Do you want to help eliminate teen pregnancy? Then let’s look at some important ways that you can help your teen make better choices. Help Eliminate Teen Pregnancy When it comes to teen pregnancy, often we ask these two questions: if a teen finds themself facing an unplanned pregnancy are the parents to blame? Or… [Continue Reading]
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Walk It Out #141: The Money Challenge for Teens with Art Rainer
The Money Challenge for Teens with Art Rainer Let’s talk about money! How did you learn about money? I don’t remember anyone specifically sitting down with me to talk about money, but when I worked as a teen (at McDonald’s!) I knew that if I wanted to buy school clothes for myself, I couldn’t spend… [Continue Reading]
Sleep as a Benefit of Homeschooling
I’d been a homeschooling mom for twenty years when I was forced to have kids in the public school system. I say “forced” because we had kids in foster care and DHS would not let me homeschool them. So for the first time ever I filled out paperwork and had to figure out the schedules… [Continue Reading]
Three Keys to Parenting Teens Through Sexual Chaos | Dr. Juli Slattery
Do you remember the days when your parents worried about you talking to your boyfriend on the family phone? Or the outrage against the sexual messages portrayed on MTV? Although our parents had legitimate concerns, the issues they faced seem laughable compared to the challenge of raising children in 2018. Sexting, pornography, hooking up, gender… [Continue Reading]
How Parents Can Handle Teen Emotions
You can read the first blog post of the series here ~ What You Really Need To Know About Emotional Teens. On the top of my to-do list, today was writing this blog on how to handle emotional teens. It’s easy to make that a goal and spout all types of wonderful advice on a… [Continue Reading]
What You Really Need to Know About Emotional Teens
I have three children beyond their teen years, and I currently have four teens in our home. Let’s pause right now as I ask for prayer. Do you also have a teen—an emotion-filled creature—in your house? I’ll pause and say a prayer for you too. One thing I’ve learned with these teens is that their… [Continue Reading]
#WALKITOUT 001: Maria Goyer
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | RSS My guest for #WALKITOUT 001 is my daughter Maria Goyer. John and I met Maria two and a half years ago when we were interested in adopting a sibling group from foster care. Maria is the oldest of the four girls… [Continue Reading]
When God Called Us to Adopt Teens
I clearly remember the moment I knew God was calling John and I to adopt a sibling group of older girls. God didn’t speak as through a megaphone. Instead, it was one small conversation—and more small thoughts—that built into an idea that I knew was from God. The thoughts first started as I mentored teen… [Continue Reading]
5 Things Your Daughter Should Know About Chasing Boys {by Kari Kampakis}
I love reading aloud to my older girls, and this year I came upon a book that we all loved! 10 Ultimate Truths Girls Should Know by Kari Kampakis was one of our favorite reads of the year. I loved it so much that I asked Kari to write a guest post for my blog. 5… [Continue Reading]
Teaching Teens To Be Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
As a mom of ten kids I’ve been though every stage (a few times!), and I have to say that the hardest, most confusing time for girls is the pre-teen and teen years. Between ages 12-16 girls’ bodies are changing, their emotions are charged, and on a scale from 1-10 their desire for peer approval… [Continue Reading]
14 Valuable Ways to Help Teen Moms
Young moms have a lot of needs. They’re still teenagers, yet they also have to balance school, a boyfriend, friends, parents, and sometimes work. As a teen mom I faced depression when I lost my boyfriend and most of my friends during my pregnancy. I dropped out of school and slept until noon. With each… [Continue Reading]