A Soft Heart Behind a Hard Shell
Parenting Today's Teens
02/07/23
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Teens who've walked through trauma at a young age respond in a variety of ways, but often, they'll create a tough, prickly outer persona to keep themselves from ever being hurt again. It takes patience to find it, but there's still a soft heart in there somewhere! In today's episode, Mark Gregston interviews more Heartlight teens, including a young lady who was abandoned on the streets of Mexico when she was just a toddler and is still working through the trauma as a teen. Tune in to hear her story!
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