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Susan Alexander Yates
Susan Yates has written 13 books and speaks both nationally and internationally on the subjects of marriage, parenting, and women’s issues. Her books include And Then I Had Kids: Encouragement for Mothers of Young Children; And Then I Had Teenagers: Encouragement for Parents of Teens and Preteens; Barbara and Susan’s Guide to the Empty Nest (with friend Barbara Rainey) and Raising Kids with Character That Lasts (With her husband John).
Susan writes regularly for the blog: MomLifeToday.com, sponsored by Family Life. For 11 years she was the Parent Child Columnist for Today’s Christian Woman Magazine. She has also written for other publications including, “Thriving Family,” a magazine published by Focus on the Family. She’s the mother of five children (including a set of twins) all married and the grandmother of 21 (including a set of quadruplets!). Susan and her husband John have been married almost 45 years. Together they speak at Family Life’s “Weekend to Remember” Marriage Conferences. They live in Falls Church Virginia, a Washington D.C. suburb where John is the Senior Pastor of The Falls Church Anglican.
