This is an article I wrote a Christian parenting magazine. Maybe the ideas will help a parent decide what things are worth enforcing. Parenting battles are part of life, and those battles change as children get older. An important part of parenting is choosing your battles carefully. There are many things you want your teen to do or not do, but trying to enforce all of them is overwhelming both to you and your child. Stand firm on those things that involve your teen's health

Interview with Diana Sharples Today Diana Sharples, author of Running Lean, joins us to talk about her book, her motorcycle, her faith and her challenges. Running Lean is my debut novel, published by Zondervan/Blink Books, and I wrote the book for high school-aged readers. The title is an automotive term, relating to the deficiency of fuel to air in a carburetor, but I gave it three definitions for the book, two being metaphors for a deficiency of calories in a person sufferi