Parenting Teens On Purpose

009|The Power of Words: Helping Teens Build Confidence and Resilience


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Discover how your words can shape your teen’s confidence and future.Words can wound, but they can also heal. In this episode of Parenting Teens On Purpose, Granville unpacks the incredible influence of words in the lives of teenagers.

Drawing from Scripture and his book Teenagers SUCCESS Secrets, he explores how negative words can damage self-image, how encouragement can build resilience, and why modeling life-giving speech at home is essential. 

You’ll discover: 

  • Why the old rhyme “sticks and stones may break my bones…” doesn’t hold up in today’s world of social media and bullying 

  • How words shape your teen’s confidence, identity, and purpose 

  • Practical ways to guard against harmful speech and cultivate uplifting communication in your home 

  • A simple family challenge to help you and your teen practice speaking life every day 

This episode is a reminder that our words echo far beyond the moment they’re spoken. 

Let’s choose to speak life, build up, and inspire the next generation. 

 

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Parenting Teens On PurposeBy Granville Edwards