Welcome to the Gospel Coalition podcast, equipping the next generation of believers,

pastors, and church leaders to shape life and ministry around the gospel.

On today's episode, you'll hear a breakout conversation with Betsy Childs Howard and Sandy Taylor from TGC's

2024 Women's Conference.

Hello, we're so glad you're here.

It's wonderful to have you with us today.

My name is Betsy Childs Howard, and I'm going to be interviewing Sandy Taylor.

Sandy is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in private practice in New York.

And she lives there with her husband Bill, and Bill's an elder at Redeemer Westside.

And Sandy specializes in working with adolescent girls and their parents as they navigate the challenges of teen years.

And she has firsthand experience with her own three teenage daughters, Abby, who's 19,

Hannah, who's 17, and Margaret is 15.

And Sandy's also served in lots of different capacities at Camp Greystone in North Carolina.

So she has lots of experience in this area.

And as I was thinking about introducing this session, I thought about setting up the problem.

But you know there's a problem already or you wouldn't be here.

You know this is not an easy time to be a teenager.

There are many, many challenges.

It's not an easy time to be a parent of a teenager.

You know what those challenges are.

And probably most of you don't feel very well-equipped.

My kids are not yet teenagers.

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