by Joannie DeBrito

    Recently, my husband and I...

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    Parenting
    Redrawing boundaries with adult children
    Written by Dr. Henry Cloud

    “My son and daughter-in-law have betrayed my wife and me, and...

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    Parenting
    Why your teen needs boundaries
    Written by Mark Gregston

    Contrary to what most moms and dads think, teens really do want rules. Rules help keep them...

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    Marriage
    Best of 2024: Establishing Clear Boundaries in Your Life
    Dec 23, 2024 Kevin Thompson
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    28 Min
    Parenting
    Raising Kids With Healthy Boundaries (Part II of II)
    Aug 12, 2022 Henry Cloud
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    28 Min
    Parenting
    Setting Boundaries with Your Adult Children, revised cover
    Allison Bottke
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    Parenting
    How to set healthy boundaries with kids
    Written by Dr. John Townsend

    We love our kids, but parenting them is a complex and often...

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    Parenting
    Raising Kids with Healthy Boundaries (Part I of II)
    Aug 11, 2022 Henry Cloud
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    28 Min
    Life Challenges
    How to set clear boundaries for your teen
    Written by Mark Gregston

    It is never an easy "enlightenment" to find out that your...

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    Best of 2023: Setting Boundaries in Your Most Difficult Relationships (Part 1 of 2)
    Dec 20, 2023 Lysa TerKeurst
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    Life Challenges
    Q&A: Setting boundaries on Internet use
    Written by Mitch Temple

    Question: My wife spends a lot of time on a social networking...

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    Life Challenges
    Boundaries, Updated and Expanded
    Dr. Henry Cloud, Dr. John Townsend
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    Life Challenges
    How to set clear boundaries for your teen
    Written by Mark Gregston

    It is never an easy "enlightenment" to find out that your...

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    Marriage
    Best of 2023: Setting Boundaries in Your Most Difficult Relationships (Part 2 of 2)
    Dec 21, 2023 Lysa TerKeurst
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    28 Min
    Life Challenges
    Q&A: Boundaries in marriage: Helping others with problems
    Written by Focus on the Family

    Question: My brother and his...

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    Life Challenges
    Good Boundaries and Goodbyes
    Lysa Terkeurst
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    Life Challenges
    The importance of setting boundaries for your kids
    Written by Jeanette Gardner Littleton

    Before she was a teenager, Chelsea* had a cell phone. She...

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    Life Challenges
    Setting boundaries to create safety: Healing an emotionally abusive relationship
    Written by Kari Trent Stageberg

    Boundaries are important in...

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    Marriage
    Setting Boundaries in Your Most Difficult Relationships (Part 1 of 2)
    Nov 8, 2022 Lysa TerKeurst
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    Testimony
    This pastor, father and husband discovers healthier boundaries at Kerith Retreats
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    Marriage
    Setting Boundaries in Your Most Difficult Relationships (Part 2 of 2)
    Nov 9, 2022 Lysa TerKeurst
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    Faith And Culture

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    Best of 2024: Establishing Clear Boundaries in Your Life
    Dec 23, 2024 Kevin Thompson
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    Testimony
    This pastor, father and husband discovers healthier boundaries at Kerith Retreats
    Written by Focus on the Family Canada

    When Dave went to Kerith...

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    Life Challenges
    Good Boundaries and Goodbyes
    Lysa Terkeurst
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    Boundaries in marriage
    Written by Wendy Kittlitz

    Pastor Peter Scazzero, author of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality, shares a powerful mantra: “As...

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    Clergy Care
    Saving Christmas by setting boundaries
    Written by Luke Campbell

    “Taste and see that the Lord is good; blessed is the one who...

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    This pastor, father and husband discovers healthier boundaries at Kerith Retreats
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