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Contributors and recommended resources for the 30 Days of Tween Parenting Encouragement event!
Lee Felix of Like Minded Musings:
The Best Tween Parenting Advice I’ve Received
Recommended Tween Resources:
FREE 10 week e-course Tween Spiritual Growth – Intro to Inductive Bible Study + Bible Art Journaling!
Amy Michaels of Thrive Homeschooling:
3 Ways to be the Constant in Tween Parenting
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
You can get more helpful tips, tools and resources from Amy Michaels over at Thrive Homeschooling! Don’t hesitate to sign up to have them delivered to you by email!
Krystal McFalls of Memory Making Mommy:
Parenting With Purpose: Developing An Action Plan For The Tween Years & Beyond
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
Click to get your Tween Goal Backward action plan! And start working towards your mama goals today!
Tiffany Montgomery of Hope Joy in Christ:
Pray Intentionally – My Tween Parenting Strategy
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You can find more from Tiffany on Hope Joy in Christ and grab her Free E-book “A Pathway To Forgiveness” here.
Sara Borgstede of The Holy Mess:
Tween Parenting: 3 Tips to Give Structure Without Being Too Strict
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Sara’s site The Holy Mess is packed with wisdom and resources from all of her personal experience! Definitely hop over and dig in and you can sign up for her FREE Bible Journaling Printables Here!
Amanda Taylor of Teaching Little Hearts:
The Importance of Connecting With Your Tween
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
You can find more from Amanda on this Tween Parenting topic below!
How Reading Together Connects Our Family
She enjoys reading and highly recommends the book: Hold On to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers to tween parents.
Emmie Manor of Childbirth Conversations:
Raising Mission Minded Tweens – A Two Step Approach
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
Emmie shares her personal – and past professional – experience as a labor and delivery nurse over on Childbirth Conversations Blog (re-launching in a new online space soon). She is also an Independent Norwex Consultant and blogs about the family’s happenings on The Manor Manor.
Claire Musters of ClaireMusters.com:
Helping Your Tween Deal With Pressure
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Claire is a freelance writer, speaker and editor, mum to two gorgeous young children, pastor’s wife, worship leader and school governor. Claire’s desire is to help others draw closer to God through her writing, which focuses on authenticity, marriage, parenting, worship, discipleship, issues facing women today and more.
Her books include:
Taking your Spiritual Pulse, CWR’s Insight Into Managing Conflict and Insight Into Self-acceptance, Cover to Cover: David A man after God’s own heart and BRF Foundations21 study guides on Prayer and Jesus.
She also writes Bible study notes regularly, and her latest co-written book, Insight Into Burnout, was published in February.
Her next book, Taking off the mask: learning to live authentically, is due for publication in November 2017 by Authentic Media. To find out more about her, please visit www.clairemusters.com and @CMusters on Twitter.
Makisha Reed of Greater Girls:
Parenting Tweens to Teens – Social Media Responsibility
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Greater Girls offers Social Media Responsibility, Sexual Safety, Empowerment, Counseling and Etiquette sessions. You can find Greater Girls on Facebook and Instagram or email her GreaterGirls1@gmail.com.
Marisa Boonstra of Called to Mothering:
3 Ways To Equip Your Tween with a Biblical Worldview
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
You can visit Marisa over on Called to Mothering. She has a wealth of encouragement, resources and information on Motherhood, Parenting, Homeschooling, Homemaking and Biblical Worldview.
You can also find her book available for purchase there as well Bucking The System: Reclaiming Our Children’s Minds For Christ
Dr Melanie Wilson of Psycho With 6:
Help for Handling Tween Daughter Emotions
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
Christian psychologist, author, and homeschooling mom of six, Dr Melanie Wilson’s life can be a little crazy, so she looks for sanity-saving ideas to use and share on psychowith6.com.
Melanie is the author of The Organized Homeschool Life and Grammar Galaxy language arts curriculum. She is also the podcaster behind The Homeschool Sanity Show.
She also has a wonderful episode to share for parents of boys and girls about Homeschooling through the Hormones that will encourage you and remind you aren’t alone in this!
Kathie Morrissey of The Character Corner:
Winning The Heart of Your Tween
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What a blessing to have Kathie from The Character Corner sharing her wisdom with us! With her focus on character, purity, and homeschooling, her passion for winning our children’s hearts is evident in all that she creates!
