Caroline Shankle: What Your Daughter Actually Needs From You, A 22-Year-Old Tells Moms the Truth EP: 223

This episode is unlike any other this season. Instead of hearing from a seasoned mom, Kate and Rebecca sit down with someone who just lived the teenage years, and has the book to prove it. Caroline Shankle is a 22-year-old author, Texas A&M graduate student, and daughter of bestselling author and Big Boo podcast host Melanie Shankle. She survived mean girls, soccer injuries, heartbreak, and the anxious pressure of being a teenager in the social media age, then wrote a 100-day devotional to help the next girl do the same. The Lion and the Bear is a young woman’s compassionate guidebook for defeating life’s giants by trusting God one step at a time, written from the trenches, not a distant pedestal. This episode is a gift to every mom raising a daughter, and every daughter who just needs to know she is not alone. **In This Episode:** - The breakup and Zoom call that became the origin story of Caroline’s book - The lion and the bear: how David and Goliath became her framework for hard seasons - What being a teenager in the social media age really feels like - Holding two truths: God is good, and you can still be beat down and tired - The mistake moms make trying to fix it too fast, and what teens need instead - Stay out of the boat: why getting in it with your daughter wears you down - Reading the room: why advice lands better three days later than in the moment - What not to say when your daughter is hurting, and what actually helps - Growing up with a mom on a public platform, without the pressure to be perfect - The anxious generation and why this generation is wired differently - What saved Caroline: God never wasted any of it **Caroline’s Website:** https://carolineshankle.com/the-lion-and-the-bear/ **Connect With Caroline:** carolineshankle.com | @carolineshankle on Instagram **Connect With Us:** gathermoms.com | @gathermoms | Join our Patreon at gathermoms.com Gather Moms: Instagram | Twitter | Facebook Kate Henderson: Instagram | Facebook Rebecca Bradford: Instagram | Facebook