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No Time to be Dumb
Letters to Teenage Girls
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Rachel Jankovic is a wife, homemaker, and mother. She has written several books, including You Who? and Loving the Little Years. She’s also one half of the What Have You podcast. She’s married to Luke, and they have eight children who keep her doing whatever is next as fast as possible.
AUTHOR: Rachel Jankovic
PAGE COUNT: 184
SIZE: 5.5"x8.5"
BINDING: Hardback
ISBN-10: 1591283248
ISBN-13: 9781591283249
PUB. DATE: April 1, 2025
Table of Contents
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.
About Rachel's new Webinar
Raise a Daughter You Love to Be a Woman You Admire
Watch Rachel’s webinar on No Time to Be Dumb! Enjoy these session recordings on Canon+ where Rachel walks through the book and answers questions from Christian moms and teens about becoming the kind of fair-but-terrible woman God loves. Here’s what you can expect:
- Session 1: Modesty and Church ladies, bad influences • Ch 1–4
- Session 2: Handdiness and Repentance, wasting time, peer pressure, emotions, and maturity • Ch 5–10
- Session 3: Domestic arts, worldliness, messing up, tastemaking, and drama • Ch 11–15
- Session 4: Boys and Dangerous Women, porn, envy, husbands, and leadership • Ch 16–20
What You'll Learn:
✔️ End Time-Wasting Habits
✔️ Spot Soul-Rot Light Years Away
✔️ Become the Kind of Terrible Woman God Loves
Available Options:
Hardback – $22
- 184 pages
- No access to webinar recordings or Q&A
- Rachel’s audiobooks and webinars not included
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- 30 days full access to all of Rachel's audiobooks, webinars, and more
- 44 pg PDF for group discussion with quote highlights, topical questions, and further Bible study questions.
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This Christ-centered book offers Biblical guidance for teenage girls on topics including faith, relationships, and domestic skills. Customers said it "covers a wide variety of topics" with "wonderful wisdom principles" and sparks meaningful parent-daughter discussions. Some found the letter format awkward and difficult to follow, while others praised its conversational style.
This book came out just in time for my daughter to turn 13- going to lead a summer girls book club with her friends (13-18). This book is even helping me love the standard! Thank you Rachel and Canon+
Arrived on time in great condition
Arrived quickly and neatly packaged.
As a dad of teenage daughters, I wanted to read the book before I gave it to them. The book covers a wide variety of topics that I know my teen girls need to be equipped and empowered to walk victoriously through. While not exhaustive on the topics, the perspective is Christ-centered, and presented in a way that will help them think properly and then act accordingly. Excited for them to read it and to hear the truths they have been taught at home reiterated from the perspective of another godly woman.
Wonderful wisdom principles for girls and their parents!
No Time to be Dumb: Letters to Teenage Girls
This book is exactly what is needed for this generation.
Easy to read and good insight. Plus, my girls loved the included recipes!
Great book! My daughter was excited to read it and so was I :) brings up important topics to discuss, that will make you both uncomfortable at times. But we want them as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves. I believe that's the goal of this book! They need to hear from us on these topics, first, not last- they will hear about them either way! So why not openly discuss them? Teen girls need us talking about the struggles and sins of youth.
No Time to be Dumb: Letters to Teenage Girls
My daughters and I really enjoyed this book. Would highly recommend to any teens girls and young adults.
Half of these chapters are some of the best, most direct, most sound teaching ever written for Christian teen girls. Reminiscent of Elisabeth Elliot's no nonsense approach. What a blessing to have someone other than just me, articulate it to my daughters (who said they liked the conversational letter format). The other half is primarily homemaking advice. Good. But not nearly as indispensable. That said, those first chapters make the book worth it.
No Time to be Dumb: Letters to Teenage Girls
My girls (13 & 16) and I watched the webinar together and read the book, and I'm so glad! We talked about some important ideas we had never discussed before. Afterwards they were both asking me what we're going to read and talk about next. There are topics in this book I haven't heard other authors address. I especially love that Rachels places a high value on learning the domestic arts and creating a home while ALSO teaching our girls to be confident young women who aren't afraid to say no or take charge of an awkward situation. If you have teenage daughters, this is well worth your time!
No Time to be Dumb: Letters to Teenage Girls
No Time to be Dumb: Letters to Teenage Girls
I cannot say that I’d agree with every statement in the book on its own, some things unsettled me. HOWEVER, if you listen to the webinars where Rachel elaborates (especially on the handsiness chapter) you’ll understand what she’s saying much better.
There is so much undeniable honesty and practicalness to the book. Not every chapter will be relatable to all of us women that read it but wouldn’t we all rather read of a scenario first before experiencing it? With biblical and practical foreknowledge?
Hope this review helps, awesome work Rachel.
My daughters and I have truly enjoyed the layout of the letters, which have led to great conversations as they process how to grow into who God has called them to be as young ladies in this world.
I have so appreciated the Biblical insight of a mom who has gone before me!
No Time to be Dumb: Letters to Teenage Girls
I absolutely loved Rachel’s previous book, and looked forward to using this book as a discussion with other moms in our community group. However, the book was a very awkward read. In trying to make it a “letter format,” it was difficult to follow along and find the content that was being presented on each topic. The “story” of Aunt to Niece felt very forced, and it did not lend itself to understanding the topic better. The unclarity of what was being asked about each topic by the young girl made it even more difficult to follow the flow of truth related to each topic. The webinars were the redeeming factor of trying to go through this book, which made me even more disappointed that the information wasn’t just presented more clearly in the written format. While there may have been some helpful tips for the topics, I wouldn’t recommend this book as a resource to a friend. I would have loved to have had a clearer presentation of the truths related to each chapter. In speaking with several other ladies in the group who also were reading and watching along, we all echoed the same idea- the format was more distracting than helpful and made it difficult to walk through.
My girls are still 6 and 2, but since I've gained so much wisdom from Rachel's parenting books, I instantly bought this one to begin reading. It is so helpful even though we are not in the teenage years, and as a mom, has given me language to begin using pieces of even now with my 6 year old. I feel it helps me as a mom, and I plan to gift a copy of it to my teenage niece soon. Highly recommend!
I loved this book. Such a great read. Encouraging, practical and wise. And very challenging.
No Time to be Dumb: Letters to Teenage Girls
No Time to be Dumb: Letters to Teenage Girls
My teenage daughter appreciates the ideas presented in this book. She is thinking of starting a book club with friends to discuss book. It’s encouraging and challenged girls to use their teenage years wisely. The recipes in the book are a bonus.
No Time to be Dumb: Letters to Teenage Girls
Such a great asset to propel further discussion between my daughters and myself!! Thank you for putting so many topics in together for us to chew over!
Love the God centered exhortation and straight forward encouragement to our responsibility as followers of Christ.
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