An Obscure But IMPORTANT Financial Lesson for Teens
Our son was sixteen, just driving for about four months. Already he’d managed to scrape three side panels of his …
Category Archives: bearing difficult times
The BEST Family Idea in a LONG Time Just in Time for Thanksgiving!
In research done on kids and resilience, that is, the ability to overcome difficulty, researchers discovered an odd connection: Kids …
Building a Bridge Toward Young Adulthood: STOP Trying to Fix Things
Do you ever have times when you’re just trying to help but one of your kids blows up in your …
A WORTHWHILE RE-POST: Transitions: We Are Neither Here nor There
Photo from Unsplash by Marco Lastella If you stop to think about it, adolescence is THE period of life MOST …
REAL Questions from REAL Parents: A Zillion Social Lessons…if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again?
In last week’s blog I offered a list of some REAL questions I’ve received from REAL parents. You may have …
If You’d Rather Skip Mother’s Day, I See You
I have felt seated at the margin of Mothers Day many, many times. And I have spoken with quite a …
How “VACCINATE” Your Kids for the Future!
In this Year of COVID, all of us have been thinking, wishing, hoping, that we could vaccinate our kids against …
How to We Help Kids LEARN Balance on Their Own?
In the last blog, we considered how parenting is like teaching a kid to ride a bike: lots of assistance …
Some Things Have Changed But BALANCE Remains the Key
Maybe you remember teaching your kid to ride a bike. Many of us began with training wheels. The little guy …
Mom’s Advice for a Pouty Teen
My mom was definitely old school. So when I was a young teen and lamenting about some loss or slight …
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