DINNER: A Key VALUES proposition!
Meredith, twelve years old, was chatting with her pal over snacks when Meredith’s mom overheard the girls using snarky voices …
Category Archives: Parenting teens
Never Underestimate the Power of the Dinner Table
In his book, The Second Mountain, David Brooks describes a weekly gathering in which he participates where a family opens …
A Case for FAMILY Dinners
You may not have thought about this before, but teens experience what public health folks call, “optional morbidity,” meaning that …
Teaching a Chicken to Play Baseball
We’ve been considering the benefits of having kids do chores. But what about the process? Let’s frame chores with the …
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 …
Independence: A “Gift” You May Not Have Considered
Do you ever wonder how to help your teens and tweens take the next step in growing up? Observing kids’ …
Lessons in Friendships
One of parents’ most common concerns for their tweens/teens has to do with the kids’ friendships. Parents wisely understand that …
A Tool Kit for Life
When it comes to predicting our kids’ lives, we don’t really know that much. But one thing we DO know …
Wish I had a quarter. . . .
I don’t want to come across as dismissive, mainly because I’ve had middle school boys and I KNOW how it …
Never let a good crisis go to waste!
In my line of work coaching parents, teens and young adults, not a week goes by that a client doesn’t …
