Peer pressure is not just a temptation for teens. Think about your life in the last week and ask, How many times did I do something, make a decision to buy something or feel inferior and berated myself because I compared myself to someone else and wanted to be like them? I’m guilty. If you […]
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By Dannah Gresh If your teen daughter mentions “whale tails” and you think she’s talking about a cruise to Alaska, you need to learn a thing about current fashion before you hit the mall for back-to-school shopping. With the rise in popularity of low-rise jeans, whale tails have become a popular fashion statement. Basically it […]
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I was practically born in a bikini. Okay, so I was probably wearing less than that. But I did grow up hearing my mom tell people that I was only 3 weeks old when I took my first trip to the beach. Living close to the sunny Southern California coast, it’s where I spent most […]
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Two weeks ago Dennis and I watched a series of YouTube videos sent to us by our friend, David Eaton, who leads Axis, an organization dedicated to helping parents manage the relentless intrusion of screens into families’ and children’s lives. In the short videos, parents filmed themselves removing and in some cases destroying their kids’ […]
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Did your mother teach you to respect your teacher, the school principal, your pastor, your grandparents, others? What words did she or your father use to communicate what respect even meant to you as a child? I grew up in the Midwest, in northwest Indiana, as a baby-boomer child who, along with all my peers, […]
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