No Time to Be Dumb

Letters to Teenage Girls

By: Rachel Jankovic

Narrated by: Daphne Jankovic, Rachel Jankovic

Rachel Jankovic wants terrible teenage daughters.

Not a wasting-her-time-in-petty-squabbles, doomscrolling, dumb television shows, eating disorders, and foolish crushes kind of terrible.

But a different kind of terrible: to be women who are genuine threats to the enemies of God, “fair as the moon . . . and terrible as an army with banners” (Song 6:10). She is not easily controlled by flattery; her joy is in the Lord. She is growing from a girl you love into a woman you admire.

In this book Rachel covers the topics you would expect, like Modesty and Homemaking and Boys. But Rachel also speaks directly to awkward questions such as Handsiness and Pornography. There’s even a chapter on how to deal with self-righteous church ladies.

Young women have all the time in the world for good things, but they really just don’t have time to be dumb.

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Blunt

She is blunt in addressing so many issues that young girls are faced with. It does not leave much wiggle room for excuses, but does give hope and a better direction.

This needs to be required reading for ALL women!

My daughter and her friends will be doing this as a study together. There was so much in this book that I didn’t know and I’m excited about sharing it with them!

Very Good advice.

I wish this book was a Catholic book so that it would reflect our beliefs to my children.

Good Old, Cut to the Point Truth to Girls & Women

Great book. Not sure why she’s catching so much flack for this work, people nit-picking certain chapters to pieces and whatnot. If you just read or listen for yourself you’ll more than likely be helped and encouraged. Maybe every single chapter won’t apply to you, but lots probably will, and you probably know someone who those other chapters do apply to and it will help you to speak the truth in love when opportunity arises.

Where was my Aunt Lizzie?!

Praise God for the wisdom He has given us in His word! Praise God for Rachel who loves enough to actually say the things that need to be said! May I share this wisdom with all the young women I come in contact with and love my daughter the same way!