How to Effectively Parent Your Teen Daughter According to Teen Girls 

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I often say I feel like I’m sitting on a gold mine of information that every parent needs to know.  Where did I get this information?  Straight from the mouths of teens.  Out of the Mouths of Teen Girls I’ve…
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What It’s Like to Write About Teens and Sex for 10 Years 

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I’ve been blessed with many reasons to celebrate over the past year. October 2021 marked my 20-year anniversary of leaving corporate America to follow my passion.  February 2022 marked my 20-year anniversary of teaching my first class in the schools. …
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How Having A Strong Emotional Connection with Their Dad Protects Teen Girls 

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If I had to name the top 5 reasons why teen girls have sex, the absence of a strong emotional connection with their father would definitely make the list.  And I purposely didn’t say the “physical absence of a father”…
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Are Your Teen Daughter’s Decisions About Sex Smarter Than An 8th Grader? 

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I just finished up a very grueling teaching schedule over the past six weeks or so, and I couldn’t have asked for a better group of 8th grade girls to teach for three days before heading into Spring Break this past…
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How to Prevent Your Daughter from Being a Victim of Teen Dating Violence

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When I first started speaking to teens about healthy relationships, I didn't realize how prevalent teen dating violence was. Not until I started receiving letters like the one below, from girls who lived through it. “I have been through a…
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