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.”
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.”
Having an invisible disability is hard; having an invisible disability as a high school student and being scoffed at by a teacher is worse. Don’t be that teacher.
I tried being quiet about politics, but I think I’ve reached the point of no return. Expect me to be plenty loud from here on out.
Michigan is full of great museums, parks and amusement parks, but we kept our list to family destinations within an hours drive of the Detroit area.
Finally you and your tweens and teens have something to talk about. Learn how not to screw it up!
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.
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.
I vowed never to become an overprotective parent like my mother. Then I had a child.
I was never a sporty kid, and my own children never want to exercise, either. How do I set them up for good lifelong habits when I can’t get them off the couch?
A reader asks if she should stop in when her middle schooler is being harassed, or if it’s too much. I have soap box for this one.
Can a “cooperative kid” be made of a troubled teen? With a lot of parental changes (and tongue-biting), signs point to yes.
Some days I think chasing a toddler around the pool’s edge would be less exhausting than parenting 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?
As teens leave behind ever-widening digital footprints, do their interactions deserve privacy? I don’t think so, and my kids know where I stand.
A reader asks how we deal with teens and the specter of poor teen decisions about drugs and alcohol and parties.
The knife-edge between encouraging my teens to self-advocate and stepping in while I still can is a precarious one, especially in a world that’s unfair.
We’ve compiled a list of board games to play as a family. All these games sound like winners given my fast, easy and engaging for adults and children criteria.
I don’t tell new parents the things I think they really ought to know, because I doubt they would believe me. But here’s what I always want to say.
A parents first inclination is save our children when something goes wrong in their lives. Truth is we all learn better through making our own mistakes.Â
You may dread the appearance of a kid with a glossy brochure of wares on your doorstep, but school/activity fundraising is here to stay. Here’s why it matters.