Parenting Big Kids When You’re Depressed
Depression, like any other medical condition, can impact your ability to parent the way you want to. You and your kids can get through it, I promise.
Depression, like any other medical condition, can impact your ability to parent the way you want to. You and your kids can get through it, I promise.
Whenever I think one of my kids is leaving the house looking… not quite the way I might’ve hoped, I try to remind myself that they’re teens now, and it’s good and right for them to make their own choices. But, that doesn’t mean there aren’t any “rules.”
The dance of special education gets a lot more complicated as kids hit the teen years; the challenge is to balance support with increased responsibility.
I never thought I’d grow to love camping, but with a few creature comforts we’ve discovered some of our best family time with the teens, out on the road.
Asynchronous development can be worrisome and/or baffling, but it’s simply a difference that brings its own challenges and even joys.
You think that you don’t like tofu, but that might be because you don’t know how to coax great texture out of it. This simple tofu preparation will convert you.
A reader is worried her young teen son’s girlfriend is a bad influence; there’s lots to unpack, here, but I give it my best shot.
Teaching older kids about the ins and outs of respect has to be about reminding them that they control themselves and no one else, but it’s tricky territory.
I always thought that once my kids were teens, they would need me less. The joke’s on me, and now I have to figure out being there without being overbearing.
Tired of “expert” advice on readying your high schooler to get into a top college? Me, too. I like realism, and a non-stressed kid. Here’s my take.
What happens when you internet BFF’s kids meet your own? It’s really a best of the web type story. Seeing our teens become fast friends proved to be an unexpected gift to a dear far-away friend and me.
A lifetime of nagging my children in the name of “helping” is coming to a close, because we all need me to back off. It’s hard, but I’m working on it.
Raising teenagers is hard enough; finding clothes that fit them properly shouldn’t be another fight. Here’s a few tips for a couple of common challenges.
As someone who has always loved food and hated exercise, learning how to take care of myself has been surprisingly fraught (but ultimately rewarding).
Honesty is the best policy, but I routine lie to my teenagers on one very important point… and I’m going to keep doing it, too.
In the fall-of-senior-year panic of “must”s and “should”s, I think applying to college ends up being a lot scarier than it needs to be. Relax. You can do this!
Having older kids should make summer less complicated, not more; at least, that’s what I used to think. Planning for the “right” kind of summer is still daunting.
Am I crazy for shopping for my kid’s college dorm room nearly a year ahead of time? Crazy like a fox, maybe. I have my reasons.
Sure, we have a color-coded family calendar hanging in our kitchen… but the events I most wish I could schedule remain maddeningly unpredictable.
A reader wants to know the value of putting a label on a struggling older child, or does it even matter? I have strong opinions on this one.