teenagers

April 2023

April 20, 2023
This is a two-part blog to encourage and equip parents of teenagers. In this part...
April 26, 2022
These are three super-simple steps that usually speak to the heart of a “dramatic,” upset...
April 05, 2022
Many of our kids, to some degree or another, have been hearing our warnings about...

March 2022

March 02, 2022
We need to be fervently praying for wisdom for our leaders and ourselves about how...

November 2021

November 09, 2021
How could the mere presence of just five or ten adults at a time so...
November 02, 2021
Is it possible to settle our own emotions when our teen is talking to us,...

August 2021

August 12, 2021
In this back-to-school season, there are a lot of anxieties—and a lot of opportunities. Let's...

March 2021

March 09, 2021
Today we are sharing a guest blog from Alli Worthington while Shaunti is in this...

November 2020

November 10, 2020
Parents, I have some encouraging news for you. Although we’re all suffering from just a...

October 2019

October 28, 2019
The new school year is in full swing (wait, didn’t we just take those “first...
October 09, 2019
Dear Guys, This letter is to all you young men who are trying to show...

September 2019

September 13, 2019
Summer is over and school is back in session! (Although here in the South, we’re...

April 2019

April 10, 2019
Dear Girls, Can we have an honest conversation about something that might be a little...
April 01, 2019
Unless you’ve been holed up under a rock (I’m in “Cave Mode” while writing a...

March 2019

March 19, 2019
Erica’s teenage daughter took out her phone for her daily ritual—taking photos of her outfit...

October 2018

October 26, 2018
Karen didn’t even need to glance at her daughter’s facial expression—she just heard the vocal...

August 2018

August 31, 2018
It’s back-to-school season, and with the new school year kids will have the chance to...

June 2018

June 01, 2018
I can’t believe she’s a high school graduate.   After 18 years of late nights...

May 2018

May 23, 2018
“How was school?”  (Shrug.) “Fine.”  “What did you do?”  (Shrug.) “Nothing.”  “Anything fun happen today?” (Side...
May 11, 2018
Even after years of being a social researcher and learning what is in the hearts...

March 2018

March 23, 2018
As parents, we’ve all probably experienced the classic toddler temper tantrum—complete with them collapsing on...
March 16, 2018
“Come on, Ref, are you kidding me? That was a foul!” The latest in an...

February 2018

February 22, 2018
We value freedom, but in our research with teens we discovered that it is far...
February 16, 2018
Do you have a teen or pre-teen daughter at home? Ever gotten frustrated at her...
February 12, 2018
In more than a decade of research with thousands of men and boys over the years, one...

December 2017

December 19, 2017
Your 15-year old son begins complaining about going to church on Saturday night and doesn’t...

October 2017

October 30, 2017
It wasn’t really a thing before the title song of the hit comedy series Malcolm...
October 27, 2017
(a special guest post by Debbie Hitchcock) Last week I felt like everything I did...

August 2017

August 08, 2017
I just dropped off my 14-year-old son for the start of new year, at a...

June 2017

June 21, 2017
Many boys these days go through challenging times that are not of their making, and...
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