Big Kid
Being a Teen Today
Teenagers today are dealing with incredible pressures but in some ways they are still very much the same.
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Difficult Parenting Situations Turned… Cooperative?
Can a “cooperative kid” be made of a troubled teen? With a lot of parental changes (and tongue-biting), signs point to yes.
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Dear Cal: Advice To My Teenage Daughter (Part 1)
A couple of life lessons I have learned and want to pass on to my 13-year-old daughter, Cal, before she enters high school about age and frenemies.
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Feeding A Vegetarian Kid When You’re A Carnivore
Our family is most definitely composed of omnivores, with a heavy carnivore bent when it comes to cheeseburgers. However, my teen daughter is a vegetarian. This is how we make it work.
Young Child
Be The Helpers
I believe that most of our children’s character is not something that is taught but that they learn how to react and interact in the world by watching us.
Big Kid
The Case For Low-Tech Anxiety Management For Teens
Teens are likely to turn to their computers and/or peers when they’re stressed out, but could old-school hand-crafting be a better solution?
Young Child
8 Ways to Raise Thankful Kids
This is the time of year when we all start to thinks about being thankful. It is the time when we reflect on the past year and consider where we want to go in our lives in the upcoming one. How have you helped your children be thankful for all they are blessed with?
Big Kid
On The Eve of My Oldest Son Turning 18
The years will fly by. I know right now you can’t believe that. But I am telling you as I sit on the other side of parenting, eighteen years in, they will.
Big Kid
Keeping Track of Your Kids, One GPS Coordinate At A Time
Once you accept that your kids will be monitored around school by a tracking device, what’s next? Should we have a problem with schools tracking our children with chips embedded in their school ids?
Toddler
23 Exceedingly Helpful Tips For Maintaining Your Sanity While Living With Children
“Do not paint any walls in your house with flat paint” is just one of our many helpful tips for staying sane while raising children.
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When Is It Okay To Leave Your Kids Home Alone?
All that said, the decision to leave your kids alone is obviously a very personal one and depends on factors such as their maturity, their environment and your basic comfort level. As well as other issues like whether you should put the oldest kid in charge and your kids’ ability to follow safety rules to the letter.
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In Defense of Youth Sports
Several of my young children are competitive athletes. These are the lessons my children have learned over the years from involvement in youth sports.
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“It’s not extra money” and Other Things Teens Should Know About Credit Cards
I’ve volunteered to teach personal finance classes to teens. This is what I want teens to know about how credit cards work before they go off to college:
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It Is None of My Business What Other Teenagers Do, Or Is It?
Do you tell parents if you know their kid is involved in destructive behavior? I happen to think it takes a village, even if it makes me uncomfortable at times.
Big Kid
I Let My Young Teens “Date”
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.”
Big Kid
Teenagers Make You Crazy
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.
Toddler
Toddlers and Teens, More Alike Than Different
Turns out parenting teens is a lot like parenting toddlers, and you’ve already done that. Let us show you the similarities.
Big Kid
An Open Letter to My Teenage Sons
I have high expectations of you. I have no doubt that you will live up to them all, but in the wake of recent news events I feel like I have to verbalize them.
Young Child
Helping your Kids Understand the Value of Money and the Importance of Saving
Raising kids to understand the value of money and understand the importance of saving money are daunting tasks. We try to break it down into some simple tips.
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How Old is Too Old for Trick or Treating?
We are living in a time where people are constantly lamenting the fact that children are growing up too quickly, acting like adults long before their years. And yet, inexplicably, many people feel twelve is too old to act like a child.