Resources Moms might find helpful for their tween/teens

There are some great resources out there on the shelves today for our young girls. This is great news for the Mom who desires to train up her girl in the way she should go according to how God has shaped her. A small group of Moms in our church recently met for 8 weeks to do a study called “Your Girl” by Vicki Courtney. Excellent material. What’s even cooler is that while we met as Moms, the tween girls met for their own study called “His Girl” also authored by Vicki Courtney. Both are dvd based studies and cover the same material. Really good stuff. Could be used individually but the group dynamic always provides good discussion and helps the girls know they are not alone in some of their struggles. Same with the Moms. There is a member book that goes along with the study. There is also just a book book called Your Girl by Vicki Courtney which covers the same material but it’s not a Bible Study therefore it’s not as interactive on your part.  Both offer great food for thought in helping our girls navigate their world while thriving in their faith.

Below is a picture of most of our group of Moms and girls. We culminated our study with a Sunday School breakfast and overview where Moms and Girls both shared what they had learned in the study.

Okay, two other books that I have not read in full but have looked through enough to know they are awesomeness. I bought  A Girl’s Guide to Making Really Good Choices for me and Sophie to go through at some point. It says it’s directed for ages 8-12 but I feel like Sophie needs another year before we do this book together. It’s a slightly deeper devotional type study than she is used to right now and I don’t want to turn her off with a “study” if she’s too young for it. Anyways, I just love this book. Elizabeth George’s heart comes shining through as she had her Granddaughters in mind when she wrote this book.

And then I found this book at Walmart about Sadie Robertson. Oh.my.goodness. Ya’ll, we need to pray for this godly young woman. She has such a beautiful testimony of strong faith. I love her heart for God and her desire to tell others you can still be in this world as a Christian and not of it.

I’ve not read this book Live Original but I looked at the chapters and definitely want to read it with Sophie down the road. She loves Duck Dynasty and she often talks about the episode where Sadie’s Dad goes prom dress shopping with her to make sure it’s modest enough. I think Sadie is a fabulous role model for young girls and I love that she is launching her own fashion line of modest but trendy clothes.

Great books, resources and awesome role models don’t make a young girl who she is. The Spirit of God has to do that work in our girls. But how cool that he is raising up godly young women and as positive role models and mentors to influence the process.

What about you? Are you working through any good material with you girl lately? Would love to hear about it in the comments.