Note to readers: these are the verbatim responses of the teenagers to the last, open-ended question we asked on the professional survey. Of all the responses, several were garbled or unreadable. A few were deleted as having inappropriate content. A few others contained angry comments, and these are included below. But the vast majority were…
Dear Shaunti, My 15-year old son begins his complaining about going to church on Saturday night and doesn’t quit even after we’ve forced him to go on Sunday morning. He’s always loved church and he has plenty of friends. I asked him to pray about it and he told me matter-of-factly that he doesn’t even…
Talking to a teenager is like… It’s amazing what comes up when you do a Google search with those words! Talking to a teenager is like talking to aliens. Talking to teenagers is like trying to nail Jell-O to a tree. Talking to a teenager is like pulling weeds. None of these things sounds particularly…
This is an amazing article on Instagram that every parent of a middle schooler (or even high schooler) has to read. When Lysa TerKeurst and I wrote Made to Crave for Young Women, I began thinking a lot about what social media does to how kids think about themselves. This article nails it, and opens…
Inside the teen mind This is a fascinating article that every parent needs to read, about the brain development of teens. It’s a summary on the LiveScience website, of some of the brain science research that will explain all sorts of puzzling things! It certainly did for me! I’m eager to get more into the…
Shaunti and Lisa Rice interview with Marcus and Lisa Ryan on freedom and boundaries with teens.
