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Three Easy Ways to Boost Your Daughter’s Success This School Year

Jackie Brewton
August 11, 2019
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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……

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Why Girls and Their Moms are Raving About 7 Secrets LIVE!

Jackie Brewton
July 16, 2019
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Telling secrets never felt so good! Especially before a packed house of daughters, mothers, grandmothers, church youth workers, and youth leaders gathered together for my teen empowerment event, 7 Secrets LIVE! I am so impressed with the moms (and quite…

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R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Find Out What It Means…to Your Daughter

Jackie Brewton
July 8, 2019
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There are a few key character traits every girl needs in her toolbox when it comes to love, sex, and relationships. One is confidence, which I write about in this post. Another is respect. Why? Because guys who care more about…

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The Teachable Moment No One Saw Coming (Especially Me)!

Jackie Brewton
July 1, 2019
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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)…

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Why Daughters Need Their Dads

Jackie Brewton
June 14, 2019
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"When a girl’s first date is with her father,all other men must measure up."—Author Unknown But what happens when a girl’s father is not actively engaged in her life? She often makes poor relationship choices, becomes sexually active at a young…

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Even Though I Love What I Do, I Still Need Breaks Every Now and Then!

Jackie Brewton
June 2, 2019
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People who follow me on Facebook get a real-time view into my classroom experiences. Experiences I don’t always share in my blog posts. So, for this week’s post I decided to go back through my FB memories to give you…

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Mom at 13 Years Old: How it Changed Her Life!

Jackie Brewton
May 24, 2019
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Becoming a teen mom at 13 years old is a rude-awakening for any girl. And that was certainly the case for the young lady I spent two hours getting to know by listening to her story leading up to and…

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#GraduationGoals2019: When Girls Plan to Lose Their Virginity Just in Time for College & How to Help Them Change Their Expiration Date

Jackie Brewton
May 16, 2019
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It's hard to believe another school year is almost over, and high school graduations are right around the corner. Perhaps your daughter or a young lady you know is a member of the Class of 2019. No doubt she’s spent…

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How to Prevent Your Teen from Becoming a Teen Parent

Jackie Brewton
May 5, 2019
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“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…

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3 Myths About STDs Your Teen Needs to Know

Jackie Brewton
April 28, 2019
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Since April is STD Awareness Month, let’s talk STDs… Most teenagers tell me that they don’t discuss STDs before having sex. In fact, whenever I ask students if they have the STD conversation before having sex, I typically hear the…