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Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Guiding Your Preteen Daughter to Find Her Identity in Christ

Focus on the Family with Jim Daly

Focus on the Family

Kids & Family, Society & Culture, Relationships, Parenting

4.74.5K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Middle school can be tough. Kids face bullying, first crushes, and the pressure to have the right clothes or the latest tech—all while trying to figure out who they are. Dr. Heather Holleman steps into the world of teen girls to help you better understand what your daughter is experiencing. She also offers practical tools to help your daughter build a strong, confident identity rooted in Christ.

 

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0:00.0

Your marriage can be healed.

0:03.3

A hope restored marriage intensive from focus on the family can transform you and your spouse's relationship in just a few days.

0:12.4

We'll go to this thing, but this is it.

0:14.7

If this doesn't work, we're done.

0:16.3

What we have now, it's way more than we ever had before and that I ever even dreamed of in the marriage.

0:23.3

Discover more at hoperestored.com. That's hope restored.com.

0:31.4

The thing I've learned, too, is when I'm reacting to my children out of fear, that's my issue, not theirs.

0:40.1

You know what I mean?

0:40.6

Like if my daughter comes home and she gets a sea on a test and I freak out,

0:45.7

it's probably because I believe that she needs to have a seat with the intelligent people.

0:51.9

And that's an idol.

0:53.7

That's Dr. Heather Holloman,

0:55.3

and she joins us today on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly.

0:58.8

Now, if you're parenting a middle schooler,

1:00.8

or you remember what it felt like to be in middle school

1:04.3

and wonder, where do I belong?

1:06.8

This is a conversation for you.

1:08.9

I'm John Fuller.

1:10.6

Yeah, that's the biggest no-brainer in the world. Middle school can be challenging. I mean,

1:15.7

middle school, were you terrified?

1:18.0

Yes. I was terrified. I was overwhelmed.

1:20.6

I mean, you don't know much. You're putting things on backward that you'd never put on before.

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