{Dig Deep Guide} Grace Rules: Effective Ideas for Parenting Tweens & Teens

Whoever said toddler-hood was the parenting stage to watch out for had yet to face the other t-infamous years!  Raising tweens through teens is a challenge that comes with nearly as much sleep-deprivation and an equal amount of concern, uncertainty, failure, and mishaps. So let’s set the record straight. There is no perfect parenting stage. Parenting is a tough job.  It requires dedication and determination.  It demands a commitment of time and a passion for consistency.  But most importantly, parenting needs a good dose of grace, especially when navigating through the tween and teen years. The Grace Rules Dig Deep…

The Hope of Seeing Lives Changed

  The last fifteen years of my life has been marked by seeing lives changed. Not only mine, as I share about in Experiencing Life Transformed, but in dozens and dozens of teenagers over the last decade. Living in a Christian boarding school setting has offered me a front row seat into the world of witnessing teens  transformed, shaped, and refined through stretching circumstances, character-driven-lessons, unavoidable obstacles, and sometimes, unfortunate trials.  It isn’t always a pretty picture to see a teen’s world spiral out of control, knowing the pain could have been avoided by following a simply little rule or…

{Grace Chats} Tweens and Teens Using Social Media

Moms and mentors, there is so much we can chat about today, and until late last night, I thought our discussion was going to be about either modesty and the impact of fashion on our culture after reading a great article at MODsquad or on the impact of raising our kids based on the Barna results shared by Courtney at Women Living Well.   But.  That.  All. Changed. Last night, as I was watching American Idol with my girls (yes, we’ve become an Idol family and that can be a discussion for another time), my 12 year old daughter gasped in…

{Another Free Printable} And Top 10+ Free Tech Resources

Head on over to Passion & Purpose Life Coaching for Life Change for an amazing list of links, apps, and online resources that will help you organize your life, live intentionally, and accomplish a more realistic to do list.  You’ll also have access to a free printable download!  Don’t miss this collection of resources…it is a real gift!

{Grace Chats} Encouragement Time

Join us today for Grace Chats at our More to Be Facebook page. After a week of hearing one woman after another share her heart and burdens, especially as a mom, I’m compelled for us spend today practically encouraging one another with wisdom, advice, experience, and the word.  It is our turn to do ETC. momma style for one another.  We’ll be chatting up answers to these questions below all day long at the Facebook page.  Join in when you can or link up in a comment below with a post on this topic! Come on over any time and…

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