What You Didn’t Expect When You Were Expecting (The Missing Chapter on Teens)
Once your kid hits the teenage years every day brings a new development that you were definitely not expecting. Here are just a few.
Once your kid hits the teenage years every day brings a new development that you were definitely not expecting. Here are just a few.
I invited my 20-year-old to sound off with me on the issue of drinking before reaching legal age. This was a hard, but good, talk.
Our family won’t be together this week, but that’s okay — it’s helping me focus on what’s really important, and how thankful I truly am.
Halloween seems to have gotten a lot more complicated over the years, and I have mixed feelings about what that means for my teens.
Tidings of comfort and joy can feel like a tall order in a household with children who are no longer truly children… but I think it’s still there if you look.
There are valuable lessons to be learned in all of our relationships, romantic and otherwise. And like so many other things that I was so sure about, I changed my mind. Here are the reasons I let my children “date.”
The reason some parents laughed about the dad who shot his daughter’s laptop is because we all know that parenting teens makes the most sane of us act nuts.
Turns out parenting teens is a lot like parenting toddlers, and you’ve already done that. Let us show you the similarities.
What do you think is an appropriate curfew for teenagers? Do you remember having a curfew when you were that age? Do you think it would be okay if I just locked my teenagers in a plastic bubble until they turn thirty?
What I hadn’t realized then was that was the easy part, discussing the cut and dry mechanics of sex. I hadn’t realized that it was just the beginning of an ongoing conversation where I would have to push past my own embarrassment and get over my own hang ups.
The college search season is upon us. Here are some secrets from a former associate dean of admissions on how to keep your household happy during this time.
Finally you and your tweens and teens have something to talk about. Learn how not to screw it up!