The Culture’s Message: Sex is Great! Why Wait?
Shopping at the mall Thanksgiving weekend, I saw a sight that broke my heart. A little girl of approximately six or seven years old in pigtails and Mary Janes was sitting on the ledge of a store’s window front. She was all innocence and bubblegum bubbles, and was laughing at a baby in a stroller. In the window above her head was a Victoria’s Secret model, looking up with a seductive look at the camera above her, that looked down the exposed cleavage of the barely covered up breasts, her torso bare down to a very skimpy pair of panties.
Pin ItSeeds of Faith: Boy, Oh Boys!
This past week, in public school, my 8th grade daughter learned how to properly put a condom on a partner and was given instructions on how to choose a good brand. Did I mention that this was done in a co-ed class environment?
Seeds of Faith: Girlhood Interrupted
We exist in a culture that seems to set out to make our children into adults earlier and earlier in their life. They are bombarded with messages and images that cry out to them to leave childhood behind and make adult decisions, to dress like adults, to act like adults.
Pin ItSeeds of Faith: Redefining Beauty
My husband and I went through a spiritual revival about 18 months ago. Part of that revival was cleaning out what we take in. I don’t mean food. I mean all of our sensory input: television, movies, games, music, internet, radio, etc. We stopped consuming sin, in a way to quit condoning so much sin in our culture.
Pin ItSeeds of Faith: The Media
This chapter thoroughly touches on all areas of media, from magazine articles to lyrics in music, to television shows and commercials, and how these areas in our lives continually and constantly sexually objectify women. You can’t watch a college football game without a scantily clad model touting a beer brand. You can’t watch a crime show on television without a scene in a bar with naked pole dancers kissing each other.
Pin ItSeeds of Faith: Illusion of the Ideal
It’s no wonder that 53% of American girls are unhappy with their bodies, and that by age 17, 78% are dissatisfied. It’s also no wonder that spending 3 minutes looking at fashion magazines lowers the self esteem of 80% of women.
Pin It5 Conversations: Beauty is Only Skin Deep
Conversation number 2 in a series on the topics found within the book 5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter by author Vicki Courtney: Beauty is Only Skin Deep. If you have a daughter, I strongly urge you to get this book, read this book, read this book WITH your daughter. She needs this information and she needs to know what she’s facing in the world.
Pin It5 Conversations: Don’t be in Such a Hurry to Grow Up
Conversation number 1 in a series on the topics found within the book 5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter by author Vicki Courtney: Don’t be in Such a Hurry to Grow Up. If you have a daughter, I strongly urge you to get this book, read this book, read this book WITH your daughter. She needs this information and she needs to know what she’s facing in the world.
Pin It5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter
Introducing a series on the topics found within the book 5 Conversations You Must Have With Your Daughter by author Vicki Courtney. If you have a daughter, I strongly urge you to get this book, read this book, read this book WITH your daughter. She needs this information and she needs to know what she’s facing in the world.

















