Hi, and welcome to the Five Word Prayers Daily, a five day a week daily devotional where we share the word, prayers, in our heart.

I'm Lisa Whittle, and I welcome you to just five minutes with me, which I trust and pray will be five minutes well spent.

Well, hello, hello, and welcome to the Friday five. A list of five things, sometimes questions, sometimes practical how to, sometimes just fun, random things to mix it up a bit from our week of inspiration.

This week has been all about what to do when, and one of our listeners asked, what do I do about a teen who talks back?

I thought it was a great question to dive into because all of us as parents have dealt with this with our kids, even when they were little and started

getting a little sassy on us. Some kids are definitely worse about it than others, but let's get

into five ways to handle a teen who likes to talk back, because that tends to be the time

they're doing it the most. You ready? Let's go.

I need to say before I get into this list that often great talkers and thinkers and leaders in life start out as kids who ask too many questions and get in trouble in class for talking

and yes, even talk back.

So if your child is one of these, don't panic.

It's not about changing their personality.

It's about channeling this

verbal tendency correctly and in a respectful right way. So that's what it's really about and that's

important. So five ways to handle a teen who talks back because clearly this is not okay. And I can

tell you, there's not much that makes me more upset with my own kids because it is

blatantly disrespectful, shouldn't be tolerated, and I don't deal with it in my house.

So number one, here's the first thing about five ways to handle a teen who talks back.

Number one, deal with it right away.

It's very important to let your teen know that disrespect is a huge no, because it

really kind of channels over not just what they say, but in every aspect of your relationship with

them, if this is something they get away with. So they need to know when they go too far and they need to

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