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50 Gifts for Tween and Teen Girls That Won’t Make Them Roll Their Eyes

Gift Guides, Products We Love, Teen, Tween
October 11, 2019
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By Her View From Home

50 Gifts for Tween and Teen Girls That Won’t Make Them Roll Their Eyes

No one can be as fickle as an adolescent girl, which can make gift-giving tricky. This guide has something for…

Don’t Pick Your Battles With Your Teen, Pour Love Instead

Motherhood, Teen
October 3, 2019
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By Whitney Fleming

Don’t Pick Your Battles With Your Teen, Pour Love Instead

Recently, I watched from the side as my husband nagged my daughter about putting on more cold-weather gear before soccer…

When It Comes To Raising Teens, It’s All Personal

Teen
September 30, 2019
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By Whitney Fleming

When It Comes To Raising Teens, It’s All Personal

Right before I was married, my mom told me that she read a letter I sent to my college-aged brother…

Our Teens Need Jesus and We Can Show Him to Them

Faith, Teen
September 25, 2019
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By Bambi Loveday

Our Teens Need Jesus and We Can Show Him to Them

Being a teenager is hard. I sat at the DMV with my daughter, waiting for her number to be called…

Motherhood, Teen
August 12, 2019
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By Anne Metz

Dear Teen, Your Mother Delights in You

I was there the first time you belly laughed. You found something uproariously funny and as that laugh bubbled up…

Dear Teen: I’ll Never Stop Asking For One More Moment With You

Teen, Tween
August 4, 2019
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By Whitney Fleming

Dear Teen: I’ll Never Stop Asking For One More Moment With You

They will say no most of the time. When you ask them to watch a movie on a Friday night.…

Dear Daughter, Invite Jesus Along For the Ride

Faith, Kids
August 2, 2019
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By Christine Carter

Dear Daughter, Invite Jesus Along For the Ride

Dear daughter, You are now 16, and the long-awaited time has come for you to get your driver’s license. I…

Faith, Motherhood, Teen
July 16, 2019
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By Jelise Ballon

Parenting Teens is a Test of My Faith

Parenting teens is hard. But not really in the ways they tell you. The hard stuff isn't the eye-rolling, back-talk,…

Motherhood, Teen
July 10, 2019
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By Elizabeth Spencer

To My Teenager: We’ll Do This Together

To my teenager, I’m sorry. I’m sorry for what I said this morning. I’m sorry for the way I said…

Why I Talk With My Teens About My Wild Past

Kids, Motherhood, Teen
July 9, 2019
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By Whitney Fleming

Why I Talk With My Teens About My Wild Past

I was 14 when I first snuck into my parent's liquor cabinet and poured some sort of brown alcohol into…

The Tooth Fairy’s Parting Gift For a Teen and Her Mom

Motherhood, Teen
June 25, 2019
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By Erris Langer Klapper

The Tooth Fairy’s Parting Gift For a Teen and Her Mom

My daughter used to be enamored with the heart-shaped notes the Tooth Fairy left under her pillow. She’d run into…

I Don’t Want to Raise Good-on-Paper Kids

Motherhood, Teen
June 4, 2019
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By Whitney Fleming

I Don’t Want to Raise Good-on-Paper Kids

I drove a gaggle of 8th- and 9th-grade girls home recently, and a boy's name came up in conversation. "Oh,…

raising teens

50 Gifts for Tween and Teen Girls That Won’t Make Them Roll Their Eyes

Don’t Pick Your Battles With Your Teen, Pour Love Instead

When It Comes To Raising Teens, It’s All Personal

Our Teens Need Jesus and We Can Show Him to Them

Dear Teen, Your Mother Delights in You

Dear Teen: I’ll Never Stop Asking For One More Moment With You

Dear Daughter, Invite Jesus Along For the Ride

Parenting Teens is a Test of My Faith

To My Teenager: We’ll Do This Together

Why I Talk With My Teens About My Wild Past

The Tooth Fairy’s Parting Gift For a Teen and Her Mom

I Don’t Want to Raise Good-on-Paper Kids

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