Welcome to In the Know. My goal is to provide a place where you can find out what is happening in your teen’s culture so that you can have the best possible relationship with your teen. If this is your first time stopping by, thanks for coming! You might enjoy last week’s In the Know…
She had broken a family rule. It wasn’t anything major; just a solid guideline to help in this thing called growing up. But still…she had disobeyed. Now, my normal parenting style is to be very clear about the broken rule; delivering the news most of the time with a stern and heavy hand. (That’s not…
Hey Friends! I am so excited! Micca Campbell and I have the wonderful opportunity to help raise funds for a terrific organization called Basket of Hope at their Women of Hope Retreat on Saturday, March 6th from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. If you live any where near Eastern Iowa, I hope you will join…
It’s Thursday. I love Thursdays! It is the day I get to volunteer at Proverbs 31 Ministries and it is just one day closer to the weekend! It is also a great day because two of my good friends are giving stuff away! My friend Lysa is giving away an amazing Bible Study gift pak…
I love teens! I love to hang out with, speak to, write for, and mentor teen girls. Part of being able to speak and write to them involves knowing what is going on in their world. I thought that you, too, might benefit from understanding today’s culture, so I’ve decided to start using our times…
Snow in Charlotte means things come to a virtual stand still. Ice means nobody move. This explains why yesterday I found myself with my family watching the “Star Wars” series. We started with movies one and two, which for someone who grew up in the ’80’s really is backwards. Since Christmas daughter, Mariah, started recording…