How 2022 Became A Year of Global Impact!
Can you believe we’ve already reached the end of 2022? I don’t know about you, but it marked a return to “normalcy” or at least life more like I was used to before the world came to a complete halt.…
What It’s Like to Write About Teens and Sex for 10 Years 
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. …
The Top 5 Things Your Teen Daughter Needs to Leave Behind in 2021
For many adults, this is the time of year when we conduct an annual review of our own lives over the past year. We anticipate what we'd like to accomplish and who we want to be in the new year…
Three Easy Ways to Boost Your Daughter’s Success This School Year
If your daughter is like most teens after a long, leisurely summer break, it takes a little while to get back into the #Back2School flow. Waking up early… Having a full schedule, including extracurricular activities… Doing homework… Studying for tests……
The Secret Every Parent of a Teen Needs to Know
How would you feel if you and your teen daughter were so close that she called you six or seven times a day? While vending at a conference last week, I met a father whose daughters do just that. He…
The Teachable Moment No One Saw Coming (Especially Me)!
Have you ever noticed that sometimes the best teachable moments with your daughter, happen by “accident?” That’s what happened to me last weekend. But with 100 girls attending the Steve & Marjorie Harvey Foundation’s Girls Who Rule the World (GWRTW)…
How to Prevent Your Teen from Becoming a Teen Parent
“You better not end up pregnant!” Ever heard that before? Because that pretty much sums up the “sex talk” many girls will ever hear from their parents. While the teen pregnancy rate in the United States is at an all-time…
One Thing Parents Do That Their Teens Don’t Like
While the college admissions bribery scandal has captured everyone’s attention, you know what it hasn’t done? Captured the surprise of ANYONE who works with youth in education. We see and hear examples of overly-concerned parents swooping in to “save” their…
Have You Ever Had Your Heart Broken…by God?
Be careful what you pray for, because you might just get it! For years, long before I started this work, I prayed and asked God to break my heart with the things that break His heart so I would know…
Thankful that Teens Do Get It and So Do You!
As we approach the day that we celebrate Thanksgiving in the U.S., I’d like to share with you a few of the things that I’m thankful for. For starters, I’m thankful for that which is so easy to take for…