Every Young Man’s Battle is the only book I ever reviewed that made me weep. Perhaps it’s because I read it after I had already read a whole bunch of books aimed at teen girls, and it was just the straw that broke the camel’s back. But I think there was a whole other...
What exactly does "purity culture" refer to? Our recent book She Deserves Better spends about half of its pages addressing many aspects of purity culture, that was so common in youth groups between 1995-2015, and shows how it deviated from the gospel and from what we...
I've been doing so many interviews for our new book She Deserves Better! I wanted a place where I can put the links to those podcasts, because so many of you have been asking for a list. When I do an interview on ANOTHER podcast, I tend to summarize the book quite...
We all want kids to be innocent. But sometimes I worry that in our quest for innocence, we inadvertently push ignorance. I've been thinking about this a lot this last month as my girls and I gear up to launch our course, The Whole Story: Not So Scary Talks about Sex,...
Have you ever wondered how to raise teens who won't rebel? Is it even possible? Rebecca here. That's the question I asked in a blog post three years ago. That blog post, Why I Didn't Rebel, went viral. And it changed my life. Now, three years later, I've written a...
Are you the kind of mom who can easily talk to your older kids about sex? Or who WANTS to be that kind of mom when her kids are older? A while ago I posted a reader question on my Facebook Page, which I thought was really good. A Reader Asks: "My daughter is getting...
I am not a perfect parent, and I did not raise perfect children. There. I said it. So I'd like to share 4 Truths that I believe about kids, media, and Christ, in the hopes that it may help us have a more balanced view. 1. You cannot save your child from ALL exposure...
Here's the scenario: you have quite a past--whether it's drug use or alcohol or past sexual activity--and then you got married and you cleaned up your life. But now your kids are growing up, and you're trying to teach them to do the right thing. How do you start...