Parent Response can be the Key to Redeeming a Teen’s Attitude
If your daughter is anything like most tween-age girls, she has a little bit of an attitude. A surge of hormones, low self-esteem, friend drama—it’s all a … Read More
How to be a Kind Detective of Your Girl’s Heart
Connected parents understand that their best approach to ongoing, open conversations with their girls is to adopt the persona of the “kind detective”—“kind” being the operative word … Read More
How to Put Boundaries on Greedy Christmas Expectations
‘Tis the season to be jolly…and maybe, a little greedy? If your girl is anything like other kids, the endless supply of toy catalogues and gift guides … Read More
Those Who Seek the Lord with an Earnest Heart Find Godliness
“I’m sorry, okay. Geez, what else do you want from me?” Heard this lately from your girl? Whether she says it to you or a sibling, the … Read More
The Golden Rule Applies Online and in Real Life
Have you ever read the comments girls leave on one another’s social media? It can be downright appalling to witness the cyber bullying our girls go through. … Read More
For a Christ-Follower, Our Time is God’s Time
There are many screen-based technologies that are competing with your girl’s time and pulling her away from building friendships. Perhaps they are taking time away from private … Read More
When Prideful Moments Offer Your Girl a Chance for Humility
If your girl is a natural leader and tends to take the reins before she has the appropriate training to lead well, then she might find herself … Read More
What Do You Do When Your Girl is the Bully?
It is devastating for parents to find out their daughter is being bullied. When we sense we haven’t done our job to protect her, we feel we’ve … Read More
Feed Her Gratitude Habit Rather Than Her Disease of More
Our world has a disease of “more”. More money, more tech, more stuff. While it’s incredibly ambitious to desire more out of our lives, for some, pursuing … Read More
When Your Girl’s Ambition Takes on a Selfish Tone
Ambition. It’s a driving force behind the world’s most successful people. From CEOs to celebrities, influencers to scholarship winners. While ambition can motivate young women to do … Read More
Church Attendance Doesn’t Negate Sin for the Rest of the Week
“Moral Licensing” is a term researchers use to describe a rather shocking phenomenon in the study of human morality. In basic terms, this term describes how people … Read More
When “Giving Grace” is Actually Rooted in Making Excuses
“Give yourself grace” has become a more mainstream term over the past few years. Popping up everywhere from book covers to social media memes, the self-kindness mantra … Read More