by Kelly Heath | Jun 2, 2021 | Parents and Mentors
Engage in the Hard Conversations (7 Ways to Connect with Your Teen, Part 4) Several years ago, Sarah, who was about ten years old at the time, came in and sat on my bed. “Momma, how do you really know Jesus is real?” For the next hour, I sat there answering...
by Kelly Heath | May 20, 2021 | Parents and Mentors
Welcome to Part 3 of the series 7 Ways to Connect with Your Teen! Today we’ll be discussing how we need to listen more than we talk. If you missed them, here is Part 1: Pray With Them and For Them and Part 2: Make Time for Them. We had a saying in my early...
by Kelly Heath | Dec 15, 2019 | Faith, Parents and Mentors
It never fails. It’s 3:30 in the afternoon and I realize I have about 30 minutes to myself before I start making dinner. Just as I settle in with my book, my teen plops down on the couch next to me. “Whatcha reading, Mom? Oh, that sounds cool. Hey, did I show you...
by Kelly Heath | Dec 10, 2019 | Faith, Parents and Mentors
“Mom, you just don’t understand! You’re not even listening to me!” she lamented as she stomped off, slamming her door. This scene repeated itself countless times during our younger daughter’s pre-teen years (and still does on occasion). And she wasn’t wrong. I was...
