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 …
Tag Archives: staying balanced
The Right Amount of Busy
Like me, I’ll bet one of the first things you noticed about The COVID Shutdown of Spring 2020 was that …
Season(s) of Transition
It’s THAT season again…the Season of Transition. I’m not sure why we don’t give Transition more attention since it is …
REAL Questions from REAL Parents: Sometimes my kid seems SO ungrateful! How can I combat entitlement?
This mom is NOT the only one of us to think, “Wow! Am I raising a pack of over-indulged, snotty …
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 …
Keep Calm and Parent On: Thoughts Teen Suicide
It is oddly troubling to discover that not only is teen suicide a problem in our community but that it …
How do we help kids develop “post-traumatic growth?” Asset 4
(A re-post by popular request) We’ve been considering how to help our kids come out on the “high side” after …
Is “SPECIAL” What Our Kids Are Supposed to Be?
With graduation season, year-end sports banquets, award assemblies approaching, here is a re-run of David McCullough’s remarkable commencement speech. Whenever …
Keep Calm and Parent On: Thoughts Teen Suicide
It is oddly troubling to discover that not only is teen suicide a problem in our community but that it …
The Green Bean Queen – Something Fun to Talk About on Spring Break!
“title=”Green Bean Queen”> (I’m posting this again because it makes me laugh and because it’s spring and because we all …
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