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The Curly Hair…Teenage Boy Method?
How do I teach my son to manage his long, curly, and thick head of hair? He’s very sporty and needs a good hair washing regiment.
Health & Safety
How to Talk About Sexual Consent with Your Kids (Educating and Empowering Children)
Why it’s important to educate and empower your children and talk to them about “enthusiastic consent.”
Parenting
To Bra or not to Bra: With Sons, That Is The Question
A reader says her husband thinks she can no longer go braless at home because their sons are growing up. I have a few things to say about that.
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Help! Teenage Dating Drama
A mom asks how she can help her teen son in the wake of a bungle and subsequent blow-up with his girlfriend.
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When Justice Isn’t Served, What Do You Tell Your Teens?
Recent events in the news are enough to make a rational person want to secede from the human race. How can we make this a learning opportunity for our teens?
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More Than Just A Birthday
Birthdays with teenagers can feel a lot like a timer ticking down, but sometimes they feel like victory, too. For my late bloomer, this birthday feels huge.
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Taking Flight in the Cold
Schools are closed today due to “excessive cold,” and it’s all my fault. Sorry, I’m not sorry—because it hasn’t slowed down my autistic son one bit.
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Motivating Meals
What if I told you that the way to get your teenagers to do chores around the house was to use food as motivation? Hear me out.
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Has Feminism Killed Chivalry and Good Old Fashioned Manners?
I hear people talk about kids now-a-days and how they are rude, unhelpful, and reeking of self-entitlment. Here are 10 ways your kids can practice good manners.
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Teens and Dating
Have teen girls become more aggressive in dating situations? Here is one mother’s experience with her teen son and dating.
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Rubber Bracelets, promoting Cancer Awareness one preteen boy at a time
Teen boys are wearing bracelets with the message I Love Boobies. Do these bracelets really raise awareness for breast cancer or are they promoting sexism?
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How to Punish Your Tween, Survivor Style
What happens when you leave your tween son’s punishment in the hands of his siblings? Hilarity, that’s what.
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The Best Things
People ask “Does it get easier?” That’s a tough question to answer. Physically? Without a doubt. Mentally? Emotionally? I think it becomes much more difficult.
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After the Diagnosis
My son was 7 when he was diagnosed with ADHD, ODD, OCD. As a parent who had been opposed to medication this was a humbling, eye-opening experience.
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Man Smell
Guest contributor, Laura Bennett has come to realize she is facing male puberty at home. And in her case, she’ll have to deal with it for the next DECADE.
Your Life
How to survive being the only female in the house
Being a mother to four boys, wife to one husband and owner of one male dog has taught me quite a few things about boys.