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Category Archives: Parenting teens

DINNER: A Key VALUES proposition!

April 16, 2021

Meredith, twelve years old, was chatting with her pal over snacks when Meredith’s mom overheard the girls using snarky voices …

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Never Underestimate the Power of the Dinner Table

April 10, 2021

In his book, The Second Mountain, David Brooks describes a weekly gathering in which he participates where a family opens …

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A Case for FAMILY Dinners

April 3, 2021

You may not have thought about this before, but teens experience what public health folks call, “optional morbidity,” meaning that …

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Teaching a Chicken to Play Baseball

March 20, 2021

We’ve been considering the benefits of having kids do chores. But what about the process? Let’s frame chores with the …

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Some Things Have Changed But BALANCE Remains the Key

February 19, 2021

Maybe you remember teaching your kid to ride a bike. Many of us began with training wheels. The little guy …

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Independence: A “Gift” You May Not Have Considered

February 5, 2021

Do you ever wonder how to help your teens and tweens take the next step in growing up? Observing kids’ …

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Lessons in Friendships

January 7, 2021

One of parents’ most common concerns for their tweens/teens has to do with the kids’ friendships. Parents wisely understand that …

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A Tool Kit for Life

December 5, 2020

When it comes to predicting our kids’ lives, we don’t really know that much. But one thing we DO know …

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Wish I had a quarter. . . .

October 30, 2020

I don’t want to come across as dismissive, mainly because I’ve had middle school boys and I KNOW how it …

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Never let a good crisis go to waste!

October 9, 2020

In my line of work coaching parents, teens and young adults, not a week goes by that a client doesn’t …

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Kathleen Fischer

Kathleen is a popular speaker in corporate, church, and community settings as well as a sought after family/parenting coach for individuals and groups.

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  • DINNER: A Key VALUES proposition!
  • Never Underestimate the Power of the Dinner Table
  • A Case for FAMILY Dinners
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  • Teaching a Chicken to Play Baseball
  • How’re they going to learn?
  • A Perspective on Chores and Entitlement
  • How to We Help Kids LEARN Balance on Their Own?
  • Some Things Have Changed But BALANCE Remains the Key
  • Independence: A “Gift” You May Not Have Considered
  • That Miracle Called GROWING UP
  • Mom’s Advice for a Pouty Teen
  • Lessons in Friendships
  • A REAL Gift for This Holiday
  • What Experts Can Help Your Teen Build Their “Tool Kits”?
  • A Tool Kit for Life
  • Mrs. Mohrs . . .with gratitude
  • Stuffing In a Bit of Gratitude
  • Person-praise or Process-praise? Fixed? Or Growth?
  • Conflict is Inevitable; Combat, Maybe NOT
  • Wish I had a quarter. . . .
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  • Never let a good crisis go to waste!
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