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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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How to Talk About Consent

It’s complicated talking to your child about sexual consent. At the heart of consent are two people agreeing, giving each ...

This is How Empathy Sounds

While speaking to an incredible group of parents last week, we talked about the value of empathy.We agreed that expressing ...

I Forgot About Me

I’ve been mistaken about gratitude. You’d learn, if you were to read my gratitude journal, that I appreciate yellow fall ...

Punishing vs Collaborating

I’m grateful to my readers! A number of parents responded to the last newsletter, concerned that punishment was not mentioned ...

Less of Me, More of We

Adolescents are eager to separate themselves from their moms and dads. It’s a normal part of their development, not a ...

Personal Best – Top athletes and singers have coaches. Should you?

by Atul Gawande I've been a surgeon for eight years. For the past couple of them, my performance in the ...

Why I Love Bedtime

Tucking in my tween is a wonderful time for Affirming him Showing physical affection Taking turns talking sharing gratitudes Saying ...

Adulting vs. Adolescenting

Adulting. When you are young and looking up the road of life, the concept of being “grown up” enchants you ...

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