Here is a little bit more about Kathie and just a bit of the resources she has available for us. Visit The Character Corner Shop here
Kathie’s book on this topic The Importance of Winning Your Childs Heart can be found on her site as well.
April of Stories of Our Boys:
2 Must Read Character Building Fiction Books for Tweens
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You can find out so much more about April over on Stories of Our Boys where she shares a journal of her parenting journey: raising four little boys and aiming for sanity! She covers Faith, Being a Military Family, Parenting, Hilarity, Traveling and more! You can find her blogging at Stories of Our Boys and visit her at Monterey Premier.
Melissa Wood of Mom Makes Art:
Praying For Your Tweens Salvation
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Melissa Wood is a teaching artist and Christian mom of 4 children, ages 24, 14, 12, and 10. She has a bachelor’s degree in art and a masters degree in teaching. Along with homeschooling her youngest 3 children for 8 years, she’s been teaching art for people of all ages for the past 22 years. She’s currently teaching at 2 homeschool co-ops and at the Louisville Creative Arts Academy, a program for homeschoolers gifted in the creative arts.
You can find Melissa on Mom Makes Art Facebook Page as well as Instagram!
Joanna Chee of Mums Kids Jesus:
3 Steps To Loving Your Tween On Purpose
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
Grab a FREE copy of my eBook:
The Cultivate Love Challenge: 50+ Ideas and Resources to Help Your Family Grow in Love.
The Cultivate Love Challenge is 30 pages of ideas (and the planners and printables you need to put them into action) to strengthen your marriage, deepen your relationship with your kids, and help your children grow in friendship, all put together in a printable pdf.
It includes plenty of 5 love language ideas and resources to help you love your kids on purpose!
Christia of Faith Filled Parenting:
Navigating Sibling Relationships in the Tween Years
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
Christia blogs over on Faith Filled Parenting where she provides encouragement and resources on PARENTING, HOME MANAGEMENT, HOMESCHOOLING, CHRISTIAN LIVING and their FAMILY VLOG
For a complete idea of how this system works, find it HERE. (There is also a free printable there to get you started right away!)
Tatiana of The Musings of Mum:
Tackling the Hard Issues with Your Tween
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
Tatiana blogs over on The Musings of Mum where she shares Encouragement & Tools to Reach the Next Generation of Believers. She covers topics such as YOUTH MINISTRY, APOLOGETICS, MARRIAGE and SO MUCH MORE!
Stop by to visit and sign up for her email to keep up to date with all she has to offer -I know you’ll be blessed!
Teri Lynne Underwood of Prayers for Girls:
Remember You Are Fighting FOR Not Against Your Tween
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
Teri Lynne has lots of resources available on both of her sites including her monthly prayer calendars on Prayers for Girls as well as her Full Life Club a Place of Encouragement for Living Abundantly in This Busy World!
And if you are a girl mom, you do not want to miss her book Praying for Girls !
Le Shepard of Mom * :
The One Thing Your Tween Needs to Hear Every day
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
6 Ways to Love Your Tween Well
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Durenda is the author of The Unhurried Homeschooler: A Simple, Mercifully Short Book on Homeschooling available on Amazon.
You can find out more about Durenda along with all of her writing and encouragement on her site durendawilson.com on Facebook Durenda Wilson and on Instagram.
Josette Hall of Home Sweet Halls:
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Josette blogs over on Home Sweet Halls. She shares about DOWN SYNDROME, FAITH, FAMILY And HOME/DIY. Here’s a little more about Josette and don’t forget to stop by to visit and sign up for updates!
Candace Crabtree of Mercy is New:
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
Candace shares with us a transparent look into her life and God’s amazing work. She provides encouragement for those to find Hope for Depression, Praying the Scriptures and her amazing Write the Word Resources!
Her e-book devotional Wait Only Upon God: 40 Days of Praying the Scriptures In The Waiting is available in her shop, or in print on Amazon. She also has some beautiful mugs, note cards and printables available for purchase!
Amy Milcic of Rock Your Homeschool:
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Amy is a homeschooling soccer mom to 5 boys. You can find her blogging on Rock Your Homeschool about Homeschool, Help for Mom, Learning Fun and More! Make sure to stop by her site grab your copy of the 10 SECRETS to Be a FUN Homeschool Mom TODAY!
