Cut again! Looking at the board in the locker room, Carrie was unable to believe she had failed to make the volley ball team for the second year in a row! She had tried so hard and she was the only one of her friends not to make it. She had worked out all summer,…
At one of my conferences, I met the cutest girl, I would guess that she was around 15. She came up to my book table and said, “My boyfriend and I have been having oral sex for months now. How come we don’t feel guilty?” She didn’t feel guilty for several reasons. Maybe…
After a weekend of speaking, yesterday I piled through my backed up email. There, buried under the junk, was a name I didn’t recognize. Within seconds, tears streamed down my face. Rejection. I didn’t see it coming; thought I was moving forward. But there it was. In black letters…rejection. My first reaction…text my…
When it comes to pranks and teasing…especially with teens…when is it too much? Always. In a small town in Michigan, it’s homecoming this weekend. And there will be a young girl who has struggled to get there; all because of bullying. The Today Show reports a small group of students in the sophomore class…
Today, I have with me my new friend at met at She Speaks 2012, Maria Furlough. Be sure to check out our give away at the bottom! By: Maria Furlough Author of Your Daughter Needs a Hero: Helping Her Through Insecurity and Poor Body Image Yup! This is me at 13 years old. Who…
Disappointment. What a struggle for me. Seeped in expectation. Todd Guckenberger recently told me, “Expectation is premeditated resentment.” That smarted. Our children are going to experience disappointment. This generation expects to be happy. We have programmed them to believe that they can be anything, do anything and all of their dreams should come true. But…