Home schooling mom of 10, podcaster, author of 2 beloved books and pickleball champion.  

One of the things I love about Abbie is that she is vocal about her how much she loves spending time with her teens. Like me, she really enjoys the teen years and has made it a bit of her personal mission to remind the mamas with littles that the goodness doesn’t stop the moment their kids hit puberty. 

So in this episode Abbie and I talk about all things having teens. We talk about parenting with expectant hope. That means determining that we’ll love our kids through their whole life, not just when they are cute and cuddly babies. We discuss ways to connect with our teens and how that starts by enjoying being with our kids when they are little and then continuing that as they grow. 

One of the things our kids will face as they grow up, and especially in the teen years is exposure to pornography. Abbie and I talk about how we can prepare our kids for growing up in a porn saturated world and also share with them about God’s good plan for sex. This part of our conversation was really helpful and honestly so powerful. I just know you’ll get a lot from it! And friends, if you are looking for more information on this topic, and still haven’t gotten my new book, It’s Time to Talk to Your Kids About Porn, this is your sign to get the book! It’s time! Get your copy right here. 

Resources mentioned in this episode: 

Find the Parenting and Pornography video here 

Where to find Abbie: 

Find Abbie’s books here and here 

Find Abbie’s website here 

Find Abbie’s podcast here 

Find Abbie on Instagram here