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Christine Drews of Digging Deeper With God:
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
Subscribe to www.DiggingDeeperwithGod.com and get a free PDF on How to Hear God’s Voice in a Busy World. If you’re like me, you long to talk with God and hear back from Him. This free PDF explains four biblical strategies to help you connect with the Lord. It comes complete with an index card for each strategy that you can carry with you to encourage your time with God. Biblical * Practical * Life-Changing
Annie Pajcic of Thou Art Exalted:
C.R.E.A.T.E. – Six Ways Art Teaches Tween Girls About the Bible
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
Annie Pajcic – Christian Speaker, Author & Artist. The owner of ThouArtExalted, a non-profit ministry for women and girls.
Today, ThouArtExalted has developed nine art-based Bible studies for girls, including one Mother/Daughter devotional study, as well as one Bible Study for middle school boys.
Two Bible studies are written for women, PLANTED: Sit, Stand, and Walk with Jesus and Riding Tandem: Leaning into the Leading of God.
Don’t forget to download ThouArtExalted’s FREE daily devotional app for tween/teen girls. We are reading through the entire New Testament in ONE YEAR!
Michelle Nietert of Counselor Thoughts:
Worried or Anxious Tween? How to Tell the Difference and What to Do
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
Here is a list of books for children that should help you get started.
Michelle Nietert is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Director of Community Counseling Associates with 3 locations in the Dallas, TX area. She has been equipping audiences in the community, church, school, and private practice office setting for over twenty years. Michelle has published parenting articles in both Lifeway’s ParentLife magazine and on the MOPS Hello Dearest Blog. She is currently working with a Christian publishing agent on a book possibly titled Uncomfortable Conversations that will equip parents to introduce topics such as anxiety and depression, abuse, sexuality, and other mental health issues to their children before the culture does.
You can also follow the Counselor Thoughts Facebook page, subscribe to the blog or join my intentional summer Facebook group.
Ana Willis of They Call Me Blessed:
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
Dear tween parent, you can download a template of this letter and personalize it for your child directly from this post!
Make sure to visit They Call Me Blessed and join her in subscribing by email where she loves to encourage and inspire you in your journey! She’s also available to connect on social media Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest.
Download a copy of Ana’s 10 Habits of a Highly Encouraged Mom Guide FREE here.
And don’t miss her amazing HOMESCHOOL FREEBIES ZONE: HUNDREDS OF FREE HOMESCHOOL RESOURCES found here!
Shelley Noonan of Pumpkin Seed Press:
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
Shelley Noonan is a homeschool veteran, popular conference speaker and co-author of four books including The Companion Guide to Beautiful Girlhood which I highly recommend. Shelley founded and operates Pumpkin Seed Press as well as B’twixt & B’tween.
Shelley is a dreamer | creator | idea lover | communicator | friend | coach | passionate.
Lee Felix of Like Minded Musings:
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
View these other Tween posts on Like Minded Musings!
Jennifer Strickland of UR More:
Recommended Tween Parenting Resources:
It is such an honor to share this post today from Jennifer Strickland on True Beauty. After we watched The Girl Perfect Documentary on Right Now Media and read the book highlighted here Pretty From the Inside Out, Jen quickly became “a favorite” of our oldest tween daughter. We highly recommend her books and studies to other girls and other women in our lives. She writes rooted in God’s word and with transparency and compassion.
I strongly feel every Tween girl should read Pretty From The Inside Out. We are with each of our girls as well. Girls today may be more than ever need to learn about True Beauty. The True Beauty that each of them has. True Beauty that God designed purposefully in them when He knit them together! Please take some time to visit U R More and all of the resources Jennifer has to offer. You will be glad you did!
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O Lord, You have pleaded the case for my soul; You have redeemed my life. Lamentations 3:56
Great resources for neurotypical children. I wish there were more faith centered resources like this for children, tweens, and teens transitioning into adulthood with disabilities. 💜
Thank you for reading Denise, I am so glad you were encouraged. I will certainly share the need with others as well and pray that there would be more faith centered resources available in the future! Thanks so much for stopping by!
Love love love that you put all this together! Great Job Lee!
Thank you so much Tiffany! Praying it blesses you and many as it has me!
It was an honor to be a part of this, Lee! You did an amazing job on the ebook. I can’t wait to catch up on all the chapters I missed the first time! I shared it with my readers, of course. Thank you for sharing this with us!!
Thank YOU April! It was a blessing to have you join us for this! Thank you for sharing too 🙂