By Brenda Seefeldt Amodea 34 Expectations For Teen Boys That Will Grow Them Into Good Men
I have been a youth pastor for nearly 40 years. This means I have discipled teens from the 1980s, 1990s,…
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By Danielle Peterson I’ll Walk Through These Tween Years With You
“Please don’t tell my friends I still watch Paw Patrol. They say it’s for babies and I know it is,…
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By Amy Tyson Nothing Prepares You For Your Teen’s First Heartbreak
We’ve been here before, I’ve wiped those tear-streaked cheeks multiple times throughout your childhood years and was able to give…
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By Jenny Rapson TikTok Video of Teen Girl Being Hit On Shows What Our Girls Go Through
Most women, unfortunately, know what it's like to be hit on by a strange man. I can still remember the…
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By Renee Robinson Those Were the Days—But So Are These
Fingers splayed wide, he placed both palms on the microwave door, which he used as a wall for his standing…
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Powerful Dove Ad Exposes How Social Media Beauty is Harming Our Girls
My daughter is 14 years old, and the proud owner of an iPhone, but not of an Instagram account, or…
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What Matters in the End is How They Were Loved
If your child isn’t the star athlete with a college scholarship, they’ll be OK. If your child isn’t in the…
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By Tanya Teichroeb Senior Year is Not a Parenting Final
It's that season again when my social media feed fills with coming-of-age articles like, “Top 10 Things Your Teen Needs…
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Dear Child, I Am Your Mother and Your Friend
The word “friend” is defined as “one attached to another by affection or esteem.” When I was a little girl,…
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By Whitney Westbrook Dear Teen, Keep Making Hard Decisions
Friends, we had to have "the talk." I had to break the news. It happened like this: One of my…
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By Holly Lemons Dear Teen As I Let You Go
Right now you’re hard. You bury yourself away. I know it’s mostly to escape your siblings. It feels like you’re…
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Dear Parent of a Struggling Teen, Her Smile is Not Gone Forever
Hey, mama with the struggling teen, I want to show you something. See the young woman over there? The one…
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