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3 Things Your Tween Wishes You Didn’t Do

  I have full faith in you and your parenting, yet I want to share what some tweens I met with wished were different.    1) Taking their phone away every time they mess up.  They feel it’s your...

Keeping Promises in the Time of Conflict

  Your adolescent is angry, and she directs it at you. Before school started last fall, you two agreed that submitting homework on time and holding specific grades in each class would earn her...

The Truth About Failing

  Failure sounds and feels like defeat and disappointment. Something that we didn't want to happen happened. Yet, its value lies in how we respond to it. I attended a concert where the singer kept...

Upgrade Your Summer to Easy

  Finally, we had a normal school year, and our hopes for a glorious summer soared. For it to go well, I recommend having a collaborative mindset and chatting about summer's expectations with the...

Mother’s Day Love to You

  I know you will enjoy the brunches, dinners, accolades, gifts, and flowers that honor you and your motherhood today. You deserve them for your selfless sacrifice and love. It’s lovely for you to...
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Phones Have Become Our Constant Companion. That Was Not the Plan.

By Cal Newport Smartphones are our constant companions. For many of us, their glowing screens are a ubiquitous presence, drawing ...

How to Actually, Truly Focus on What You’re Doing

by Tim Herrera Here’s what my browser generally looks like: work email in the left-most tab, always open. TweetDeck in ...

We’re Opposites!

I was talking to Frank about his 7th grade daughter after a recent workshop. He said, “Emily's enthusiasm and excitement ...

Thanks for Being You

I appreciate you! We share the same passion, love and empathy for our children in the middle. We understand their ...

Approval

We all want to be liked, approved of, and feel that we belong. When our children are young they heap ...

JoAnn’s Fudge Recipe

JoAnn’s Fudge Recipe Ingredients: 1 Cup unsalted butter cut into small pieces. Keep at room temperature 18 oz. good quality ...

3 Ways to Make it Better

Homework, projects, and carpools are in full swing. Halloween, ushering in the holiday season, is just around the corner. The ...

Funniest Airline Flight Attendant

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