Hi, friend. I'm so grateful you've joined me on the Jesus Over Everything show. If you haven't heard the news, we have gone retro this summer. For the months of June and July, we are featuring our five word prayers daily. The show, this show started as, and so many of you love so much, five-minute podcast shows on topics of all kinds, the short inspiration you need for every day of the week.

So enjoy these shows, keep listening all summer, and see you right here back in August for a

powerful season six.

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 what'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

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