Senior Year: The Last First Day and The First of Many Lasts
I thought getting my oldest off to college was the hardest transition, but now it’s time for the last everything as her little brother heads into senior year.
I thought getting my oldest off to college was the hardest transition, but now it’s time for the last everything as her little brother heads into senior year.
We finally had The Sex Talk with our firth grade son. A long talk. A couple of talks, in fact. And throughout the process, we all learned a few things about the best way to handle discussing sex at this age and stage.
Oh, those halcyon final days of high school when… your college-bound teen knows everything and you’re just stupid. Yeah. Um. Take a deep breath.
This Thanksgiving and beyond, I am grateful that we are “The House” for my teens and their friends. What does that look like?
How do you talk to your teens about their friends that you don’t like?
A reader asks how to handle a teen who buys into majority politics in what she sees as extreme state, but really, the issue is teaching both critical thinking and tolerance.
Is this a fairytale or a more complex story for older teens?
Today’s question is about teaching kids the value of privacy without violating theirs… except sometimes they don’t get that privacy, right?
The way to get your kids to behave is to give them the gift of self discipline. But exactly how do you do that? That is what author Barbara Coloroso outlines in her book, Kids Are Worth It!
Is your teenager getting enough sleep? Probably not, but you can encourage good sleep habits and they’ll be healthier and happier for it.
Sometimes I forget that in just a few shorts years, my kids will be grown and (hopefully) flown. I guess I’d better start getting ready.
I never felt like the years were flying by until now, and with my kids finishing up high school, we’re thinking about what comes next after they go.
With just one (short) year left before college, I have to figure out how to give my oldest enough room to get ready to launch. We’re getting there.
Graduation is almost here, and so are all of the feelings that accompany it. Time to make a to-do list and focus on that, I guess.
I’ve been focusing so much energy on getting ready to let go of my college freshman, I forgot I was going to have to do a trial run with her brother, first.
My daughter shares my love of bargain-hunting, but I don’t think she knows that she’s my best bargain yet. Lucky me!
There’s no need to dread The Talk. We’ve got some advice, but would love to hear your pearls of been-there-done-that wisdom.
We have one rule in our house. But it is more than just a rule it is a way of living. It is two simple words. Be Kind.
You can do a better job of capturing your child in a photo than the school photographer, I promise, even if you don’t have training or a fancy camera.
Talking with my teen daughter can be fraught, so I’m taking the back door on communication whenever I can. Every little bit is a win.